Chapter 67

Lag of the tide, the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; -- opposed to priming of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon. -- Lag screw, an iron bolt with a square head, a sharp-edged thread, and a sharp point, adapted for screwing into wood; a screw for fastening lags.

Lag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lagging (?).] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton.

Syn. -- To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy.

Lag, v. t. 1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [Obs.] "To lag his flight." Heywood.

2. (Mach.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lag, n. One transported for a crime. [Slang, Eng.]

Lag, v. t. To transport for crime. [Slang, Eng.]

She lags us if we poach.

De Quincey.

La"gan (?), n. & v. See Ligan.

La*gar"to (?), n. [See Alligator.] An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

||La*ge"na (?), n.; pl. L. Lagenæ (#), E. Lagenas (#). [L., a flask; ||cf. Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds ||and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the ||cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. || La*ge"ni*an (?), a. [See Lagena.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

La*ge"ni*form (?), a. [See Lagena, and -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

La"ger (lä"gr), n. Lager beer.

La"ger beer` (?). [G. lager bed, storehouse + bier beer. See Lair, and Beer.] Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.

La"ger wine` (?). Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds.

Lag"gard (?), a. [Lag + - ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward.

Lag"gard, n. One who lags; a loiterer.

Lag"ger (?), n. A laggard.

Lag"ging (?), n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

Lag"ging*ly, adv. In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Lag"ly (?), adv. Laggingly. [Prov. Eng.]

Lag"o*morph (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Lagomorpha.

||Lag`o*mor"pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a hare + &?; form.] ||(Zoöl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four ||incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata. || La*goon" (?), n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagoon island, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.

{ ||Lag`oph*thal"mi*a (?), ||Lag`oph*thal"mos (?), } n. [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

La*go"pous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a hare + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Bot.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

La*gune" (?), n. See Lagoon.

{ La"ic (?), La"ic*al (?), } a. [L. laicus: cf. F. laïque. See Lay laic.] Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. "Laical literature." Lowell.

An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble.

Milton.

La"ic, n. A layman. Bp. Morton.

La"ic*al"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

La"ic*al*ly (?), adv. As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

Laid (?), imp. & p. p. of Lay.

Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color.

Laid"ly, a. Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

This laidly and loathsome worm.

W. Howitt.

Lain (?), p. p. of Lie, v. i.

Lain"ere (?), n. See Lanier. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lair (lâr), n. [OE. leir, AS. leger; akin to D. leger, G. lager couch, lair, OHG. legar, Goth. ligrs, and to E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate, and cf. Layer, Leaguer.]

1. A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

2. A burying place. [Scot.] Jamieson.

3. A pasture; sometimes, food. [Obs.] Spenser.

Laird (lârd), n. [See Lord.] A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

Laird"ship, n. The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. [Scot.] Ramsay.

La"ism (?), n. See Lamaism. [R.]

||Lais`sez" faire" (?). [F., let alone.] Noninterference; -- an axiom ||of some political economists, deprecating interference of government ||by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by ||bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the ||laissez faire system of government. || La"i*ty (l"*t), 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.

Macaulay.

2. The state of a layman. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

||La*ka"o (?), n. Sap green. [China] || Lake (lk), 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 hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.

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

Lake (lk), v. i. [AS. lcan, læcan, to spring, jump, lc play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. √120. Cf. Knowledge.] To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]

Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. lögr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf. Loch, Lough.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.

Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.

Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. -- Lake dwellings (Archæol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See Crannog. -- Lake fly (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvæ live in lakes. -- Lake herring (Zoöl.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii). -- Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and lakists. -- Lake sturgeon (Zoöl.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. -- Lake trout (Zoöl.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout (S. fontinalis), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See Namaycush. -- Lake whitefish. (Zoöl.) See Whitefish. -- Lake whiting (Zoöl.), an American whitefish (Coregonus Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish.

Lake"-dwell`er (?), n. See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

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

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

||Lakh (?), n. Same as Lac, one hundred thousand. || La"kin (?), n. See Ladykin.

Lak"ke (?), n. & v. See Lack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl.

La"ma (?; 277), n. (Zoöl.) See Llama.

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, or Dalai Lama [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. See Lamaism.

La"ma*ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to 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.

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

La`ma*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

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.]

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

La*marck"i*an*ism (?), n. (Biol.) Lamarckism.

La"marck"ism (?), n. [From Lamarck, a distinguished French naturalist.] (Biol.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.

La"ma*ser*y (?), n. [See 2d Lama.] A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.

Lamb (lm), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zoöl.) The young of the sheep.

2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.

Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.

The twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev. xxi. 14.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John i. 29.

-- Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Lamb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Lamb"ale` (?), n. A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

Lam*baste" (?), v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. [Low] Nares.

Lam"ba*tive (?), a. [L. lambere to lick. See Lambent.] Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative medicines." Sir T. Browne.

Lam"ba*tive, n. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Wiseman.

||Lamb"da (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda.] 1. The name of the Greek ||letter , λ, corresponding with the English letter L, l. || 2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambda moth (Zoöl.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ().

Lamb"da*cism (?), n. [L. lambdacismus, Gr. &?;, fr. la`mbda the letter lambda ().] 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.

3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

Lamb"doid (?), a. [Gr. &?;, la`mbda the letter lambda () + e"i^dos shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.

Lamb*doid"al (?), a. Same as Lambdoid.

