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n. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and whatever the land contains. picture, exhibiting the form of a district of country, as far as the eye can reach. The view or prospect of a district of country.-(v. t. To represent in a landscape. Obs.)

LAND.ScUBVY, lind’skur-vẻ, n. A cutaneous affection, appearing in circular spots, stripes or patches. LANDSLIDE, land'slide, Į n. A portion of a hill or LANDSLIP, land'slip, mountain, which slips or slides down, in consequence of being undermined and its support swept away by an inundation or some other means.

LANDSMAN, låndz'mân, n. In seamen's language, a sailor on board a ship, who has not before been at

sea.

LANDSTREIGHT, lånd'stråte, n. A narrow slip of land.

Obs.

LAND-TAX, land'tåks, n. A tax assessed on land and buildings.

LAND-TURN, land'tårn, n. A land breeze. LAND-WAITER, lând'wå-tår, n. An officer of the customs, whose duty is to wait or attend on the landing of goods.

LANDWARD, land'wård, a. Pertaining to the country; as a landward parish.-adv. Towards the land. LANDWEHE, land'wer, [Ger. landgaurd,] n. The militia of Austria and Prussia.

LAND-WIND, lånd'wind, n. A wind blowing from the land.

LAND-WORKER, lând’wårk-år, n. One who tills the ground.

LANE, låne, [D. laan,] n. A narrow way or passage, or a private passage, as distinguished from a public road or highway. A passage between lines of men, or people standing on each side.

LANG, lång, a. The word in the North of England, for long; langsome, also, for longsome, tedious. LANGRAGE, lång'grldj,n. Langrel shot, or langrage, LANGREL, Lang is a particular kind of shot used at sea for tearing sails and rigging, and thus disabling an enemy's ship.

LANGSETTLE, lång-sẻt'tl, n. A long bench to sit on. LANGTERALOO, lång-tẻr-â-lỏỏ′, n. A game at cards. LANGUAGE, lång'gwidj, [Fr. langage,] n. Human speech; the expression of ideas by words or significant articulate sounds, for the communication of thoughts. Words duly arranged in sentences, written, printed or engraved, and exhibited to the eye. The speech or expression of ideas peculiar to a particular nation. Style; manner of expression. The inarticulate sounds by which irrational animals express their feelings and wants. Any manner of expressing thoughts. A nation, as distinguished by their speech, Dan. iii. 4.-(v. t. To give language to; to express. Obs.) LANGUAGED, lång'gwldjd, a. Having a language. LANGUAGE-MASTER, lâng'gwidj-mås-tår, n. One whose profession is to teach languages. LANGUET, lång'gwit, [Fr. lanquette,] n. Any thing in the shape of the tongue. Not English. LANGUID, lång'gwld, [L. languidus,] a. Flagging, drooping; hence, feeble; weak; heavy; dull; indisposed to exertion. Slow. Dull; heartless; without animation.

LANGUIDLY, lång'gwid-lẻ, adv. Weakly; feebly; slowly.

LANGUIDNESS, lång'gwid-nês, n. Weakness from exhaustion of strength; feebleness; dulness; languor. Slowness.

LANGUISH, lång'gwish, [Fr. languir, languissant,] v. i. To lose strength ce animation; to be or become

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dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine; to be or to grow heavy. To wither; to fade; to lose the vegetating power. To grow dull; to be no longer active and vigorous. To pine or sink under sorrow or any continued passion. To look with softness or tenderness, as with the head reclined and a peculiar cast of the eye.-(v. t. To cause to droop or pine. Little used.)—n. Act of pining; also, a soft or tender look or appearance.

LANGUISHER, lång'gwish-ůr, n. One who languishes or pines.

LANGUISHING, lång'gwish-ing, p. pr. Becoming or being feeble; losing strength; pining; withering; fading.-a. Having a languid appearance. LANGUISHINGLY, lång'gwish-ing-lè, adv. Weakly; feebly; dully; slowly. With tender softness. LANGUISHMENT, lång'gwish-ment, n. The state of pining. Softness of look or mien, with the head reclined.

LANGUOR, lang'gwår, [L.] n.

DulSoft

Feebleness; dulness; heaviness; lassitude of body; that state of the body which is induced by exhaustion of strength. ness of the intellectual faculty; listlessness. ness; laxity. LANGUOROUS, lang'gwår-ås, a. Tedious; melancholy.

Obs.

LANGURE, lång'gùre, v. i. To languish. Obs. LANIARD, lån'yård, [Fr. laniere,] n. A short piece of rope or line, used for fastening something in ships. LANIARY, là'nè-âr-è, n. A shambles. Obs.-L. lanius, a butcher.] A place of slaughter. A canine tooth.-a. Lacerating or tearing, as the laniary teeth.

