LASHING
LASH'ING, noun A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.LASH'ING, noun Extravagance; unruliness.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LASS
L'ASS, nounA young woman; a girl.
LASSITUDE
LAS'SITUDE, noun [Latin lassitudo, from lassus, and this from laxus, laxo, to relax.]1. Weakness; dullness; heaviness; weariness; languor of body or mind, proceeding from exhaus...
LASSLORN
L'ASSLORN, adjective Forsaken by his lass or mistress.
LAST
L'AST, adjective [See Late and Let.]1. That comes after all the others; the latest; applied to time; as the last hour of the day; the last day of the year.2. That follows all th...
LASTAGE
L'ASTAGE, noun [See Last, a load.]1. A duty paid for freight or transportation.[Not used in the United States.]2. Ballast. [Not used.]3. The lading of a ship. [Not used.]
LASTERY
L'ASTERY, noun A red color. [Not in use.]
LASTING
L'ASTING, participle present tense1. Continuing in time; enduring; remaining.2.adjective Durable; of long continuance; that may continue or endure; as a lasting good or evil; a ...
LASTINGLY
L'ASTINGLY, adverb Durably; with continuance.
LASTINGNESS
L'ASTINGNESS, noun Durability; the quality or state of long continuance.
LASTLY
L'ASTLY, adverb1. In the last place.2. In the conclusion; at last; finally.
LATCH
LATCH, noun [Latin ligula, from ligo, to tie, and with English lock. Latin laqueus, from which we have lace, may belong to the same root. The primary sense of the root is to cat...
LATCHET
LATCH'ET, noun [from latch.] The string that fastens a shoe. Mark 1:7.
LATE
LATE, adjective [This word is from the root of let, the sense of which is to draw out, extend or prolong, hence to be slow or late See Let. This adjective has regular terminatio...
LATED
LA'TED, adjective Belated; being too late. [Not used.]
LATEEN
LAT'EEN, adjective A lateen sail is a triangular sail, extended by a lateen yard, which is slung about one quarter the distance from the lower end, which is brought down at the ...
LATELY
LA'TELY, adverb Not long ago; recently. We called on a gentleman who has lately arrived from Italy.
LATENCY
LA'TENCY, noun [See Latent.] The state of being concealed; abstruseness.
LATENESS
LA'TENESS, noun1. The state of being tardy, or of coming after the usual time; as the lateness of spring or of harvest.2. Time far advanced in any particular period; as lateness...
LATENT
LA'TENT, adjective [Latin latens, lateo; Gr; Heb. to cover.]Hid; concealed; secret; not seen; not visible or apparent. We speak of latent motives; latent reasons; latent springs...
LATER
LA'TER, adjective [comparative deg. of late.] Posterior; subsequent.
LATERAL
LAT'ERAL, adjective [Latin lateralis, from latus, a side, and broad, Gr., Eng. flat. The primary sense of these words is to extend, as in late, let.]1. Pertaining to the side; a...
LATERALITY
LATERAL'ITY, noun The quality of having distinct sides. [Not used.]
LATERALLY
LAT'ERALLY, adverb1. By the side; sideways.2. In the direction of the side.
LATERAN
LAT'ERAN, noun One of the churches at Rome. The name is said to have been derived from that of a man.A latere, [Latin] A legate a latere, is a pope's legate or envoy, so called ...
LATERED
LA'TERED, adjective Delayed. obsolete
LATERIFOLIOUS
LATERIFO'LIOUS, adjective [Latin latus, side, and folium, leaf.]In botany, growing on the side of a leaf at the base; as a laterifolious flower.