Webster's Dictionary 1913

946

Laundering

Laun″der‐ing, n. The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

947

Laundress

Laun″dress (?), n. A woman whose employment is laundering.

948

Laundress (2)

Laun″dress, v. i. To act as a laundress.

949

Laundry

Laun″dry (?), n.; pl.Laundries (#). [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.] 1. A laundering; a washing.2. A place or room where laundering is done.

950

Laundryman

Laun″dry‐man (?), n.; pl.Laundrymen (�). A man who follows the business of laundering.

951

Laura

Lau″ra (?), n.(R. C. Ch.) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior. C. Kingsley.

952

Lauraceous

Lau‐ra″ceous (?), a. [From Laurus.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceæ) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel...

953

Laurate

Lau″rate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of lauric acid.

954

Laureate

Lau″re‐ate (?), a. [L. laureatus, fr. laurea laurel tree, fr. laureus of laurel, fr. laurus laurel: cf. F. lauréat. Cf. Laurel.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer.To stre...

955

Laureate (2)

Lau″re‐ate, n. One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. “A learned laureate.” Cleveland.

956

Laureate (3)

Lau″re‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Laureated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Laureating (?).] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English uni...

957

Laureateship

Lau″re‐ate‐ship, n. State, or office, of a laureate.

958

Laureation

Lau′re‐a″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. lauréation.] The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.

959

Laurel

Lau″rel (?), n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobili...

960

Laureled

Lau″reled (?), a. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate. [Written also laurelled.]

961

Laurentian

Lau‐ren″tian (?), a. Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.Laurentian period(Geol.), the lower of the two divisions of the Archæan age; — call...

962

Laurer

Lau″rer (?), n. Laurel. Chaucer.

963

Laurestine

Lau″res‐tine (?), n. [NL. lautus tinus, fr. L. laurus the laurel + tinus laurestine. See Laurel.] (Bot.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, w...

964

Lauric

Lau″ric (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis).Lauric acid(Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, C12H24O2, resembling palmitic aci...

965

Lauriferous

Lau‐rif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. laurifer; laurus + ferre to bear.] Producing, or bringing, laurel.

966

Laurin

Lau″rin (?), n. [Cf. F. laurine.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin eth...

967

Laurinol

Lau″ri‐nol (?), n. [Laurin + -ol.] (Chem.) Ordinary camphor; — so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceæ) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.

968

Lauriol

Lau″ri‐ol (?), n. Spurge laurel. Chaucer.

969

Laurite

Lau″rite (?), n.(Min.) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.

970

Laurone

Lau″rone (?), n. [Lauric + -one.] (Chem.) The ketone of lauric acid.

971

Laurus

‖Lau″rus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Is...

972

Laus

Laus (?), a. Loose. Chaucer.