L
L (ĕl). 1. L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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L (2)
L (ĕl), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narro...
L (3)
L, a. 1. Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam.2. Elevated; — a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad...
L'envoi
‖L'en′voi″, orL'en′voy″ (län′vwä″), n. [F. le the + envoi a sending. See Envoy.] 1. One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral...
La
La (?), n.(Mus.) (a) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization. (b) The tone A; — so called among the French and Italians.
La (2)
La (?), interj. [Cf. Lo.] 1. Look; see; behold; — sometimes followed by you. Shak.2. An exclamation of surprise; — commonly followed by me; as, La me!
La valliere
{ La val′liere″, orLa′val′liere″ } (?), n. A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single pendant, or drop.
Laager
Laa″ger (la̤″gẽr or lä″gẽr), n. [D., also leger. Cf. 2d Leaguer, Lair.] A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.Wagons... can be readily fo...
Laager (2)
Laa″ger, v. t. & i. [From Laager, n.] To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.
Laas
Laas (?), n. A lace. See Lace. Chaucer.
Lab
Lab (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. labben to babble.] To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. Chaucer.
Lab (2)
Lab, n. A telltale; a prater; a blabber. “I am no lab.” Chaucer.
Labadist
Lab″a‐dist, n.(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the ob...
Labarraque's solution
La′bar′raque's″ so‐lu″tion (?). [From Labarraque, a Parisian apothecary.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
Labarum
‖Lab″a‐rum (�), n.; pl.Labara (#). The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging ...
Labdanum
Lab″da‐num (?), n.(Bot.) See Ladanum.
Labefaction
Lab′e‐fac″tion (?), n. [See Labefy.] The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as may be ...
Labefy
Lab″e‐fy (?), v. t. [L. labefacere; labare to totter + facere to make.] To weaken or impair.
Label
La″bel (lā″bĕl), n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L. labellum, dim. of labrum lip, edge, margin,...
Label (2)
La″bel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Labeled (–bĕld) or Labelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Labeling or Labelling.] 1. To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a pack...
Labeler
La″bel‐er (?), n. One who labels. [Written also labeller.]
Labellum
‖La‐bel″lum (lȧ‐bĕl″lŭm), n.; pl. L. Labella (–lȧ), E. Labellums (–lŭmz). [L., dim. of labrum lip.] 1. (Bot.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, o...
Labent
La″bent (?), a. [L. labens, p. pr. of labi to slide, glide.] Slipping; sliding; gliding.
Labia
‖La″bi‐a (?), n. pl. See Labium.
Labial
La″bi‐al (?), a. [LL. labialis, fr. L. labium lip: cf. F. labial. See Lip.] 1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.2. (Mus.) Furnished with lips; as, a labia...
Labial (2)
La″bi‐al, n. 1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furni...
Labialism
La″bi‐al‐ism (?), n.(Phonetics) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language...