Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Laissez faire

‖Lais′sez″ faire″ (?). Noninterference; — an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures,...

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Laity

La″i‐ty (lā″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [See Lay, a.] 1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste....

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Lakao

‖La‐ka″o (?), n. Sap green.

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Lake

Lake (lāk), n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac.] A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hy...

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Lake (2)

Lake, n. [Cf. G. laken.] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. Chaucer.

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Lake (3)

Lake (lāk), v. i. [AS. lācan, læcan, to spring, jump, lāc play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. √120. Cf. Knowledge.] To play; to s...

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Lake (4)

Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. lögr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. λάκκοσ pond, tank. Cf. Loch, Lough.] A large body of water contained in a depression of t...

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Lake-dweller

Lake″–dwell′er (?), n. See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

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Lakelet

Lake″let (?), n. A little lake. Southey.

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Laker

Lak″er (?), n. One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.: (a) One of the poets of the Lake school. See Lake poets, under Lake, n. (b) (Zoöl.) A fi...

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Lakeweed

Lake″weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.

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Lakh (2)

‖Lakh (?), n. Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

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Lakin

La″kin (?), n. See Ladykin.

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Lakke

Lak″ke (?), n. & v. See Lack. Chaucer.

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Laky

Lak″y (?), a. Pertaining to a lake. Sir W. Scott.

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Laky (2)

Lak″y, a. [From Lake the pigment.] Transparent; — said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

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Lallation

Lal‐la″tion (?), n. [L. lallare to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. lallation.] An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

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Lalo

La″lo (?), n. The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous.

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Lam

Lam (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lamming.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See Lame.] To beat soundly; to thrash. Beau....

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Lama

La″ma (?; 277), n.(Zoöl.) See Llama.

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Lama (2)

La″ma, n. [Thibet. blama (pronounced lä″ma) a chief, a high priest.] In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.The Grand Lama, orDalai Lama, the s...

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Lamaic

La″ma‐ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

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Lamaism

La″ma‐ism (?), n. A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; — so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

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Lamaist

{ La″ma‐ist (?), La″ma‐ite (?) } n. One who believes in Lamaism.

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Lamaistic

La′ma‐is″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

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Lamantin

La‐man″tin (?), n. [F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. Manater.] (Zoöl.) The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]

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Lamarckian

La‐marck″i‐an (?), a. Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.