<B>lament, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to sorrow for; mourn aloud for. <BR> <I>Ex. We lament the dead.</I> (SYN) bewail, deplore. <DD><B> 2. </B>to feel sorrow about; regret. <BR> <I>Ex. We lamented his absence. I lamented my own folly ... in attempting a second voyage (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to feel or show grief; mourn aloud; weep. <BR> <I>Ex. Why does she lament so? The ghost of Freud laments wanly of yet another disservice perpetrated in his name (Mary O'Reilly).</I> (SYN) grieve, wail. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an expression of grief or sorrow; wail. <BR> <I>Ex. The Russian scholars raised a lament against, of all things, the slighting of Latin and Greek in Soviet curriculums (Newsweek). Good grandsire, leave these bitter deep laments (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a poem, song, or tune that expresses grief. <BR> <I>Ex. Soon as the dire lament was play'd, It waked the lurking ambuscade (Scott).</I> (SYN) elegy, dirge. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Poetic.) the act of lamenting; lamentation. noun <B>lamenter.</B> adv. <B>lamentingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>lamentable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>giving cause for sorrow; to be regretted or pitied. <BR> <I>Ex. a lamentable accident. It was a lamentable day when our dog was run over.</I> (SYN) pitiable, deplorable. <DD><B> 2. </B>not so good; inferior; pitiful. <BR> <I>Ex. a lamentable fake. The singer gave a lamentable performance.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) sorrowful; mournful. </DL>
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<B>lamentably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to a lamentable degree; regrettably; pitifully. <BR> <I>Ex. He was lamentably ignorant about everything but sports.</I> </DL>
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<B>lamentation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> loud grief; cries of sorrow; mourning; wailing. <BR> <I>Ex. She tried to forget, but she could not. Her lamentations continued with ... strange persistency (Strachey).</I> </DL>
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<B>Lamentations, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a book of the Old Testament, according to tradition, written by Jeremiah. By Christians it is customarily placed among the prophetic books, following Jeremiah, but in the Hebrew Bible it is classed among the sacred writings (Hagiographa) rather than among the Prophets (Nebiim). (Abbr:) Lam. </DL>
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<B>lamented, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>mourned for, as one who is dead. <BR> <I>Ex. his excellent, learned, and ever lamented friend the late Mr. Yorke (Edmund Burke).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>regretted; deplored. </DL>
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<B>lameter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish and Northern English.) a lame person; cripple. <BR> <I>Ex. You have now, no doubt, friends who will ... not suffer you to devote yourself to a blind lameter like me (Charlotte Bronte).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>lamiter.</B> </DL>
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<B>lamia, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mias,</B> <B>-miae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek and Roman Mythology.) a fabulous monster having the head and breasts of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to lure away children, especially the newborn, to suck their blood. <DD><B> 2. </B>a witch; female demon. </DL>
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<B>lamiaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the mint family. </DL>
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<B>lamina, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nae,</B> <B>-nas.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thin plate, scale, or layer. <BR> <I>Ex. A type of record which occurs widely throughout the world is that of varves, the laminae in certain clays and sands (G. H. Dury).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the flat, wide part of a leaf; blade. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Anatomy.) a thin layer of bone, membrane, or the like. </DL>
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<B>laminable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be formed into thin plates or layers. </DL>
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<B>laminal, </B>adjective. <B>=laminar.</B></DL>
<A NAME="laminapropria">
<B>lamina propria, </B>pl. <B>laminae propriae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) the thin layer beneath the epithelium of an organ; basement membrane. </DL>
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<B>laminar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>consisting of or arranged in laminae. <DD><B> 2. </B>smooth; streamlined; not turbulent. <BR> <I>Ex. The flow of oil for lubrication in bearings is laminar.</I> </DL>
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<B>laminar flow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a steady flow of a fluid, as opposed to turbulent flow. <BR> <I>Ex. When you open the faucet a little bit, the water streams out smoothly in what is known as laminar (or streamlined) flow (George Gamow). Air can flow in the boundary layer in ... orderly paths parallel to the surface of the airplane ... The parallel flow is called laminar flow (A. Wiley Sherwood).</I> </DL>
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<B>laminariaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a group of brown algae that includes the large kelps. </DL>
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<B>laminarin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sulfated form of starch derived from seaweed, which serves as an anticoagulant. </DL>
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<B>laminate, </B>verb, <B>-nated,</B> <B>-nating,</B> adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make (plywood, plastics, or glass) by fastening together layer on layer of one or more materials. <DD><B> 2. </B>to beat or roll (metal) into a thin plate. <DD><B> 3. </B>to split into thin layers. <DD><B> 4. </B>to cover with thin plates. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to separate into thin layers. <DD><I>adj. </I> laminated; laminar. <DD><I>noun </I> laminated plastic. </DL>