Lam"bent (?), a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking.] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. "A lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent style." Beaconsfield.

2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of the stars." W. Irving.

Lam"bert pine` (?). [So called from Lambert, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

Lamb"kin (?), n. A small lamb.

Lamb"like (?), a. Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

Lam"boys (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. lambeau. Cf. Label.] (Anc. Armor) Same as Base, n., 19.

Lam"bre*quin (?), n. [F. Cf. Lamboys, Label.] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

Lamb"skin` (?), n. 1. The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.

2. A kind of woolen.

Lamb"skin`net" (?), n. See Lansquenet.

Lamb's-quar"ters (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Lam*doid"al (?), a. Lambdoid. [R.]

Lame (lm), a. [Compar. Lamer (?); superl. Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. "Lame of one leg." Arbuthnot. "Lame in both his feet." 2 Sam. ix. 13. "He fell, and became lame." 2 Sam. iv. 4.

2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. "A lame endeavor." Barrow.

O, most lame and impotent conclusion!

Shak.

Lame duck (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]

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Lame (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Laming.] To make lame.

If you happen to let child fall and lame it.

Swift.

Lam"el (?), n. See Lamella.

La*mel"la (?), n.; pl. L. Lamellæ (#), E. Lamellas (#). [L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle. Cf. Lamina, Omelet.] a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

Lam"el*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. lamellaire.] Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ. -- Lam"el*lar*ly, adv. In thin plates or scales.

Lam"el*la*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.

{ Lam"el*late (?), Lam"el*la`ted (?), } a. [See Lamella.] Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.

La*mel"li*branch (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

{ ||La*mel`li*bran"chi*a (?), ||La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta (?), } n. pl. [NL. See lamella, and Branchia, Branchiate.] (Zoöl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the shell, whence they are called Acephala. Called also Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.

Lam`el*li*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n. One of the Lamellibranchia.

La*mel"li*corn (?), a. [Lamella + L. cornu a horn: cf. F. lamellicorne. See Lamella.] (Zoöl.) (a) Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. (b) Terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of antennæ. -- n. A lamellicorn insect.

||La*mel`li*cor"ni*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Lamellicorn.] (Zoöl.) A group ||of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes. || Lam`el*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Lamella + -ferous: cf. F. lamellifère.] Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

La*mel"li*form (?), a. [Lamella + -form : cf. F. lamelliforme.] Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Lam`el*li*ros"tral (?), a. [Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre.] (Zoöl.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

||La*mel`li*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL. See Lamella, and Rostrum.] ||(Zoöl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in ||which the bill is lamellate. || Lam"el*lose` (?), a. [Cf. F. lamelleux.] Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.

Lame"ly (?), adv. [See Lame.] In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

Lame"ness, n. The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

La*ment" (?), v. i. [F. lamenter, L. lamentari, fr. lamentum a lament.] To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Jeremiah lamented for Josiah.

2 Chron. xxxv. 25.

Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice.

John xvi. 20.

La*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.

Dryden.

Syn. -- To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.

La*ment", n. [L. lamentum. Cf. Lament, v.] 1. Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.

Milton.

2. An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

Lam"en*ta*ble (?), a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F. lamentable.] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.

2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." Burke.

3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. Bp. Stillingfleet.

-- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.

Lam`en*ta"tion (?), n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping.

Matt. ii. 18.

2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

La*ment"ed (?), a. Mourned for; bewailed.

This humble praise, lamented shade ! receive.

Pope.

La*ment"er (&?;), n. One who laments.

La*men"tin (?), n. See Lamantin.

La*ment"ing (?), n. Lamentation.

Lamentings heard i' the air.

Shak.

La*ment"ing*ly, adv. In a lamenting manner.

Lames (lmz), n. pl. [F. lame a thin plate, L. lamina.] (Armor) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.

||La*met"ta (?), n. [Cf. It. lametta, dim. of lama a thin plate.] Foil ||or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. De Colange. || La"mi*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Class. Myth.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

Lam"i*na (lm"*n), n.; pl. L. Laminæ (- n) E. Laminas (-nz). [L. cf. Lamella.] 1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.

3. (Zoöl.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Lam`i*na*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being laminable.

Lam"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.

When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable.

Ure.

{ Lam"i*nar (?), Lam"i*nal (?), } a. [Cf. F. laminaire. See Lamina] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.

||Lam`i*na"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Lamina.] (Bot.) A genus of great ||seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The ||fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to ||fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. || Lam`i*na"ri*an (?), a. Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.

Lam"i*na*rite (?), n. [See Lamina.] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Lam"i*na*ry (?), a. Laminar.

Lam"i*nate (?), a. [See Lamina.] Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Lam"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Laminating (?).] [See Lamina.] 1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Lam"i*nate, v. i. To separate into laminæ.

Lam"i*na`ted (?), a. Laminate.

Laminated arch (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.

Lam"i*na`ting (?), a. Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.

Lam`i*na"tion (?), n. The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Lam`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Lamina + -ferous.] Having a structure consisting of laminæ, or thin layers.

Lam`i*ni*plan"tar (?), a. [Lamina + L. planta sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

||Lam`i*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Lamina, and -itis.] (Far.) Inflammation ||of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; ||founder. Youatt. || Lam"ish (?), a. Somewhat lame. Wood.

Lamm (?), v. t. See Lam.

Lam"mas (?), n. [AS. hlmmesse, hlfmæsse, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious service.] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.