Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Langridge

Lan″gridge (?), n. See Langrage. [Sometimes compounded with shot.]

542

Langsyne

Lang′syne″ (?), adv. & n. [Scot. lang long + syne since.] Long since; long ago.

543

Langteraloo

Lang′ter‐a‐loo″ (?), n. [See Loo.] An old game at cards. See Loo (a). Tatler.

544

Language

Lan″guage (?), n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See Tongue, cf. Lingual.]1. Any means of conveying or communicat...

545

Language (2)

Lan″guage, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Languaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Languaging (?).] To communicate by language; to express in language.Others were languaged in such doubtful expression...

546

Languaged

Lan″guaged (?), a. Having a language; skilled in language; — chiefly used in composition. “ Many-languaged nations.” Pope.

547

Languageless

Lan″guage‐less (?), a. Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.

548

Langue d'oc

‖Langue′ d'oc″ (?). [F., language of oc yes.] The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for “yes” was oc); Provençal.

549

Langue d'oïl

‖Langue′ d'oïl″ (?). [F., language of oïl yes.] The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for “yes” was oïl, F. oui).

550

Langued

Langued (?), a. [F. langue tongue. See Language.] (Her.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.Lions... represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.

551

Languente

‖Lan‐guen″te (?), adv. [It., p. pr. of languire. See Languish.] (Mus.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.

552

Languet

Lan″guet, n. [F. languette, dim. of langue tongue, L. lingua.] 1. Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the c...

553

Languid

Lan″guid (?), a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish.]1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without anim...

554

Languish

Lan″guish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Languished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. � to slacken, � slack, Icel. lakra t...

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Languish (2)

Lan″guish (?), v. i. To cause to droop or pine. Shak.Dryden.

556

Languish (3)

Lan″guish, n. See Languishment.What, of death, too,That rids our dogs of languish? Shak.And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope.

557

Languisher

Lan″guish‐er (?), n. One who languishes.

558

Languishing

Lan″guish‐ing, a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.2. Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

559

Languishingly

Lan″guish‐ing‐ly, adv. In a languishing manner.

560

Languishment

Lan″guish‐ment (?), n. 1. The state of languishing. “ Lingering languishment.” Shak.2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

561

Languishness

Lan″guish‐ness, n. Languishment.

562

Languor

Lan″guor (?), n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by...

563

Languorous

Lan″guor‐ous (?), a. [From Languor: cf. F. langoureux.] Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser.To...

564

Langure

Lan″gure (?), v. i. To languish. Chaucer.

565

Langya

Lan″gya (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and fo...

566

Laniard

Lan″iard (?), n. See Lanyard.

567

Laniariform

La′ni‐ar″i‐form (?), a. [Laniary + -form.] (Anat.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth. Owen.