Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lampad

Lam″pad (?), n. [Gr. �, �. See Lamp.] A lamp or candlestick.By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. Trench.

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Lampadist

Lam″pa‐dist (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. �, �, torch. See Lamp.] (Gr. Antiq.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

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Lampadrome

Lam″pa‐drome (?), n.(Gr. Antiq.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

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Lampas

Lam″pas (?), n. [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; — called also lampers.

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Lampate

Lam″pate (?), n. [Cf. F. lampate.] (Chem.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.

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Lampblack

Lamp″black′ (?), n. [Lamp + black.] The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking l...

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Lamper eel

Lam″per eel′ (?). (Zoöl.) See Lamprey.

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Lampern

Lam″pern (?), n. [See Lamprey.] (Zoöl.) The river lamprey (Ammocœtes, orLampetra, fluviatilis).☞ The name is also applied to other river lampreys.

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Lampers

Lam″pers (?), n. See Lampas.

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Lampic

Lam″pic (?), a. [F. lampique, fr. lampe lamp. See Lamp.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; — formerly said of a supposed acid.

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Lamping

Lamp″ing (?), a. Shining; brilliant. “Lamping eyes.” Spenser.

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Lampless

Lamp″less, a. Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl.

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Lamplight

Lamp″light′ (?), n. Light from a lamp.This world's artificial lamplights. Owen Meredith.

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Lamplighter

Lamp″light′er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.2. (Zoöl.) The calico bass.

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Lampoon

Lam‐poon″ (?), n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, — the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin...

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Lampoon (2)

Lam‐poon″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lampooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lampooning.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.Ribald poets had l...

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Lampooner

Lam‐poon″er (?), n. The writer of a lampoon. “Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.” Tatler.

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Lampoonry

Lam‐poon″ry (?), n. The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

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Lamprel

Lam″prel (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Lamprey.

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Lamprey

Lam″prey (?), n.; pl.Lampreys (#). [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attac...

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Lampron

Lam″pron (lăm″prŏn), n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See Lamprey.] (Zoöl.) See Lamprey.

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Lampyrine

Lam‐py″rine (?), n. [See Lampyris.] (Zoöl.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridæ. See Lampyris.

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Lampyris

‖Lam‐py″ris (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

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Lanarkite

Lan″ark‐ite (?), n. [From Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish ...

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Lanary

La″na‐ry (?), n. [L. lanaria, fr. lanarius belonging to wool, lana wool.] A place for storing wool.

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Lanate

{ La″nate (?), La″na‐ted (?), } [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.] Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

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Lancashire boiler

Lan″ca‐shire boil″er (?). A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.