lakin 
He putt up In his bosome thes iij lakayns. 
Qesta Romanorum, p. 105. (HalliweU.) 
Iakin 2 t (la'kin), . [A contracted form of 
ladykin : formerly common in oaths, with ref- 
erence to the Virgin Mary.] A diminutive of 
lady By our Lakin, by our Lady that IB, by the Vir- 
gin Mary. 
By 'r lakin, I can go no further, sir ; 
My old bones ache. Shot., Tempest, iii. 3. 1. 
laking-place (la'king-plas), . [< taking, ver- 
bal n. of lakeV, )>., + place.'] A play-ground; 
especially, a place where birds, as grouse, re- 
sort to play the antics attendant upon mating. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
These laking-places, as they are locally termed, are fre- 
quented by a great number of males, who flght for the 
possession of the females. 
H. Seebohm, British Birds, II. 436. 
lakisht (la'kish), a. [< lake 1 + -ish.~\ Wet; 
moist. [Rare.] 
That watery latieh hill. Greene, Orlando Furtoso. 
Lakist (la'kist), re. [< lake 1 + -ist.] Same as 
Laker 1 , 1. 
lakket, n. and v. A Middle English form of 
lack*. 
Lakshmi(laksh'me), n. [Hind.] In later Hin- 
du myth., the goddess of good fortune and 
beauty, generally regarded as the consort of 
Vishnu, and said to have been one of the pro- 
duets of the churning of the ocean. She is also 
called Cri (or Shri). 
laky (la'ki), a. [< lake* + -01.] Lake-like ; 
of or pertaining to a lake or lakes. [Bare.] 
And flanking towers, and laky flood. 
Scott, Marmlon, v., Int. 
Lalage (lal'a-je), . [NL., < L. Lalage, a fern, 
name, < Gr.' iMAayfi, prattle.] 1. In ornith.: 
(a) A genus of birds of the family Campopha- 
giaai, of which the type is L. terat, containing 
numerous species (about 25) ranging from Mau- 
ritius through India to Australia aud Oceanica. 
Boie, 1826. (6) A genus of thrushes (same as 
Copsichus, 1), the type being Turdus mindanen- 
sis. Boie, 1858. 2. In entom., a genus of dip- 
terous insects of the family Muscida:. Desvoidy, 
1863. 
lall 1 (lal), v. A dialectal variant of loll. 
lall 2 (lal), a. A dialectal variant of KM 2 , con- 
traction of little. 
Lallan (lal'au), a. and n. [A dial, form of 
lawland, lowland.] I. a. Belonging to the Low- 
lands of Scotland. [Scotch.] 
Far aft our gentles for their poets flew, 
And scorned to own that Lallan sangs they knew. 
A. Wilson, Poems, p. 40. 
II. H. The Lowland Scotch dialect. 
I translate John's Lallan, for I cannot do it justice, being 
born Britannis. fi. L. Stevenson, Pastoral. 
lallation (la-la'shon), n. [< F. lallation, im- 
perfect pronunciation of the letter I, < L. lal- 
lare, sing lullaby; cf. Gr. ?M).elv, talk, chatter.] 
An imperfect pronunciation of the letter r, 
whereby it is made to sound like I. See lamb- 
dacism. 
lalo (la'16), n. See baobab. 
lalopathy (la-lop'a-thi), n. [< Gr. A<ZAV, talk, + 
iraSof, suffering.] Disturbance of the language- 
function, in the most extensive sense. 
lam 1 (lam), v. t. ; pret. and pp. lammed, ppr. 
lamming. [Also lamm; < Icel. lemja, beat (cf. 
lamning, a beating) ; cf. lama, bruise, appar. = 
E. lame 1 , v."] To thrash ; beat. [Now only pro- 
vincial or colloquial.] 
Marry, I say, sir, if I had been acquainted 
With lamming in my youth, as you have been, 
With whipping and such benefits of nature, I should do 
better. Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, v. 2. 
