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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: lake dweller - lambaste</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="lakedweller"> lake dweller,<DL COMPACT><DD> a person living in a lake dwelling, especially in prehistoric times. </DL> <A NAME="lakedwelling"> lake dwelling,<DL COMPACT><DD> a house built, especially in prehistoric times, on piles driven into a lake or along the shore of a lake. Ex. Remains from the Swiss lake dwellings afford positive evidence that flax was domesticated and its fibers used in weaving (Beals and Hoijer). </DL> <A NAME="lakeeffect"> lake effect,<DL COMPACT><DD> the effect of a large inland lake on weather systems passing over it. Ex. But there's a positive side to Superior too. Thanks to the lake effect, temperatures even in the mid-winter average between 15 and 30 degrees (Lands' End Catalog). </DL> <A NAME="lakefront"> lakefront, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the area bordering on a lake. Ex. ... a great exposition and convention hall on the Chicago lakefront (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="lakehead"> lakehead, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the area of a lake nearest its source. </DL> <A NAME="lakeherring"> lake herring, =cisco.</DL> <A NAME="lakelandterrier"> lakeland terrier,<DL COMPACT><DD> a terrier with a narrow body, long head, and beard, weighing 15 to 17 pounds. The breed was developed in England for hunting the fox and otter. </DL> <A NAME="lakelike"> lakelike, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a lake. Ex. the lakelike glisten of desert sands. </DL> <A NAME="lakenvelder"> Lakenvelder, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of a breed of chicken with black-and-white plumage and white-shelled eggs. It was developed in Germany. </DL> <A NAME="lakepoets"> Lake poets,<DL COMPACT><DD> William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and other English poets who lived in the Lake District; Laker. </DL> <A NAME="laker"> laker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fish living in or taken from a lake, especially a lake trout. <DD> 2. a ship or freighter on a lake, especially the Great Lakes. Ex. Giant lakers, previously land-locked on the Great Lakes, can now navigate right down to the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Maclean's). <DD> 3. a person accustomed to living, working, or sailing on a lake. </DL> <A NAME="laker"> Laker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the Lake poets. Ex. The Lakers all ... first despised, and then patronised Walter Scott (Edward FitzGerald). </DL> <A NAME="lakesalmon"> lake salmon,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =lake trout. <DD> 2. a landlocked salmon. </DL> <A NAME="lakeschool"> Lake School,<DL COMPACT><DD> the Lake poets of England and their followers. </DL> <A NAME="lakeshore"> lakeshore, noun. =lakeside.</DL> <A NAME="lakeside"> lakeside, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the margin or shore of a lake. Ex. the willows and alders by the lakeside. </DL> <A NAME="lakesturgeon"> lake sturgeon,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley waters that reaches a weight of 300 pounds and a length of eight feet; rock sturgeon. </DL> <A NAME="laketrout"> lake trout,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large, dark trout with gray or yellowish spots, of the lakes of North America; namaycush. </DL> <A NAME="lakeward"> lakeward, adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> toward the lake. Ex. Most of the cottages faced lakeward. </DL> <A NAME="lakh"> lakh, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun in India: <DD> 1. a unit of 100,000, especially a unit of money equivalent to 100,000 rupees. <DD> 2. any large number; great amount. <DD>adj. 100,000. Also, lac. </DL> <A NAME="lakin"> lakin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) ladykin (only in by our lakin, a form of by Our Lady). </DL> <A NAME="lakoda"> Lakoda, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a glossy, amber-colored seal fur obtained from an Alaskan fur seal. </DL> <A NAME="lakota"> Lakota, noun, pl. -ta or -tas. =Dakota.</DL> <A NAME="lakshmi"> Lakshmi, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Hindu goddess of prosperity and light, wife of Vishnu. </DL> <A NAME="laky"> laky, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like the color of lake; purplish-red. </DL> <A NAME="lalang"> lalang, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, coarse East Indian grass of the jungle. </DL> <A NAME="laliqueglass"> Lalique glass,<DL COMPACT><DD> an ornamental glass decorated in relief with figures or flowers. </DL> <A NAME="lallan"> Lallan, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) Lowland. </DL> <A NAME="lallans"> Lallans, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Lowland Scottish dialect; Lowlands. Ex. [He] is a solid intelligent Scottish poet who writes partly in English, partly in Lallans (Observer). </DL> <A NAME="lallation"> lallation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the pronunciation of r like l, as in velly for very. </DL> <A NAME="lallycolumn"> Lally column,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a steel column filled with concrete. Ex. The adjustment of the houses--a simple shift of stresses on existing uprights and the installation of a Lally column in the center of the dining room--can be accomplished in less than a week (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="lallygag"> lallygag, intransitive verb, -gagged, -gagging.