lambeauxed 
lambeauxed (lam'bod), . In her., same as 
dovetailed. 
lambel (lara'bel), n. [OF., a tag, label: see la- 
in:!.] 1. A part of the housings of a horse, hav- 
ing the form of a rectangular tablet or wn-rn 
hanging at the breast or flank, evidently intend- 
nl tor defense, and probably of cuir-bouilli, or 
of gainboised work. ./. Hewitt. 2t. pi- Same 
as InnilHiijx, '->. 3. In lar., same as label. 
lambency (latn'ben-si), .; pi. lambencies (-siz). 
[< lnmlifn(t) + -cij.] The quality of being lam- 
bent; that which is lambent ; a lambent gleam. 
These were sacred lambencies, tongues of authentic flame 
from heaven. Cartyle, Reminiscences. 
3335 
Lamellibrancbiata 
prepared for use in dress or in the ornamenting 
of costume, for mats, etc.; also, collectively, 
material so prepared from lambs' skins. The . ., ..- 
finest lambskins are the Persian, which lite. -it h.rgny .., lam< 
black, and rank among costly furs. Hungarian and spun. 
ih lambskins are used especially In the national continue 
for men, a Jacket or short coat being made wholly of this 
material. Prussian lambskins are used for coat-cufts and 
coat-collars. One of the beat-known varieties la astrakhan. 
A furred gown to keep him warm : and furred with fox 
and lamblrini too. Shak., M. for M., UL 2. 9. 
2. The skin of a lamb, or collectively the skins 
of lambs, freed from wool and dressed for mak- 
ing gloves, etc. 3. Woolen cloth made 
A ipear, 
Down-glancing, lamrd the charter. 
Ttimyxm, Lancelot and Elaine. 
[Also layinf ; an old or 
dial, form of loam.] I. . 1. Earthenware. 
[Now Scotch.] 
2 flagons of laymr, enamelled with blue and white and 
one all blue. Inventory (K7D). 
2. A broken piece of earthenware ; a potsherd. 
[Scotch.] 
II. <i. Ear 
To stroke his azure neck, or to receive 
The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. 
lambskin (lam'skin), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
K/. in iied, ppr. lambskinning. [< lambskin, n.; not 
quite like the equiv. couhide, tv, but a humor- 
ous use, alluding to lam 1 , v.] To beat. 
. _. rthfii: used of pottery: as, a lame 
pig (an earthen vessel). [Scotch.] 
ame 3 t, " [Early mod. E. aliio lamm; < ME. 
In iiiim for "lame, < OF. (and F.) lame, a plate, a 
cf. lama'*.] In armor, a plate of metal. Florio. 
He strake Phalantus Just upon the gorget, so as he bat- 
tered the lammt thereof. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, III. 
lamel (lam'el), . Same as lamella. 
for lamella (la-mel'a) .; pi. feB (-> i L., ; a 
~C~owper~ faak, vi. 782. What think you of our countryman Hercules, that for lMHIiA ' >. V- - VJT L " 
, love put on Amphale's apron and sat spinning amongst small plate of metal, < lamina, A thin piece of 
Hence 2. Running along or over a surf ace, as herwenMies while his mistress wore his lion's skin, and metal, wood, etc.: see lamina.] A thin plate 
if in the act of licking ; flowing over or along ; 
lapping or bathing ; softly bright ; gleaming. 
The Star that did my Being frame 
Was but a lambent Flame. salad. 
Coutey, Pindaric Odes, vt 4. Jamb's-quarters (lamz'kwar'terz), H. 
lamb-Mnned him if he did not his business? 
Chapman, Widow's Tears, II. 4. 
or scale. Specifically (o) In M.: (1) An erect scale or 
blade inserted at the junction of the claw and limb In some 
lamb's-lettUCe (lamz'lefis), . Same as corn- corollas, and forming a part of their corona or crown. (2) 
'- "- Ai/aricini of hymenomycetous fungi, one of 
1. A 
ha 
Those [eyes] only are beautiful which, like the planets, European weed, Atripkx patula, natural order 
ave a steady, lambent light - are luminous, but not spar, chenonodiaceai. 2. An American weed of the 
LonyfeUou, Hyperion, ul. 4. 
, Chenopodium album, naturalized 
Lambeth Articles. See article. from Europe; white goosefoot. 
lambict, . A Middle English form of limbec, lamb's-tongue (laniz'tung), n. 1. The hoary 
I'liuuriT. plantain, I'lantago media. See plantain. 2. 
lambick (lam'bik), n. A kind of strong beer A car p en ters' plane having a deep and narrow 
made in Belgium by the process called the self- ^ ^^ f or ma ki n g quirks. E. B. Kniglit. 
fermentation of worts. lamb's-WOOl (lamz''wul), w. 1. The w'ool of 
lambie (lam'i), n. [Dim. of lamb.] A little i am b g> use a in manufacture ; hence, delicate 
lamb ; a lambkin. Also lammie. [Scotch.] wool ag o[ certain breeds of sheep or of lambs, 
When linnets sang, and lambies play'd. 
Burnt, As on the Banks. 
lambisht, a. [< ME. lambyssh; < lamb + -wft 1 .] 
Lamblike. 
The lambyish poeple, voyded of al vyse, 
Hadden no fantasye to debate. 