If Milwood were here, dash my wigs ! 
Quoth he, I would pummel and lam her well. 
J. Smith, Rejected Addresses, xx. 
lam'-'t, . An obsolete spelling of lamb. 
lam 3 (lam), . [< F. lame, a thin leaf: see 
lame 3 , lamina.'] In weaving, a leaf or heddle. 
The generality of weavers couple the first and third 
healds or shafts, and so are enabled to weave it with only 
two lams. A. Barlow, Weaving, p. 317. 
lama 1 (la'ma), n. [Tibetan.] A celibate priest 
or ecclesiastic belonging to that variety of Bud- 
dhism known as Lamaism. There are several grades 
of lamas, both male and female. The dalai-lama and the 
tesho- or bogdo-latna are regarded as supreme pontiffs. 
They are of equal authority in their respective territories 
but the former is much the more important, and is known 
to Europeans as the Grand Lama. 
Lama 2 (la'ma), n. [NL., < llama, q. v.] 1. A 
genus of Camelida; of South America, including 
the llama, vicugna, alpaca, and guanaco: now 
called Auchenia. 2. [I. c.] See llama. 
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lama 3 (la'ma), n. [Sp., gold or silver cloth, a 
particular use of Jama, plate: see feme 3 , lamina.'] 
1 . A rich material made in Spain in the fifteenth 
century, described as a cloth of silver shaded 
and watered. 
A dress of silver lama, over French lilac. 
ArmOage, Old Court Customs, p. 36. 
2. A similar stuff of modern manufacture. See 
lama <Poro, below. Spanish Arts (S. K. Hand- 
book). Lama d'oro.a silk stuff interwoven with threads 
or flat strips of gold, especially of a kind made in Italy. 
lamaic (la'mji-ik), a. Pertaining to a lama ; re- 
lating to or consisting of lamas : as, the lamaic 
system; a lamaic hierarchy. 
Lamaism (la'ma-izm), . [< lama 1 + -ism.] A 
corrupted form of Buddhism prevailing in Tibet 
and Mongoliaj which combines the ethical and 
metaphysical ideas of Buddhism with an organ- 
ized hierarchy under two semi-political sover- 
eign pontiffs (see lama 1 ), an elaborate ritual, 
and the worship of a host of deities and saints. 
Lamaist (lii'ma-ist), n. [< lama 1 + -ist.] One 
professing the'religion called Lamaism. Also 
Lamaite. 
On the occasion of the great annual festival of the Lama- 
Ms in July, a small image of one of the high gods is put 
into this shrine. The Century, XXXVII. 657. 
Lamaistic (la-ma-is'tik), a. [< Lamaist + -ie.~\ 
Characteristic of a Lamaist ; of or pertaining to 
Lamaism; lamaic. 
Lamaite (lii'ma-it), . [< lama 1 + -ite 2 .] Same 
as Lamaist. 
lamantin (la-man'tin: F. pron. la-mon-tan'), n. 
[F.: see manatee.] Same as manatee. 
lamarchy (la'mar-ki), . [< lama 1 + Gr. apxil, 
rule.] The lamaic hierarchy; the ecclesias- 
tical system or priesthood of the lamas. 
Lamarckian (la-mar'ki-an), a. [< Lamarck (see 
Lamarckism) + -ian.] Of or pertaining to the 
French naturalist Lamarck. See Lamarckism. 
Lamarckianism (la-mar'ki-an-izm), u. [< La- 
marckian + -ism.] Same as Lamarckism. 
Lamarckism (la-mar'kizm), . [< Lamarck (see 
def.) + -ism.] In biol., the general body of 
doctrine propounded by the French naturalist 
J. B. P. A. de Monet de Lamarck (1744-1829); 
the theory of evolution as maintained by him 
at the beginning of the nineteenth century, to 
the effect that all plants and animals are de- 
scended from a common primitive form of life. 
