Chapter 887

5. A plan; a scheme. [Slang]

Dickens.

Lay figure . (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. -- Lay race , that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in weaving; -- called also shuttle race .

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Lay"er (?) , n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.] 1. One who, or that which, lays.

2. [Prob. a corruption of lair .] That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.

3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

4. An artificial oyster bed.

Layering <Xpage=836>

Lay"er*ing , n. A propagating by layers.

Gardner.

Laying <Xpage=836>

Lay"ing (?) , n.

1. The act of one who, or that which, lays.

2. The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.

3. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.

Layland <Xpage=836>

Lay"land` (?) , n. [ Lay a meadow + land .] Land lying untilled; fallow ground. [Obs.]

Blount.

Layman <Xpage=836>

Lay"man (?) n. ; pl. Laymen (<?/) . [ Lay , adj . + man .] 1. One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do. <-- used esp. by physicians of those w/o medical training -->

Being a layman , I ought not to have concerned myself with speculations which belong to the profession. Dryden.

2. A lay figure. See under Lay , n. (above).

Dryden

Layner <Xpage=836>

Lay"ner (?) , n. [See Lanier .] A whiplash. [Obs.]

Layship <Xpage=836>

Lay"ship (?) , n. The condition of being a layman. [Obs.]

Milton.

Laystall <Xpage=836>

Lay"stall` (?) , n. 1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and filth. Bacon.

2. A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged. [Obs.]

Lazar <Xpage=836>

La"zar (?) , n. [OF. lazare , fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi . 20 .] A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.

Chaucer.

Like loathsome lazars , by the hedges lay. Spenser.

Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.

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Laz`a*ret" (?) , Laz`a*ret"to (?) , n. [F. lazaret , or It. lazzeretto , fr. Lazarus . See Lazar .] A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

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Laz"a*rist (?) , Laz"a*rite (?) , n. (R. C. Ch.) One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.

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La"zar*like` (?) , La"zar*ly (?) , a. Full of sores; leprous.

Shak. Bp. Hall.

Lazaroni <Xpage=836>

Laz`a*ro"ni (?) , n. pl. See Lazzaroni .

Lazarwort <Xpage=836>

La"zar*wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) Laserwort.

Laze <Xpage=836>

Laze (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lazed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lazing .] [See Lazy .] To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.]

Middleton.

Laze <Xpage=836>

Laze , v. t. To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days . [Colloq.]

Lazily <Xpage=836>

La"zi*ly (?) , adv. In a lazy manner.

Locke.

Laziness <Xpage=836>

La"zi*ness , n. The state or quality of being lazy.

Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin.

Lazuli <Xpage=836>

Laz"u*li (?) , n. [F. & NL. lapis lazuli , LL. lazulus , lazurius , lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure . See Azure .] (Min.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli , and Armenian stone . <-- and lapis. -->

Lazulite <Xpage=836>

Laz"u*lite (?) , n. [From lazuli : cf. F. lazulite , G. lazulith .] (Min.) A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.

Lazy <Xpage=836>

La"zy (?) , a. [ Compar. Lazier (?) ; superl. Laziest .] [OE. lasie , laesic , of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus , akin to E. late ; or cf. LG. losig , lesig .] 1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Bacon.

2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream . "The night owl's lazy flight."

Shak.

3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

B. Jonson.

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Lazy tongs , a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.

Syn. -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle .

Lazyback <Xpage=837>

La"zy*back` (?) , n. A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage. [Colloq.]

Lazybones <Xpage=837>

La"zy*bones` (?) , n. A lazy person. [Colloq.]

Lazzaroni <Xpage=837>

Laz`za*ro"ni (?; It. <?/) , n. pl. [It. lazzarone , pl. lazzaroni .] The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge. [Written also, but improperly, lazaroni .]

Lea <Xpage=837>

Lea , n. [Cf. Lay , n . (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile Manuf.) (a) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. (b) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

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Lea , n. [OE. ley , lay , As. le\'a0h , le\'a0 ; akin to Prov. G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E. light , n. ] A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. "Plow-torn leas ."

Shak.

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea . Gray.

Leach <Xpage=837>

Leach (?) , n. (Naut.) See 3d Leech .

Leach <Xpage=837>

Leach , n. [Written also letch .] [Cf. As. le\'a0h lye, G. lauge . See Lye .] 1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

Leach tub , a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.

