Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lælaps

‖Læ″laps (?), n.(Paleon.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are ...

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Laemmergeyer

Laem″mer‐gey′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Lammergeir.

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Læmodipod

Læ‐mod″i‐pod (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Læmodipoda.

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Læmodipoda

‖Læ′mo‐dip″o‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, ...

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Læmodipodous

Læ′mo‐dip″o‐dous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Læmodipoda.

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Lætere Sunday

Læ‐te″re Sun″day (?). The fourth Sunday of Lent; — so named from the Latin word Lætare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catho...

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Lævigate

Læv″i‐gate (?), a. [See Levigate.] (Biol.) Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

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Lævo-

Læ″vo– (?). A prefix. See Levo.

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Lævorotatory

Læ″vo‐ro″ta‐to‐ry (?), a. Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

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Lævulose

Læv″u‐lose′ (?), n.(Chem.) See Levulose.

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Lafayette

La′fa′yette″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The dollar fish. (b) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

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Laft

Laft (?), obs.p. p. of Leave. Chaucer.

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Lafte

Laf″te (?), obs.imp. of Leave. Chaucer.

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Lag

Lag (?), a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax, languid.] 1. Coming tardily after or ...

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Lag (2)

Lag (?), n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. “The lag of all the flock.” Pope.2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.The common lag of people. Shak.3. The a...

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Lag (3)

Lag, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lagging (?).] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. “I shall not lag behind.” Milton.Syn. — To ...

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Lag (4)

Lag, v. t. 1. To cause to lag; to slacken. “To lag his flight.” Heywood.2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

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Lag (5)

Lag, n. One transported for a crime.

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Lag (6)

Lag, v. t. To transport for crime.She lags us if we poach. De Quincey.

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Lag (7)

Lag, n. The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing fo...

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Lagan

La″gan (?), n. & v. See Ligan.

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Lagarto

La‐gar″to (?), n. [See Alligator.] An alligator. Sir W. Raleigh.

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Lagena

‖La‐ge″na (?), n.; pl. L. Lagenæ (#), E. Lagenas (#). (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the coc...

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Lagenian

La‐ge″ni‐an (?), a. [See Lagena.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

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Lageniform

La‐ge″ni‐form (?), a. [See Lagena, and -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

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Lager

La″ger (lä″gẽr), n. Lager beer.

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Lager beer

La″ger beer′ (?). [G. lager bed, storehouse + bier beer. See Lair, and Beer.] Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; — so called...