LAVISHNESS
LAV'ISHNESS, noun Profusion; prodigality.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LAVOLTA
LAVOL'TA, An old dance in which was much turning and capering.
LAW
LAW, noun [Latin lex; from the root of lay. See lay. A law is that which is laid, set or fixed, like statute, constitution, from Latin statuo.]1. A rule, particularly an establi...
LAW-DAY
LAW-DAY, n1. A day of open court.2. A leet or sheriff's tourn.
LAWFUL
LAW'FUL, adjective1. Agreeable to law; conformable to law; allowed by law; legal; legitimate. That is deemed lawful which no law forbids, but many things are lawful which are no...
LAWFULLY
LAW'FULLY, adverb Legally; in accordance with law; without violating law. We may lawfully do what the laws do not forbid.
LAWFULNESS
LAW'FULNESS, noun The quality of being conformable to law; legality. The lawfulness of an action does not always prove its propriety or expedience.
LAWGIVER
LAW'GIVER, noun [law and give.] One who makes or enacts a law; a legislator.
LAWGIVING
LAW'GIVING, adjective Making or enacting laws; legislative.
LAWING
LAW'ING, noun Expeditation; the act of cutting off the claws and balls of the fore feet of mastiffs to prevent them from running after deer.
LAWLESS
LAW'LESS, adjective1. Not subject to law; unrestrained by law; as a lawless tyrant; lawless men.2. Contrary to law; illegal; unauthorized; as a lawless claim.He needs no indirec...
LAWLESSLY
LAW'LESSLY, adverb In a manner contrary to law.
LAWLESSNESS
LAW'LESSNESS, noun The quality or state of being unrestrained by law; disorder.LAW'-MAKER, noun One who enacts or ordains laws; a legislator; a lawgiver.Law-makers should not be...
LAWN
LAWN, nounAn open space between woods, or a plain in a park or adjoining a noble seat.Betwixt them lawns or level downs, and flocks grazing the tender herbs, were interspers'd.L...
LAWNY
LAWN'Y, adjective1. Level, as a plain; like a lawn.2. Made of lawn.
LAWSUIT
LAW'SUIT, noun [See suit.] a suit in law for the recovery of a supposed right; a process in law instituted by a party to compel another to do him justice.
LAWYER
LAW'YER, noun [that is lawer, contracted from law-wer, law-man.]One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to institute suits in courts of law, an...
LAWYER-LIKE
LAW'YER-LIKE, adjective Like a real lawyer.
LAWYERLY
LAW'YERLY, adjective Judicial.
LAX
LAX, adjective [Latin laxus.]1. Loose; flabby; soft; not tense, firm or rigid; as lax flesh; a lax fiber.2. Slack; not tight or tense; as a lax cord.3. Not firly united; of loos...
LAXATION
LAXA'TION, noun [Latin laxatio.] The act of loosening or slackening; or the state of being loose or slackened.
LAXATIVE
LAX'ATIVE, adjective [Latin laxo.] Having the power or quality of loosening or opening the bowels, and relieving from constipation.LAX'ATIVE, noun A medicine that relaxes the bo...
LAXATIVENESS
LAX'ATIVENESS, noun The quality of relaxing.
LAXITY
LAX'ITY, noun [Latin laxitas.]1. Looseness; slackness; the opposite of tenseness or tension.2. Looseness of texture.3. Want of exactness or precision; as laxity of expression.4....
LAXLY
LAX'LY, adverb Loosely; without exactness.
LAXNESS
LAX'NESS, noun1. Looseness; softness; flabbiness; as the laxness of flesh or of muscles.2. Laxity; the opposite of tension.3. Looseness, as of morals or discipline.4. Looseness,...
LAY
LAY, preterit tense of lie. The estate lay in the county of Hartford.When Ahab heard these words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his head, and fasted and lay in sac...