LANIATE, là'ne-åte, [L. lanio,] v. t. To tear in pieces. Little used.

LANIATION, la-nè-à'shản, n. A tearing in pieces. Little used.

LANIFEROUS, lå-nif'èr-ås, [L. lanifer,] a. Bearing or producing wool.

LANIFICAL, la-nif'ẻ-kål, [L. lana, wool,] a. Working in wool.

LANIFICE, lån'è-fis, [L. lanificium,] n. Manufacture of wool.

LANIGEROUS, lå-nîd'jêr-ås, [L. laniger,] a. Bearing or producing wool.

LANIOGERUS, lån-è-ôd′jè-rås, n. A genus of Gasteropodous Mollusks.

LANIUS, là'nè-ds, [L.] n. A genus of Passerine birds of the family Dentirostres.

LANK, långk, [Sax. hlanca,] a. Loose or lax and easily yielding to pressure; not distended; not stiff or firm by distension; not plump. Lean; slender; meagre; not full and firm. Languid; drooping. LANKLY, långk'lé, adv. Thinly; loosely; laxly. LANENESS, långk'nes, n. Laxity; flabbiness; leanness; slenderness.

LANKY, långk'b, a. Lank. Vulgar.
LANNER, lån'når,

[Fr. lanier,] n. A species of LANNERET, lan'når-êt, hawk. LANSQUENET, låns'kè-net, [Fr.] n. A common foot soldier. A game at cards.

LANSIUM, lan'sè-ům n. A genus of plants, of the na

tural order Meliacea.

LANT, lånt, n. The old name for the game of loo. Urine.

LANTANUM, lån'tå-nům, n. A newly discovered metal. LANTERN, làn'tårn, [Fr. lanterne; L. laterna,] n. A case or vessel made of tin perforated with many holes, or of some transparent substance, used for carrying a light. A light-house or light to direct the course of ships. In architecture, a little dome raised over the roof of a building to give it light and to serve as a crowning to the fabric. A square cage of carpentry placed over the ridge of a corrid(No. 49.)

in religion. LAP, låp, [Sax. læppe; D., Dan.] n. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garm.eat that plays loosely. The part of clothes that lies on the knees when a person sits down; hence, the knees in this position.-v. t. To fold; to bend and lay over or on. To wrap or twist round. To infold; to involve. To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up. -v. i. To be spread or laid; to be turned over.— [Sax. lappian.] To take up liquor or food with the tongue; to feed or drink by licking. LAPAROCELE, lap-á-rò-sèle', [Gr. lapara, the flank, and kele, a tumor,] n. A rupture through the side of the belly.

LAPDOG, lap'dog, n. A small dog fondled in the lap. LAPEL, lå-pel', n. That part of the coat which wraps over the facing.

LAPELLED, lå-påld', a. Furnished with lapels. LAPFUL, låp'ful, n. As much as the lap can contain. LAPHIODON, láf-fè-ò'dôn, n. An extinct animal resembling the rhinoceros and the tapir.

LAPICIDE, lap'e-side, [L. lapis, a stone, and caedo, to cut,] n. A stone-cutter. Obs.

LAPIDARIOUS, làp-é-dà'rè-ås, a. Stony; consisting of

person to death.

LAPIDELLUM, låp-è-děl'låm, n. An instrument resembling a spoon, formerly used to take small stones or concretions out of the bladder. LAPIDEOUS, la-pid'è-ås, a. Stony; of the nature of stone. Little used.

LAPIDESCENCE, lâp-è-dés'sẻns, n. The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance. A stony concretion.

LAPIDESCENT, låp-è-des'sént, a. Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying bodies.

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LAPIS, là'pis, n. In Latin, a stone. Lapis Bononiensis, the Bolognian stone. Lapis hepaticus, liver stone. Lapis lazuli, azure stone, an aluminous mineral, of a rich blue colour, resembling the blue carbonate of copper. See LAZULI. Lapis Lydius, touch-stone; basanite; a variety of siliceous slate. LAPLING, lap'ling, [from lap,] n. A term of contempt for one wrapped up in sensual delights. LAPPED, låpt, p. p. Turned or folded over. LAPPER, lap'pår, n. One that laps; one that wraps or folds. One that takes up with his tongue. LAPPET, låp'pit, [dim. of lap,] n. A part of a garment or dress that hangs loose.

See LAP.

LAPPING, lap'ping, p. pr. Wrapping; folding; laying on. Licking; taking into the mouth with the tongue.

