Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.
Lapsided (a.) See Lopsided.
Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
Lapstreak (a.) Alt. of Lapstrake
Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.
Lap-welded (a.) Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.
Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.
Lapwork (n.) Work in which one part laps over another.
Laguay (n.) A lackey.
Laquearia (pl. ) of Laquear
Laquear (n.) A lacunar.
Laqueary (a.) Using a noose, as a gladiator.
Lares (pl. ) of Lar
Lars (pl. ) of Lar
Lar (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.
Lar (n.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.
Laramie group () An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.
Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
Larboard (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.
Larcener (n.) Alt. of Larcenist
Larcenist (n.) One who commits larceny.
Larcenous (a.) Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.
Larcenies (pl. ) of Larceny
Larceny (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
Larch (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).
Larchen (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch.
Lard (n.) Bacon; the flesh of swine.
Lard (n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
Larded (imp. & p. p.) of Lard
Larding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lard
Lard (n.) To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
Lard (n.) To fatten; to enrich.
Lard (n.) To smear with lard or fat.
Lard (n.) To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
Lard (v. i.) To grow fat.
Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.
Lardaceous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lard.
Larder (n.) A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.
Larderer (n.) One in charge of the larder.
Lardery (n.) A larder.
Lardon (n.) Alt. of Lardoon
Lardoon (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.
Lardry (n.) A larder.
Lardy (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
Lare (n.) Lore; learning.
Lare (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair.
Lare (v. t.) To feed; to fatten.
Lares (n. pl.) See 1st Lar.
Large (superl.) Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
Large (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
Large (superl.) Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
Large (superl.) Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
Large (superl.) Free; unembarrassed.
Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
Large (superl.) Prodigal in expending; lavish.
Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.
Large (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
Large-acred (a.) Possessing much land.
Large-handed (a.) Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
Large-hearted (a.) Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
Largely (adv.) In a large manner.
Largeness (n.) The quality or state of being large.
Largess (a.) Alt. of Largesse
Largesse (a.) Liberality; generosity; bounty.
Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
Larget (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.
Larghetto (a. & adv.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.
Largifical (a.) Generous; ample; liberal.
Largifluous (a.) Flowing copiously.
Largiloquent (a.) Grandiloquent.
Largish (a.) Somewhat large.
Largition () The bestowment of a largess or gift.
Largo (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.
Largo (n.) A movement or piece in largo time.
Lariat (n.) A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.
Lariated (imp. & p. p.) of Lariat
Lariating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lariat
Lariat (v. t.) To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.
Larine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae).
Larixinic (a.) Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.
Lark (v. i.) A frolic; a jolly time.
Larked (imp. & p. p.) of Lark
Larking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lark
Lark (v. i.) To sport; to frolic.
Lark (n.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
Lark (v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.
Lark-colored (a.) Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.
Larker (n.) A catcher of larks.
Larker (n.) One who indulges in a lark or frolic.
Lark's-heel (n.) Indian cress.