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) lollygag. Ex. He was in high spirits after weeks of fishing and lallygagging in Florida ... (Sports Illustrated). </DL> <A NAME="lam"> lam (1), noun, verb, lammed, lamming.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>noun a hurried escape, as from the scene of a crime. <DD>v.i. to escape, especially from an officer of the law; run away; flee. expr. on the lam, in flight; escaping. Ex. When he [a bear] is on the lam, he can make good time through thickets almost impenetrable to dogs (Newsweek). expr. take it on the lam, to flee hurriedly; escape. Ex. The heat was on and Antony took it on the lam (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="lam"> lam (2), transitive verb, intransitive verb, lammed, lamming.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to beat soundly; thrash; whack. Ex. I bet you I'll lam Sid for that. I'll learn him! (Mark Twain). </DL> <A NAME="lam"> Lam.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Lamentations (book of the Old Testament). <DD> 2. (Botany.) Lamarck. </DL> <A NAME="lama"> lama, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Buddhist priest or monk in Tibet and Mongolia. </DL> <A NAME="lamaism"> Lamaism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the religious system of the lamas in Mongolia and in Tibet. It is a form of Mahayana Buddhism and possesses a widespread monastic system and a hierarchical organization headed by the Dalai Lama. </DL> <A NAME="lamaist"> Lamaist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a believer in Lamaism. <DD>adj. =Lamaistic. </DL> <A NAME="lamaistic"> Lamaistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. characteristic of a Lamaist. <DD> 2. of or having to do with Lamaism. Ex. the Lamaistic form of Buddhism. </DL> <A NAME="lamanite"> Lamanite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the ancient Hebrew ancestors of the American Indians according to the Book of Mormon. </DL> <A NAME="lamarckian"> Lamarckian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of the French biologist Jean de Lamarck or Lamarckism. <DD>noun person who supports Lamarckism. </DL> <A NAME="lamarckianism"> Lamarckianism, noun. =Lamarckism.</DL> <A NAME="lamarckism"> Lamarckism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the theory of organic evolution proposed by Jean de Lamarck (1744-1829). Lamarckism states that characteristics acquired from the environment by parents tend to be inherited by their descendants. </DL> <A NAME="lamasery"> lamasery, noun, pl. -series.<DL COMPACT><DD> a monastery of lamas in Mongolia and Tibet. </DL> <A NAME="lamaze"> Lamaze, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a widely used form of natural childbirth developed in the 1950's by Fernand Lamaze, a French obstetrician. Ex. The method is known as "psychoprophylaxis," or more commonly the Lamaze Method of "natural" childbirth ... (Sally Olds and Linda Witt). </DL> <A NAME="lamb"> lamb, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a young sheep. Ex. Mary had a little lamb. <DD> 2. meat from a lamb. Ex. roast lamb. <DD> 3. =lambskin. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a young, innocent, or dear person. Ex. The widow she cried over me and called me a poor lost lamb (Mark Twain). <DD> 5. (Slang, Figurative.) <DD> a. a person who is easily cheated. <DD> b. an inexperienced speculator. <DD> 6. (Informal.) =Persian lamb. <DD>v.i. to give birth to a lamb or lambs. Ex. Lambing is always hazardous and is made more difficult by the uncertainty of the weather (Manchester Guardian Weekly). <DD>v.t. to attend (ewes) which are lambing. expr. like a lamb, <DD> a. meekly; timidly. Ex. He accepted his defeat like a lamb. <DD> b. easily fooled. Ex. He was like a lamb in the hands of the swindlers, and they fleeced him of all his savings. expr. the Lamb, Jesus Christ (in the Bible, John 1:29, 36). Ex. So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee (Tennyson). </DL> <A NAME="lambast"> lambast, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) lambaste. </DL> <A NAME="lambaste"> lambaste, transitive verb, -basted, -basting.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1. to strike again and again; beat severely; thrash. Ex. The Queen and husband Philip spent the night at Government House, watched the traditional ... drummers lambasting their three-foot drums with ferocious, stout-filled glee (Time). <DD> 2. to scold roughly; denounce violently; condemn. Ex. Apparently the American people expect that in a campaign the two contending parties will lambaste each other unmercifully (Wall Street Journal). (SYN) excoriate, revile, score. <DD> 3. (Nautical.) to beat with the end of a rope. </DL> <A HREF="lambda.dic">NEXT</A>