In its fundamental principles and essential features, 
Lamarckism differs from Darwinism in assuming that 
changes resulted from appetency and the active exertion 
of the organism. See abiogenesis. 
lamaserai (lii'ma-se-rl), n. See lamasery. 
lamasery (la'ma- se-ri), n. ; pi. lamaseries (-riz). 
[Also lamaserai; after F. lamaserie, < lama 1 + 
Pers. sardi, an inn : see caravansary.] A Bud- 
dhist monastery or nunnery in Tibet or Mongo- 
lia, presided over by a chief lama, correspond- 
ing to a European abbot or abbess. Lamaseries 
are very numerous, and some contain several 
thousand inmates. 
At the present moment my body is quietly asleep in a 
lamastery [read lamasery] in Thibet. 
F . M. Crawford, Mr. Isaacs, xiii. 
lamasoolt, n. Same as lamVs-wool, 2. 
lamb (lam), n. [< ME. lamb, lomb, pi. lamben, 
lambren, lambron, < AS. lamb, tomb (ONorth. also 
lemb), also lombor (pi. lambru, lombru, lomberu, 
lomboro) = OS. lamb = D. MLG. lam = OHG. 
lamb, MHG. lamb, lamp, lam, G. lamm = Icel. 
lamb = Sw. lamm = Dan. lam = Goth, lamb, a 
lamb.] 1 . A young animal of the sheep kind ; 
a young sheep. 
And men fynden with inne a lytylle Best, in Flessche, 
in Bon and Blode, as though it were a lytylle Lomb, with 
outen Wolle. Mandeville, Travels, p. 264. 
And in the fields all round I hear the bleating of the lamb. 
Tennyson, May Queen, Conclusion. 
2. A person gentle or innocent as a lamb. 
Outward fambren semen we, 
Fulle of goodnesse and of pitee; 
And inward we, withouten fable, 
Ben gredy wolves ravysable. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 7013. 
The very whitest lamb in all my fold 
Loves you : I know her : the worst thought she has 
Is whiter even than her pretty hand. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
Hence 3. One easily beguiled or fleeced ; an 
inexperienced speculator who is deceived into 
making losing investments. [Slang.] 
When a young gentleman or apprentice comes into this 
school of virtue unskilled in the quibbles and devices 
there practised, they call him a lamb; then a rook (who is 
properly the wolf) follows him close and . . . gets all his 
money, and then they smile and say "The lamb is bitten." 
The Wicker Nicked, 1669 (Harl. Misc., II. 109> 
lambeau 
4. Ironically, a ruffian or bully: as, Kirke's 
lambs (a troop of British soldiers noted for their 
atrocities in suppressing Monmouth's rebellion 
in 1685) Holy lamb, in the Gr. Ch., a square pro- 
jection rising above the rest of the round, flat oblate of 
leavened bread. It is stamped with a cross, in the angles 
of which are the letters 1C XC NI KA that is,'I>jcroOs 
Xpicrrbs I-IKO, "Jesus Christ conquers." The priest divides 
the holy lamb from the remainder of the oblate with the 
holy lance in the office of prothesis, and it is the part af- 
terward used for consecration, the antidoron being taken 
from the remainder. Also called the holy loaf or the holy 
bread and the seal. The Lamb, the Lamb of God, the 
Christ, as typified by the paschal lamb. 
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of 
the world. John i. 29. 
lamb (lam), v. i. [< lamb, n.] To bring forth 
young, as sheep. 
They [the sheep] lamb not so soon as with us, for at the 
end of May their lambs are not come in season. 
Brand, Zetland, p. 75. 
lambackt, v. t. [Also lambeak; appar. < lam 1 + 
obj. back 1 . Cf. lambaste.] To beat; cudgel 
[Old slang.] 