Leach <Xpage=837>

Leach , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Leached (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaching .] [Written also leech and letch .] 1. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee .

2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out ; as, to leach out alkali from ashes .

Leach <Xpage=837>

Leach , v. i. To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

Leach <Xpage=837>

Leach , n. See Leech , a physician. [Obs.]

Leachy <Xpage=837>

Leach"y (?) , a. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.

Lead <Xpage=837>

Lead (l&ecr;d) , n. [OE. led , leed , lead , AS. le\'a0d ; akin to D. lood , MHG. l&omac;t , G. loth plummet, sounding lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod . &root;123] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum ). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.

2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead ; as: (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea. (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl. , a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. Bacon

3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.

Black lead , graphite or plumbago, ; -- so called from its leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.] -- Coasting lead , a sounding lead intermediate in weight between a hand lead and deep-sea lead. -- Deep-sea lead , the heaviest of sounding leads, used in water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Hand lead , a small lead use for sounding in shallow water. -- Krems lead , Kremnitz lead [so called from Krems or Kremnitz , in Austria] , a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also Krems , or Kremnitz , white , and Vienna white . -- Lead arming , tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead. See To arm the lead (below). -- Lead colic . See under Colic . -- Lead color , a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead. -- Lead glance . (Min.) Same as Galena . -- Lead line (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning . (b) (Naut.) A sounding line. -- Lead mill , a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries. -- Lead ocher (Min.) , a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead. Same as Massicot . -- Lead pencil , a pencil of which the marking material is graphite (black lead). -- Lead plant (Bot.) , a low leguminous plant, genus Amorpha ( A. canescens ), found in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore. Gray . -- Lead tree . (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous tree, Leuc\'91na glauca ; -- probably so called from the glaucous color of the foliage. (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip of zinc in lead acetate. -- Mock lead , a miner's term for blende. -- Red lead , a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder, consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass. -- Red lead ore (Min.) , crocoite. -- Sugar of lead , acetate of lead. -- To arm the lead , to fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- To cast, &or; heave , the lead , to cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water. -- White lead , hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint.

Lead <Xpage=837>

Lead , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Leaded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leading .] 1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle .

2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.

Lead <Xpage=837>

Lead (l&emac;d) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Led (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leading .] [OE. leden , AS. l<?/dan (akin to OS. l<?/dian , D. leiden , G. leiten ,Icel. le<?/<?/a , Sw. leda , Dan. lede ), properly a causative fr. AS. li<?/an to go; akin to OHG. l<?/<?/a , Icel. l<?/<?/a ,Goth. leipan (in comp.). Cf. Lode , Loath .] 1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.

If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.)

They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. Luke iv. 29.

In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. Milton.

2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.

The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way. Ex. xiii. 21.

He leadeth me beside the still waters. Ps. xxiii. 2.

This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. Milton.

3. To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.

Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. South.

4. To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.

As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. Fairfax.

And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Leigh Hunt.

5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause .

He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. Eikon Basilike.

Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts. 2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).

6. To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).

That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. 1 Tim. ii. 2.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson.

You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. Dickens.

7. (Cards & Dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led .

To lead astray , to guide in a wrong way, or into error; to seduce from truth or rectitude. -- To lead captive , to carry or bring into captivity. -- To lead the way , to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. Goldsmith .

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Lead (?) , v. i. 1. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or pre\'89minence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead , v. t.

2. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.

The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua. Shak.

To lead off &or; out , to go first; to begin.

Lead <Xpage=837>

Lead , n. 1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead ; to be under the lead of another.

At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead , . . . I am sure I did my country important service . Burke.

2. precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead ; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.

3. (Cards & Dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead .

4. An open way in an ice field.

Kane.

5. (Mining) A lode.

6. (Naut.) The course of a rope from end to end.

7. (Steam Engine) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.

&hand; When used alone it means outside lead , or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.

8. (Civil Engineering) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.

9. (Horology) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.

Saunier.

Lead angle (Steam Engine) , the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam. -- Lead screw (Mach.) , the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which gives the feed motion to the carriage.

Leaded <Xpage=837>

Lead"ed (?) , a. 1. Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows .

2. (Print.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.

Leaden <Xpage=837>

Lead"en (?) , a. 1. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball .

2. Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky .

3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. " Leaden slumber."

Shak.

Leader <Xpage=837>