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- English Word Lanthopine Definition An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
- English Word Lanthorn Definition See Lantern.
- English Word Lanuginose Definition Alt. of Lanuginous
- English Word Lanuginous Definition Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
- English Word Lanugo Definition The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
- English Word Lanyard Definition A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.
- English Word Lanyard Definition A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.
- English Word Lanyer Definition See Lanier.
- English Word Laocoon Definition A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
- English Word Laocoon Definition A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
- English Word Laodicean Definition Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
- English Word Lap Definition The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- English Word Lap Definition An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- English Word Lap Definition The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
- English Word Lap Definition That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
- English Word Lap Definition The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).
- English Word Lap Definition The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
- English Word Lap Definition One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.
- English Word Lap Definition In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
- English Word Lap Definition A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.