Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lager wine

La″ger wine′ (?). Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds.

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Laggard

Lag″gard (?), a. [Lag + -ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward.

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Laggard (2)

Lag″gard, n. One who lags; a loiterer.

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Lagger

Lag″ger (?), n. A laggard.

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Lagging

Lag″ging (?), n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; — called also d...

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Laggingly

Lag″ging‐ly, adv. In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

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Lagly

Lag″ly (?), adv. Laggingly.

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Lagniappe

{ La‐gniappe (?), La‐gnappe″ (?) }, n. In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.Lagniappe...is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure....

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Lagomorph

Lag″o‐morph (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Lagomorpha.

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Lagomorpha

‖Lag′o‐mor″pha (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

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Lagoon

La‐goon″ (?), n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, espec...

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Lagophthalmia

{ ‖Lag′oph‐thal″mi‐a (?), ‖Lag′oph‐thal″mos (?), } n. [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. λαγώσ hare + οφθαλμὄσ eye; — so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.] (...

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Lagopous

La‐go″pous (?), a.(Bot.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

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Lagthing

‖Lag″thing (?), n. [Norw. lagting, lagthing; lag company, society (akin to E. law, lay) + ting, thing, parliament. See Thing.] See Legislatature, below.

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Lagune

La‐gune″ (?), n. See Lagoon.

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Laic

{ La″ic (?), La″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. laicus: cf. F. laïque. See Lay laic.] Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. “Laical literature.” Lowell.An unprincipled, unedified, and ...

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Laic (2)

La″ic, n. A layman. Bp. Morton.

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Laicality

La″ic‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

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Laically

La″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

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Laid

Laid (?), imp. & p. p. of Lay.Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc...

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Laidly

Laid″ly, a. Ugly; loathsome.This laidly and loathsome worm. W. Howitt.

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Lain

Lain (?), p. p. of Lie, v. i.

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Lainere

Lain″ere (?), n. See Lanier. Chaucer.

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Lair

Lair (lâr), n. [OE. leir, AS. leger; akin to D. leger, G. lager couch, lair, OHG. legar, Goth. ligrs, and to E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate, and cf. Layer, Leaguer.]1. A place ...

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Laird

Laird (lârd), n. [See Lord.] A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.

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Lairdship

Laird″ship, n. The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. Ramsay.

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Laism

La″ism (?), n. See Lamaism.