LAPSABLE, låp'så-bl, a. That may fall or relapse. LAPSE, laps, [L. lapsus,] n. A sliding, gliding or flowing; a smooth course. A falling or passing. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude. In ecclesiastical law, the slip or omission of a patron to present a clerk to a benefice, within six months after it be comes void. In theology, the fall or apostacy of Adam. v. i. To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees. To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to deviate from rectitude. To slip or commit a fault by inadvertency or mistake. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, by the omission or negligence of the patron. To fall from a state of innocence, or from truth, faith or perfection.

LAPSED, lapst, p. p. Fallen; passed from one pro

prietor to another by the negligence of the patron. LAPSIDED, låp'sl-děd, [lap and side,] a. Having one side heavier than the other, as a ship.

LAPSING, laps'ing, p. pr. Gliding; flowing; failing; falling to one person through the omission of another.

LAPSTONE, låp'stone, n. A cobbler's stone on which he hammers his leather.

LAPSUS LINGUÆ, lâp'sås ling'gwe, [L.] A slip of the tongue; a mistake in uttering a word.

LAPWING, lap'wing, n. A bird of the genus tringa;

the tewit.

LAPWORK, lap'wůrk, n. Work in which one part laps over another.

LAR, lår, [L.] n.; plu. LARES. A household deity. LARBOARD, lår'bʊrd, n. The left-hand side of a ship, when a person stands with his face to the head; opposed to starboard.-a. Pertaining to the lefthand side of a ship.

LARCENY, lår'sè-nè, [Fr. larcin,] n. Theft; the act of taking and carrying away the goods or property of another feloniously.

LARCH, lårtsh, [L. larix,] n. The common name of a division of the genus pinus.

LARD, lård, [Fr.; L. lardum,] n. The fat of swine, after being melted and separated from the flesh.

LAPIDIFIC, lap-è-dif'ik, [L. lapis, and facio,] a. Forming or converting into stone.

The operaLAPIDIFICATION, lå-pid-è-fè-kåʼshẳn, n. tion of forming or converting into a stony substance.

LAPIDIFY, la-pid'è-fl, v. t. To form into stone.-v. i. To tnrn into stone; to become stone. LAPIDIFYING, lå-pid'è-fl-ing, p. pr. Turning into

То stuff with bacon or pork. To fatten; to enrich. To mix with something by way of improvement.v. i. To grow fat.

LARDACEOUS, lår-dà'shås, a. Of the nature of lard; consisting of lard; resembling lard.

LARDED, lår'ded, p. p. Stuffed with bacon; fattened; mixed. A room where meat is kept or

LARDER, lår'dår, n.

salted. LARDERER, lårʼdår-år, n. of the larder. LARDING, lår'ding, p. pr. tening. LARDON lår'don, [Fr.] n.

One who has the charge Stuffing with bacon; fatA bit of bacon.

LAKE, lare, [Sax. lare, lære,] n. Learning; scholarship. Obs.

LARGE, lårj. [Fr.; L. largus,] a. Big; of great size; bulky. Wide; extensive. Extensive or populous; containing many inhabitants. Abundant; plentiful; ample. Copious; diffusive. In seamen's language, the wind is large when it crosses the line of a ship's course in a favourable direction, particularly on the beam or quarter. Wide; consisting of much water. Liberal; of a great amount. At large. Without restraint or confinement. Diffusely; fully; in the full extent.-n. Formerly, a musical note equal to four breves.

LARGE-HEARTEDNESS, lårj-hårt'êd-nês, n. Largeness of heart; liberality. Obs.

LARGE-LIMBED, lårj'limd, a. Having large limbs. LARGELY, larj'lè, adv. Widely; extensively. Copiously; diffusely; amply. Liberally; bountifully. Abundantly.

LABGENESS, lårj'nês, n. Bigness; bulk; magnitude. Greatness; comprehension. Extent; extensiveness. Extension; amplitude; liberality. Wideness; extent.

LARGESS, lår'jes, [Fr. largesse,] n. A present; a gift or donation; a bounty bestowed.

LARGIFLUOUS, lår-j¡f‍flå-ås, [L. largus, large, and fluo, to flow,] a. Flowing copiously. LARGISH, lårj'ish, a. Somewhat large. Unusual. LARGO, lår'go, [It.] adv. Musical terms, diLARGHETTO, lår-get'to, recting to slow movement. LARGITION, lår-jish'ån, [L. largitio,] n. The act of giving.

LARK, lark, [Sax. lafere, lauerce; Scot. laverok, lauerok,] 1. A bird of the genus alauda. LARKER, lårk'ür, a. A catcher of larks.

