Layland
Lay″land′ (?), n. [Lay a meadow + land.] Land lying untilled; fallow ground. Blount.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Layman
Lay″man (?) n.; pl.Laymen (�). [Lay, adj. + man.] 1. One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profe...
Layner
Lay″ner (?), n. [See Lanier.] A whiplash.
Layship
Lay″ship (?), n. The condition of being a layman. Milton.
Laystall
Lay″stall′ (?), n. 1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited. B. Jonson.Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and filth. Bacon.2. A place where milch cows ar...
Lazar
La″zar (?), n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. Chaucer.Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges...
Lazaret
{ Laz′a‐ret″ (?), Laz′a‐ret″to (?), } n. [F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See Lazar.] A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons...
Lazaret (2)
{ ‖Laz′a‐ret″ (?), Laz′a‐ret″to (?) } n.(Naut.) (Pronounced by seamen �) A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.
Lazaret fever
Lazaret fever. (Med.) Typhus fever.
Lazarist
{ Laz″a‐rist (?), Laz″a‐rite (?), } n.(R. C. Ch.) One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly ...
Lazarlike
{ La″zar‐like′ (?), La″zar‐ly (?), } a. Full of sores; leprous. Shak.Bp. Hall.
Lazaroni
Laz′a‐ro″ni (?), n. pl. See Lazzaroni.
Lazarwort
La″zar‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Laserwort.
Laze
Laze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lazing.] [See Lazy.] To be lazy or idle. Middleton.
Laze (2)
Laze, v. t. To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days.
Lazily
La″zi‐ly (?), adv. In a lazy manner. Locke.
Laziness
La″zi‐ness, n. The state or quality of being lazy.Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin.
Lazuli
Laz″u‐li (?), n. [F. & NL. lapis lazuli, LL. lazulus, lazurius, lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure. See Azure.] (Min.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually...
Lazulite
Laz″u‐lite (?), n. [From lazuli: cf. F. lazulite, G. lazulith.] (Min.) A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. I...
Lazy
La″zy (?), a. [Compar.Lazier (?); superl.Laziest.] [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.] 1. Disincline...
Lazyback
La″zy‐back′ (lā″zy̆‐băk′), n. A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.
Lazybones
La″zy‐bones′ (?), n. A lazy person.
Lazzaroni
Laz′za‐ro″ni (lăz′zȧ‐rō″nĭ; It. lät′sȧ‐rō″nē̍), n. pl. [It. lazzarone, pl. lazzaroni.] The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; — so called from the Hos...
Lea
Lea, n. [Cf. Lay, n. (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile Manuf.) (a) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. (b) A set of warp threads carried by a...
Lea (2)
Lea, n. [OE. ley, lay, As. leáh, leá; akin to Prov. G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E. light, n.] A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. “Plow-torn leas...
Leach
Leach (?), n.(Naut.) See 3d Leech.
Leach (2)
Leach, n. [Written also letch.] [Cf. As. leáh lye, G. lauge. See Lye.] 1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.2. A tub or vat for l...