Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lappet

Lap″pet (?), n. [Dim. of lap a fold.] A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Swift.Lappet moth(Zoöl.), one of several species of bom...

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Lappet (2)

Lap″pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lappeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Lappeting.] To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. Landor.

651

Lappic

Lap″pic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps. — n. The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.

652

Lapping

Lap″ping (?), n. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers. Ure.Lapping engine, Lapping machine(Textile Manuf.), A machine for forming fiber info a ...

653

Lappish

Lap″pish (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. — n. The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan lan...

654

Lapponian

{ Lap‐po″ni‐an (?), Lap‐pon″ic (?), } a. Laplandish; Lappish.

655

Lapps

Lapps (?), n. pl.; sing. Lapp (�). (Ethnol.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.

656

Lapsable

Laps″a‐ble (?), a. Lapsible. Cudworth.

657

Lapse

Lapse (?), n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See Sleep.] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress...

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Lapse (2)

Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lapsed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Lapsing.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; — mostl...

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Lapse (3)

Lapse, v. t. 1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing the term of law. Ayliffe.2. To surprise in a ...

660

Lapsed

Lapsed (?), a. 1. Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; — restricted to figurative uses.Once more I will renewHis lapsed...

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Lapsible

Laps″i‐ble (?), a. Liable to lapse.

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Lapsided

Lap″sid′ed (?), a. See Lopsided.

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Lapstone

Lap″stone′ (?), n. A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

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Lapstreak

{ Lap″streak′ (?), Lap″strake′ (?), } a. Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; — said of boats.

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Laputan

La‐pu″tan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; a...

666

Lapwing

Lap″wing′ (?), n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hleápewince; hleápan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering; cf. G. wanken to s...

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Lapwork

Lap″work′ (lăp″wûrk′), n. Work in which one part laps over another. Grew.

668

Laquay

Laq″uay (?), n. A lackey. Evelyn.

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Laquear

La″que‐ar (?), n.; pl.Laquearia (#). (Arch.) A lacunar.

670

Laqueary

Laq″ue‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. laqueus a noose.] Using a noose, as a gladiator.Retiary and laqueary combatants. Sir T. Browne.

671

Lar

Lar (lär), n.; pl.Lares (#), sometimes Lars (#). (Rom. Myth.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar de...

672

Lar (2)

Lar (lär), n.(Zoöl.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

673

Laramie group

Lar″a‐mie group′ (?). (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the ...

674

Larboard

Lar″board′ (?), n. [Lar- is of uncertain origin, possibly the same as lower, i.e., humbler in rank, because the starboard side is considered by mariners as higher in rank; cf. D...

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Larboard (2)

Lar″board′, a. On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.