Lagotis 
Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix humboldti). 
Lagotis (la-go'tis), n. [< Gr. ~tay&s, a hare, + ovs 
(ur-) = E. ear 1 .] A synonym of Lagidium. Ben- 
nett, 1833. 
Lagrange's equation. See equation. 
Lagrangian (la - gran 'ji- an), a. [< Lagrange 
(see def.) + -..] Pertaining to Joseph Louis 
Lagrange (1736-1813), a great Piedmontese 
mathematician, who brought analytical me- 
chanics to a regular method Lagrangian de- 
terminant, a determinant which is equated to zero in 
Lagrange's method of treating small oscillations. La- 
grangian equation. See equation. Lagrangian for- 
mula Of interpolation, the formula 
_ rr (& ^) (*" C ) wr (X~-tt) (X C) . . . , 
*/ I* 7- JT- -. -r Ui, 7 rm 7\ r ~tc. 
This formula really belongs to Euler. Lagrangian 
function. See function. Lagrangian method, In hy- 
drodynamics, the method which uses the differential 
equation of the motion of a particle, instead of that of the 
velocity at a point in space. This method was used by 
Lagrange, but originated with Euler, like the so-called 
Eulerian method. 
lagre (F. pron. la'gr), n. [F.] In sheet-glass 
manuf., a sheet of glass laid over the flatten- 
ing-stone to protect a cylinder to be flattened 
from auy slight inequalities of the stone itself. 
lagrimando (lag-ri-man'do), a. [It., ppr. of 
lagrimare, weep, < L. lacrimare, weep : see lac- 
rymation."] Same as lagrimoso. 
lagrimoso (lag -ri- mo 'so), a. [It.: see lacri- 
moso.] In music, plaintive: noting passages 
to be so rendered. Also lacrimoso and lagri- 
mando. 
lag-screw (lag'skro), w. 1. A flat-headed screw, 
used principally to attach lags to baud-drums. 
2. An iron bolt with a square or hexagonal 
head and cut with a wood-screw thread. It is 
cylindrical under the bead, so as to admit of turning 
after it has entered the wood. In Great Britain called 
coach-screw. Car-Builder's Diet. 
Lagthing (lag'ting), . [Norw., < lag, law, + 
thing, parliament: see law 1 and thing.'] The 
upper house of the Norwegian Storthing or par- 
liament, consisting of one foxirth of the mem- 
bers of the latter elected by the whole body. 
See Storthing. 
lag-tootht, n. One of the grinders, the hind- 
most molar or wisdom-tooth : so called because 
it is the last to be cut. Florio. 
laguncula (la-gung'ku-la), n. [L., a dim. of la- 
gona, lagena', a flagon: "see lagena."] Same as 
lagena. 
Lagimcularia (la-gung-ku-la'ri-a), n. [NL. 
(Gartner, 1805), < L. laguncula, dim. of lagena, 
a bottle, in allusion to the form of the calyx.] 
A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants 
of the natural order Combretacece and subor- 
der Combretew, having the calyx-tube turbinate 
and not produced beyond the ovary, 10 in- 
cluded stamens, opposite leaves, and spiked 
flowers. Only one species is known, L. racemosa, the 
white buttonwood or white mangrove, a native of the im- 
mediate coast throughout the West Indies and semitropi- 
cal Florida to Cape Canaveral, and also of tropical Africa. 
It is a small tree, usually only 20 or 30 feet in height, but 
in exceptional cases 60 or 70, with very heavy, hard, and 
strong close-grained wood, susceptible of a high polish. 
lagune, . See lagoon. 
lanmant, n. See lagaman. 
Lahore cloth. [So called from Lahore in In- 
dia.] A name given to cloth made in Great 
Britain from Cashmere wool. 
laic (la'ik), a. and n. [The older form is lay*, 
q. v.; laic is directly from the LL.; = F. laique 
= Sp. laico, lego = Pg. leigo = It. laico, < LL. 
laicus, < Gr. /.awof, of or from the people, < Aa<5f, 
the people.] I. a. Belonging to the laity or 
people, in distinction from the clergy or profes- 
sionals. 
An unprincipled, unedifled, and laick rabble. 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 36. 
3332 
II. . A layman, in distinction from a cler- 
gyman. 
The privilege of teaching was anciently permitted to 
many worthy Laymen ; And Cyprian in his Epistles pro- 
fesses he will doe nothing without the advice and assent 
of his assistant Laictcs. Milton, Church-Government, ii. 3. 
laical (la'i-kal), a. [< laic + -al.~] Same as 
laic. [Bare.] 
laicality (la-i-kal'i-ti), n. [< laic + -ality.] The 
condition or quality of being laic ; the state of 
a layman. [Bare.] 
laically (la'i-kal-i), adv. After the manner of 
a layman or the laity. 
laicization (la"i-si-za'shon), w. [< laicize + 
-ation.'] The act of rendering lay, or of de- 
priving of a clerical character; removal from 
clerical rank, influence, or control. 
