Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 9

Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.

Lang (a. & adv.) Long.

Langaha (n.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

Langarey (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.

Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

Langdak (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

Langrage (n.) Alt. of Langrel

Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.

Langret (n.) A kind of loaded die.

Langridge (n.) See Langrage.

Langsyne (adv. & n.) Long since; long ago.

Langteraloo (n.) An old game at cards. See Loo (a).

Language (n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.

Language (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.

Language (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.

Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.

Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

Language (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.

Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.

Language (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.

Languaged (imp. & p. p.) of Language

Languaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Language

Language (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languaged (a.) Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.

Languageless (a.) Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.

Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Langue d'oc () The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oil, F. oui).

Languente (adv.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.

Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.

Languid (a.) Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

Languid (a.) Slow in progress; tardy.

Languid (a.) Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.

Languished (imp. & p. p.) of Languish

Languishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Languish

Languish (v. i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

Languish (v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.

Languish (n.) See Languishiment.

Languisher (n.) One who languishes.

Languishing (a.) Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Languishing (a.) Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

Languishingly (adv.) In a languishing manner.

Languishment (n.) The state of languishing.

Languishment (n.) Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

Languishness (n.) Languishment.

Languor (n.) A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.

Languor (n.) Any enfeebling disease.

Languor (n.) Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope.

Languorous (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.

Langure (v. i.) To languish.

Langya (n.) One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

Laniard (n.) See Lanyard.

Laniariform (a.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniary (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.

Laniary (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.

Laniary (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniate (v. t.) To tear in pieces.

Laniation (n.) A tearing in pieces.

Lanier (n.) A thong of leather; a whip lash.

Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.

Laniferous (n.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanifical (a.) Working in wool.

Lanifice (n.) Anything made of wool.

Lanigerous (a.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).

Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Lank (superl.) Languid; drooping.

Lank (v. i. & t.) To become lank; to make lank.

Lankiness (n.) The condition or quality or being lanky.

Lankly (adv.) In a lank manner.

Lankness (n.) The state or quality of being lank.

Lanky (a.) Somewhat lank.

Lanner (n. m.) Alt. of Lanneret

Lanneret (n. m.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

Lanolin (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Lanseh (n.) The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.

Lansquenet (n.) A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.

Lansquenet (n.) A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.

Lant (n.) Urine.

Lant (n.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.

Lant (n.) See Lanterloo.

Lantanium (n.) Alt. of Lantanum

Lantanum (n.) See Lanthanum.

Lantanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.

Lanterloo (n.) An old name of loo (a).

Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.

Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.

Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.

Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.

Lanterned (imp. & p. p.) of Lantern

Lanterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lantern

Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

Lantern-jawed (a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

Lanthanite (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.

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