LARKLIKE, lårk'llke, a. Resembling a lark in man

ners.

LARK'S-HEEL, lårks’hèèl, n. A flower called Indian

cress.

LARKSPUR, lårk'spår, n. A plant of the genus delphinium.

LARMIER, lår'myễr, [Fr.] n. The flat, jutting part of a cornice; literally, the dropper; the eave or drip of a house.

LARUM, lår'ám, [G. larm,] n. Alarm; a noise giving notice of danger. See ALARM.

LARUS, là'rås, [Gr. a gull,] n. A genus of aquatic birds of the order Palmipedes.

LARVA, lår'vá, [L. larva,] n. An insect in the caLARVE, lärv, terpillar state; eruca.

LARVATED, lår vå-ted, a. Masked; clothed as with

a mask.

LARVIFARA, lår-vip'à-rå, [L. larvæ, and pario, to bring forth,] n. Insects that bring forth larvæ in place

of eggs. LARYNGEAL, la-rin'jè-ål,

LARYNGEAN, la-rîn ́jè-ân, LARYNGIC, lå-rin'jik,

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LARYNGISMUS, lår-in-jis'mås, a. Laryngic suffocation. A genus of diseases, including spasmodic croup. LARYNGITIS, lår-in-ji'tis, n. Inflammation of the larynx.

LARYNGOTOMY, lår-in-gôt'ù-mẻ, [L. larynx, and Gr. temno, to cut,] n. The operation of cutting the larynx, or windpipe; tracheotomy. LARYNX, lår'inks, n. In anatomy, the upper part of the windpipe or trachea, a cartilaginous cavity. LASCAR, lås'kår, n. In the East Indies, a native seaman, or a gunner.

LASCIVIOUSLY, lâs-siv'è-ås-lè, adv. Loosely; wantonly; lewdly. LASCIVIOUSNESS, lås-siv'è-is-nês, n. Looseness; irregular indulgence of animal desires; wantonness, lustfulness. Tendency to excite lust, and promote irregular indulgences.

LASER, lås'år, n. A gum resin highly esteemed by

the ancients.

LASH, låsh, [G. lasche,] n. The thong or braided cord of a whip. A leash or string. A stroke with a whip or any thing pliant or tough. A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain.-v. t. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge. To throw up with a sudden jerk. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string. To satirize; to censure with severity.-v. i. To ply the whip; to strike at. To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly. LASHED, låsht, p. p. Struck with a lash; whipped;

tied; made fast by a rope. In botany, ciliate; fring

LASHING, låsh'ing, n. Extravagance; unruliness. LASK, låsk, [L. laxus,] n. A looseness; a lax; a flux. LASS, lås, [qu. from laddess,] n. A young woman; a girl.

LASSITUDE, lås'sè-túde, [Fr.; L. lassitudo,] n. Weakness; dulness; heaviness; weariness; languor of body or mind. Among physicians, lassitude is a morbid sensation of languor which often precedes disease.

LASSLORN, lås'lårn, a. tress. LAST, låst, [contracted from latest; Sax.] a. That comes after all the others; the latest. That follows all the others; that is behind all the others in place; hindmost. Beyond which there is no more. Next before the present. Utmost. Lowest; meanest. At last, at the last, at the end; in the conclusion. To the last, to the end; till the conclusion.— adv. The last time; the time before the present. In conclusion; finally.-[Sax. lastan, læstan,] v. i. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. To continue unimpaired; not to decay or perish. To hold out; to continue unconsumed.[G., Sw., D., Dan. last; Sax. hlæste,] n. A load; hence, a certain weight or measure. [Sax. laste, læste.] A mould or form of the human foot, made of wood, on which shoes are formed.

Forsaken by his lass or mis

LASTAGE, las'tidj, [Fr. lestage,] n. A duty paid for freight or transportation. Ballast. The lading of a ship. Obs. LASTAGED, las'tidjd, a.

Ballasted.

Obs.

LASTERY, lås'tår-ẻ, n. A red colour. LASTING, lås'ting, p. pr. Continuing in time; enduring; remaining.-a. Durable; of long continuance; that may continue or endure.-n. Endurance. LASTINGLY, las'ting-lè, adv. Durably; with continu

ance.

LASTINGNESS, lås'ting-nes, n. Durability; the quality or state of long continuance.

LASTLY, last'lè, adv. In the last place. In the conclusion; at last; finally.

LATANIA, lå-tà'nè-å, n. A genus of plants of the natural order Palmacea.

LATCH, låtsh, [Fr. loquet,] n. A small piece of iron or wood used to fasten a door. A small line like a loop, used to lace the bonnets to the courses, or the