In France, the republic seemed benton an entire division 
of church and state, and the laicization of the hospitals 
and schools still continued. 
Appleton's Ann. Cyc., 1886, p. 790. 
laicize (la'i-siz), v. t.; pret. and pp. laicised, 
ppr. laicising. [< laic + -ise.] To render lay ; 
deprive of a clerical character or relation. 
So it is M. Lavy, M. Joffrin, M. Navarre, M. Patenne, 
who guide the spirit of education, and choose the books for 
our libraries. You may be sure that they take care that 
laicising should become a reality. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 710. 
laid (lad), p. a. [Pp. of lay 1 , v.~] 1 . Put or set 
down; thrown down; prostrate. 
Such pleasaunce makes the Grashopper so poore, 
And ligge so layd, when Winter doth her strain.:. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., October. 
They that have drunk " the cup of slumber " had need 
to be bidden " awake and stand up, " for they are sluggish 
and laid. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 189. 
2. Pressed down; pressed Laid paper, paper 
that shows in its fabric the marks of the close parallel 
wires on which the paper-pulp was laid in the process of 
its manufacture: distinguished from move paper, which in 
the process of manufacture is laid on woven flannels or 
on felts. 
laidly (lad'li), . A dialectal variant of loathly. 
laieH, v. An obsolete form of lay 1 . 
Iaie 2 t. An obsolete preterit of lie 1 . 
Iaie 3 t, '* An obsolete form of lay 3 . 
laiert, n. An obsolete form of lair 1 , layer. 
laigh (lach), a. A dialectal (Scotch) form of 
low*. 
laik, v. and n. See lake 2 . 
lain 1 (Ian). Past participle of lie 1 . 
lain 2 (Ian), n. [Cf. lain 1 , pp.; < lay 1 ,?. Cf. 
lair 1 , layer.'] If. A layer. Harrison, Descrip. 
of England, p. 187. (HalUwell.)2. Plow-land 
lying at the foot of the downs. [Prov. Eng.] 
Light falls the rain on link and laine. 
Spectator, No. 2137, p. 574. 
Iain 3 t (Ian), n. [< ME. lain, layn, layen, layne, 
denial, concealment ; partly < AS. lygen = OS. 
lugina = D. logen = MLG. logene, loggene, logge 
= OHG. lugina, MHG. liigene, liigen, G. luge = 
Dan. Sw. logn = Goth, liugn, falsehood, and 
partly from a related noun represented by OHG. 
lougna, denial, = Icel. laun = Sw. Dan. Ion, con- 
cealment (whence the verb lain 3 , q.v.); from the 
root of AS. leogan, etc., lie: see 7e 2 .] Denial; 
concealment. 
A woman I sawe there at the last 
That I first met, with-outyn layn, 
Ful doofully on me here eyn sche cast. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 210. 
Iain 3 t (Ian), r. [Also dial, lean, len; < ME. 
lainen, laynen, leynen, < AS. lygnian, litjnian (= 
OS. lignian = OHG. louginen, longnen, MHG. lou- 
genen, lougenen, G. Idugnen, deny, = Icel. leyna, 
conceal ; from the noun : see lain^, n. The ME. 
form is partly due to the Icel.] I. trans. To 
deny; conceal. 
For alle the lufez vpon lyue, layne not the sothe, 
for gile. 
Sir Oawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 1786. 
H. intrans. To use concealment; speak 
falsely. 
" Of my dissese," quod she, " yf I shuld layne 
Only to yow, I wis I were to blame." 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 717. 
lainert, laineret, n. Same as lannier. 
lair 1 (lar), n. [Also in some senses layer, which 
is partly differentiated; < ME. leir, < AS. leger, 
a couch, bed, lair (= D. leger, a couch, bed, 
lair, = OHG. legar, a couch, MHG. leger, lagar, 
laiger, G. lager, a couch, bed, place of lying, 
storehouse (see lager-beer), = Goth, ligrs, a 
couch), < licgan, lie: see lie 1 . Cf. layer, lea- 
</wer 2 .] 1. A place in which to lie or rest; a 
bed ; a couch : now used only of, or with figura- 
tive reference to, the den or resting-place of 
a wild beast. 
laithly 
My love I lulled vppe in hys leir, 
With cradel-bande I gan hym bynde, 
Cros, he stiketh vppon thi steir, 
Naked in the wylde wynde. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 200. 