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<B>laminated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>formed or manufactured in a succession of layers of material. <BR> <I>Ex. The magnet must be of laminated construction and is built up from a large number of 1/2-inch sheets (L. L. Green).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>consisting of or arranged in laminae. </DL>
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<B>laminated-veneer lumber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> lumber made from thin layers of wood held together with very strong, waterproof glue. <BR> <I>Ex. In laminated-veneer lumber, the grain of each layer of veneer runs in the same direction (Fine Home Building).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) LVL </DL>
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<B>lamination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of laminating or the condition of being laminated. <BR> <I>Ex. Lamination consists of gluing thin planks of wood together to make a thick one.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a laminated structure; arrangement in thin layers. <DD><B> 3. </B>a thin layer. </DL>
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<B>laminative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a laminated texture. </DL>
<A NAME="laminator">
<B>laminator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device which protects documents by laminating them between sheets of transparent plastic. </DL>
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<B>laminectomy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> removal of the posterior arch of a vertebra. </DL>
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<B>lamington, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Australia and New Zealand) a square of sponge cake with a coating of chocolate and coconut. </DL>
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<B>laminitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the sensitive laminar structures of a horse's foot; founder. </DL>
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<B>laminose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consisting of or having the form of laminae. </DL>
<B>lamister, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a person who is escaping or hiding from the law; escaped convict; fugitive. <BR> <I>Ex. The Irish law was already so well publicized ... that every major British lamister had long since flown the coop (Time).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>lamster.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="lamiter">
<B>lamiter, </B>noun. <B>=lameter.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lammas">
<B>Lammas, </B>noun, or <B>Lammas Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>August 1, the day of a harvest festival formerly held in England. <DD><B> 2. </B>August 1, a religious feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the imprisonment and miraculous escape of Saint Peter (in the Bible, Acts 12:4-10). </DL>
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<B>Lammastide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the season around August 1 (Lammas). </DL>
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<B>lammergeier</B> or <B>lammergeyer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the largest European bird of prey, with a wingspread of nine to ten feet, inhabiting lofty mountains in southern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa; ossifrage; bearded vulture. </DL>
<B>Lamona, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of an American breed of chicken with white plumage and white-shelled eggs. </DL>
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<B>lamp, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a device that gives artificial light. Oil lamps hold oil and a wick by which the oil is burned. A gas or electric light, especially when covered with a glass globe or other shade, is called a lamp. Sometimes anything that gives light, such as a torch or flashlight, is called a lamp. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar device that gives heat. <BR> <I>Ex. a spirit lamp.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) something that suggests the light of a lamp. <BR> <I>Ex. the lamp of learning. ... reason, that heav'n-lighted lamp in man (Edward Young).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) an eye. <DD><B> 5. </B>one of the heavenly bodies, such as the sun, the moon, a star, or a meteor. <BR> <I>Ex. that glorious lamp of heaven, the sun (Robert Herrick).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Slang.) to eye; look at. <BR> <I>Ex. From the corner of his eye, he lamped the woman (J. T. Farrell).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>smell of the lamp,</B> </I>to suggest long hours of hard work late at night; be stuffy or pedantic. <BR> <I>Ex. Hardly any poet smells of the lamp less disagreeably than Spenser (George E. B. Saintsbury).</I> </DL>
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<B>lampads, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Poetic.) the seven "lamps of fire" burning before the throne of God (in the Bible, Revelation 4:5). </DL>
<A NAME="lampas">
<B>lampas</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inflammation of the mucous membrane covering the hard palate of the mouth in the horse. </DL>
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<B>lampas</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a flowered silk fabric, originally imported from China and usually made into shawls or kerchiefs. </DL>
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<B>lampblack, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a fine black soot consisting of almost pure carbon that is deposited when oil, gas, etc., burns incompletely. Lampblack is used as a coloring matter in paint, ink, cement, and in making tires. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to paint, smear, or coat with lampblack. <BR> <I>Ex. A ... scoundrel who knows no pleasure beyond ... lampblacking signs (Thomas Brown).</I> </DL>