Happy may they call that daie whereon they are not 
lambeaked before night. Discov. of New World, p. 115. 
lambackt, ". [Also lambeak: see the verb.] A 
beating; a cudgeling; a blow. 
With that five or six wives started up and fell upon the 
colliar, and gave unto him halfe a score of sound lambeaket 
with their cudgels. Greene, Discovery of Coosnage (1591). 
lamb-ale (lam'al), n. A country feast at 
lamb-shearing. 
Lamb-ale is still [1781] used at the village of Kirtlington 
in Oxfordshire for an annual feast or celebrity at lamb- 
shearing. T. Wartan, Hist. Eng. Poetry, III. 129. 
lamballe (lam-bal' ), re. [So called after the 
Princess de Lamballe.'] A fichu or scarf of surah 
or foulard , usually trimmed with lace : a fashion 
of about 1878. 
lambaste (lam-basf), v. t.; pret. and pp. lam- 
basted, ppr. lambasting. [Appar. < lam 1 + 
baste 1 .] To beat severely; thrash; in sailors' 
use, to beat with a rope's end. [Slang.] 
Whine not, my love ; his fury streight will waste him ; 
Stand off awhile, and see how He lambaste him. 
Britannia Triumphant (1637). (Nare.) 
lambativet (lam'ba-tiv), a. and n. [More cor- 
rectly 'lambitive; ( L. lambitus, pp. of lambere, 
lick, lap: see lambent.'] I. a. That may be 
licked up ; to be taken by licking. 
In affections both of lungs and weason, physicians make 
use of syrups and lambative medicines. Sir T. Browne. 
Upon the mantle-tree . . . stood a pot of lambative 
electuary. Steele, Tatler, No. 266. 
II. n. A medicine taken by licking. 
lambda (lam'da), n. [< Gr. Adfifida, < Heb. la- 
medh.] 1. The name of the Greek letter A, A 
(equivalent to the Roman L, 1). 2. In cranial., 
the junction of the sagittal and lambdoid su- 
tures at the apex of the latter. See cut under 
craniometry. 
lambdacism (lam'da-sizm), . [< LL. lambda- 
cismus, labdacismus, ' < Gr. ZapflJaKiapof, "kafi&a- 
Kiau6f, a fault in pronunciation of the letter 
1, < Acz/i/JoWfew, pronounce I faultily, < U/iflda, 
the letter I : see lambda.] 1. A too frequent 
use of words containing the letter I in speaking 
or writing. A Latin example appears in the 
following: 
SoZ et Zuna 2uce fricent alba, feni, Zactea. 
ilartianui CapeUa. 
2. An imperfect pronunciation of the letter r, 
making it sound like I; lallation. The defect is 
common among children, and also among the Chinese in 
speaking foreign languages, from the absence of the sound 
of r as an initial in their native tongue. 
lambdaic (lam'da-ik), n. [< Gr. Aa/i/3<5a, the 
letter A, ?. (see lambda), + -ic.] In math., the 
result of subtracting the same indeterminate 
quantity, /I, from all the elements of the prin- 
cipal diagonal of a determinant, or of subtract- 
ing A with numerical submultiples and alternat- 
ing signs from the sinister diagonal. See latent 
root, under latent. 
lambdoid (lam'doid), a. [< Gr. Za/jfldoeto'fa, 
formed like a lambda (A), < /l<iu/Wa, the letter 
A, + elf of, shape.] Having the shape of the 
Greek capital lambda (A): specifically applied 
in anatomy to the suture between the supraoc- 
cipital and the two parietal bones of the skull, 
which has this form in man. See cut under cra- 
nium. 
lambdoidal (lam-doi'dal), a. [< lambdoid + 
-nl.~\ Same as lambdoid. 
lambeakt, v. and n. See lamlxn-'k. 
lambeau (lam'bo),.: pLZnmfaaz(-bdz). [F. : 
see label.] In her., one of the points or drops 
in a label Cross lambeaux. See crossi. 