Out of the ground up rose, 
As from his lair, the wild beast. 
Milton, P. L., vii. 457. 
2f. A litter, as of rabbits ; a stock. 
His bride and hee were both rabbets of one laier. 
Breton, Merry Wonders, p. 8. 
3f. An open pasture ; a field. 
More hard for hungry steed t' abstaine from pleasant lare. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 29. 
It came to pass that born I was 
Of linage good, of gentle blood, 
In Essex layer, in village fair, 
That Bivenhall hight. 
Turner, Author's Life (ed. 1672), p. 140. 
4. A portion of a bury ing-ground affording space 
sufficient for one or more graves ; a burial-plot. 
[Scotch.] 
lair 2 (lar), n. A Scotch form of lore 1 . 
lair 3 (lar), n. [< ME. laire, layre, lare, < Icel. leir 
= Sw. Dan. ler, clay, mire.] If. Clay; earth. 
Of water his body, is flesshe laire, 
His beer of fuyr, his honde of ayre. 
Cursor Mundi. (BalliweU.) 
2. Mire; a bog; a quagmire. [Scotch.] 3. 
Soil; land; ground: in this sense probably 
confused with lair 1 , 3. [Provincial.] 
lair 3 (lar), v. i. [< lairS, n.~\ To sink when 
wading in snow, mud, or quagmire. [Scotch.] 
And thro' the drift, deep lairing, sprattle. 
Burns, A Winter Night. 
In Scotland, also, cattle venturing on a "quaking moss " 
are often mired, or laired, as it is termed. 
Sir C. Lyell, Prin. of Geol., II. 610. 
laird (lard), . [The So. form of lord.'] In 
Scotland, a landed proprietor; especially, the 
owner of a hereditary estate; also, rarely, a 
house-owner; a landlord, 
lairdship (lard'ship), . [< laird + -ship; ult. 
a dial, form of lordship.'] 1. The condition or 
quality of a laird. 2. An estate ; landed prop- 
erty. [Scotch.] 
My lairdship can yield me 
As meikle a year 
As had us in pottage 
And gude knockit beer. 
Jtamsay, Poems, II. 313. 
lairy (lar'i), a. [< ME. layry, layri, layery ; < 
fa*r+-0i.] 1. Miry. [Scotch.] 2f. Earthly. 
For it es heghe, and alle that it dnellis in it lyf tes abowne 
layery lustes, and vile covaytes. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 196. (Balliwell.) 
laisser-faire (les'a-far'), n. [F. : laisser = It. 
lasciare, let, permit, < L. laxare, relax; faire, < 
~L.facere,d.o: see fact."] A letting alone ; a gen- 
eral non-interference with individual freedom 
of action ; the let-alone principle or policy in 
government and political economy. The term 
was first used in France to designate that principle of po- 
litical economy which would leave industry and trade ab- 
solutely free from taxation or restriction by government, 
except so far as required by public peace and order. It 
has since been extended to include non-interference by 
controlling authority with any guiltless exercise of indi- 
vidual will. 
laissez-faire (les'a-far' ),. [F.: tosses, 2dpers. 
pi. impv. of lateser, let; faire, do: see laisser- 
faire. J Same as laisser-faire. 
Nowadays, however, the worst punishment to be looked 
for by one who questions its [governmental authority's] 
omnipotence, is that he will be reviled as a reactionary 
who talks laissez-faire. H. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 56. 
laistowet, Same as laystall. 
laitH, . [ME. lait, layt, leit, leyt, < AS. liget, 
leget, pi. ligetu, Ugeta, legetu, lightning; cf. 
OHG. langazan = Goth, lauhaljan, lighten: 
from the root of leoht, light: see light 1 , a. and 
.] Lightning; flash. 
And that ys not full moche wonder, 
For that day cometh layte and thonder. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, t. 43. (Halliwell.) 
lait 2 (lat), v. t. and i. [Also late; < ME. laiten, 
layten, legten, < Icel. leita, seek, search, inquire, 
= AS. wlatian, look at, = Goth, wlaiton, look 
around.] To seek; search for; inquire. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
A ! lorde, thou wote wele like a tyde, 
The Jewes thei layte the f erre and nere, 
To stone the vn-to dede, 
Or putte to pereles payne. York Play*, p. 197. 
laiter (la'ter), n. Same as lafter. 
laith (lath), a. A dialectal (Scotch) form of 
loath. 
laithe (laTH), . [Cf. lythc.'] The pollack. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
laithfu' (lath'fu), a. A dialectal (Scotch) form 
of loathful. 
laithly (lath'li), . A dialectal (Scotch) form 
of loathly. 
