Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LAMENTATION

LAMENTA'TION, noun [Latin lamentatio.]1. Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matthew 2:18.2. In ...

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LAMENTED

LAMENT'ED, participle passive Bewailed; mourned for.

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LAMENTER

LAMENT'ER, noun One who mourns, or cries out with sorrow.LAMENTIN. [See Lamantin.]

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LAMENTIN

LAM'ENTIN, noun A species of the walrus or sea-cow, the Trichechus manatus.

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LAMENTING

LAMENT'ING, participle present tense Bewailing; mourning; weeping.LAMENT'ING, noun A mourning; lamentation.

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LAMIA

LA'MIA, noun [Latin] A hag; a witch; a demon.

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LAMIN

LAM'IN,LAM'INA, noun [Latin lamina.]1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; applied to the plates of minerals, bones, etc.2. A bone, or part of a bone, res...

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LAMINA

LAM'INA, n. [L. lamina.]1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; applied to the plates of minerals, bones, &c.2. A bone, or part of a bone, resembling a thi...

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LAMINABLE

LAM'INABLE, adjective Capable of being formed into thin plates.

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LAMINAR

LAM'INAR, adjective In plates; consisting of thin plates or layers.

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LAMINATE

LAM'INATE,LAM'INATED, adjective Plated; consisting of plates, scales or layers, one over another.

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LAMINATED

LAM'INATED, a. Plated; consisting of plates, scales or layers, one over another.

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LAMM

LAMM, verb transitive To beat. [Not in use.]

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LAMMAS

LAM'MAS, nounThe first day of August.

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LAMP

LAMP, noun [Latin lampas; Gr. to shine; Heb.]1. A vessel for containing oil to be burned by means of a wick; or a light, a burning wick inserted in a vessel of oil. Hence,2. Fig...

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LAMPAS

LAM'PAS, noun A lump of flesh of the size of a nut, in the roof of a horse's mouth, and rising above the teeth.

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LAMPBLACK

LAMP'BLACK, noun [lamp and black; being originally made by means of a lamp or torch.]A fine soot formed by the condensation of the smoke of burning pitch or resinous substances,...

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LAMPIATE

LAMP'IATE, noun A compound salt, composed of lampic acid and a base.

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LAMPIC

LAMP'IC, adjective The lampic acid is obtained by the combustion of ether by means of a lamp.

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LAMPING

LAMP'ING, adjective Shining; sparkling. [Not used.]

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LAMPOON

LAMPOON', noun A personal satire in writing; abuse; censure written to reproach and vex rather than to reform.LAMPOON', verb transitive To abuse with personal censure; to reproa...

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LAMPOONER

LAMPOON'ER, noun One who abuses with personal satire; the writer of a lampoon.The squibs are those who are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.

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LAMPOONING

LAMPOON'ING, participle present tense Abusing with personal satire.

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LAMPOONRY

LAMPOON'RY, noun Abuse.

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LAMPREY

LAM'PREY, noun [Latin labor, to slip, and most probably the animal is name from slipping. If, however, the sense is taken from licking the rocks, as Camden supposes, it accords ...

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LANATE

LA'NATE,LAN'ATED, adjective [Latin lanatus, from lana, wool.] Wooly. In botany, covered with a substance like curled hairs; as a lanated leaf or stem.

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LANATED

LAN'ATED, a. [L. lanatus, from lana, wool.] Wooly. In botany, covered with a substance like curled hairs; as a lanated leaf or stem.