Chaucer, Former Age, L 50. 
lambkill (lam'kil), n. [< lamb + kill 1 .] The 
sheep-laurel, Kalmia angustifolia. 
lambkin (lam'kin), n. [= D. and Flem. lamme- 
ken; as lamb + -kin.] 1. A little lamb. 
In the warm folds their tender lambkins He. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xlil. 
2. One treated as gently as a lamb ; one fondly 
cherished. 
Sir John, thy tender lambkin now is king ; 
Harry the Fifth's the man. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 8. 122. 
lamblike (lam'lik), a. [< lamb + like*.] Like 
a lamb ; gentle ; humble ; meek : as, a lamblike 
temper, 
lambling (lam'ling), n. [< lamb + -ling*.] A 
young or small lamb ; hence, a stupidly or ig- 
norantly innocent person. 
It was over the black sheep [negroes] of the Castlewood 
flock that Mr. Ward somehow had the most Influence. 
These woolly latnblinys were immensely affected by his 
exhortations. Thackeray, Virginians, v. 
lamboyst, pi- [< OF. lambeau, a shred, flap, 
etc.: see label.] 1. A skirt of tassets of the 
form worn in the sixteenth century. Compare 
tasset. 2. In the armor of the fifteenth and 
sixteenth centuries, the base or skirt of orna- 
mental stuff. Meyrick. Also lambels. 
lambrent, An obsolete plural of lamb. 
lambrequin (lam'bre-kin), n. [< F. lambrequin, 
or of mixed varieties, used for the manufacture 
In the group Agariei. , , 
theradiating vertical plates on the under side of the plleiis, 
upon which the hymenlnm Is extended ; one of the gills, 
for example, of common mushrooms (Ayaricti*). (o) In 
anat. tavfmol., a thin or small lamina ; a plate or layer ; 
especially, one of a series of thin plates arranged like the 
leaves of a book or the gills of an oyster. Branchial la- 
mella. See branchial. Haversian lamella, hollow cyl- 
inders of bone-tissue surrounding and concentric with a 
Haversian canal. There are generally several to each canal, 
successively Inclosed, as the successive rings of growth 
of an exogenous plant surround the central pith. Hori- 
zontal lamella of the ethmoid, the cribriform plate, 
a part of the ethmoturblnal bone. Lamella Of bone, 
layers of bone-tissue concentrically arranged around a 
Haversian canal; Haversian lamella;. Perpendicular 
lamella of the ethmoid, the mesethmoid bone. =Syn. 
See lamina. 
of hosiery. 2. [Prob. so called from its soft- lamellar (lam'e-lftr), a. [< lamella + -ar*.] I. 
ness; cf. velvet, applied to fine old .spirit - ; yard Disposed in lamellae or layers; laminar in a 
of flannel, a kind of flip.] Ale mixed with su- small way. 
gar, nutmeg, and the pulp of roasted apples. A ma g ne t is said to be lamellar when It may be divided 
A cupp of lambt-icool they dranke unto him then. into simple closed magnetic shells or into open shells with 
King and Miller of ttaniifeld (Child's Ballads, VIII. 87). their edges on the surface of the ^magnet. 
Next crowne the bowle full 
With gentle lamki-wooU, 
Adde sugar, and nutmeg, and ginger. 
Berrick, Twelfe Night. 
Being come home, we to cards, till two In the morning, 
and drinking lamb's-wool. Pepye, Diary, III. 7 
Lamb's-WOOl yarn, a soft woolen yarn, slightly twisted, 
used for fancy work. Diet, of Needlework. ........ 
lame 1 (lam), a. [<ME. lame, < AS. /ia = OS. lamellarly (lam'e-18r-li), adr. In the form of 
lam = OFries. lorn, lam=D. lam = MLG. lam, or by means of lamella:: as, the leaves of a 
OHO. MHG. lam, Gt. lahm = Icel. lami = Sw. book lie lamellarly. 
Dan.tam,lame;perhapsorig.'bruised,maimed': lamellar-stellate (lam e-liir-stel at), o. In 
cf. lam 1 , v.] 1. Crippled or disabled by injury mineral, formed of thin plates or lamellae ar- 
to or defect of a limb or limbs; specifically, ranged in star-shaped groups: as, gypsum has 
walking with difficulty; halting; limping: as, often a lamellar-stellate stricture 
a tame man or horse. lamellate (lam'e-lat), a. [< NL. lame fata* , < 
L. lamella, a thin metal plate : see lamella.] 1. 
Formed of a lamella, or disposed in lamellae ; 
lamellar in structure or arrangement. 2. 
Having lamellw ; furnished with little laminae. 
Lamellate antenna, antennas In which the outer 
joints are prolonged internally, opposing flat surfaces to 
each other, which may be brought into close contact, thus 
AUritum, tr. of Mascart and Joubert, I. 818. 
2. Having a lamella or lamelte ; lamellate. 
3. Formed of lamella; ; strengthened or covered 
with lamellae : as, a lamellar skirt (a name given 
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 
Job xxlx. 15. 
2. Inefficient from injury or defect ; unsound 
or impaired in strength; crippled: as, a tame leg 
. 
The golde hath made his wittes lame. 
Omcer, Conf. Amant, v. 
Myself would work eye dim, and finger lame. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
3. Figuratively, imperfect; lacking finish or 
completeness ; defective in quality or quantity ; 
halting; insufficient; hobbling: as, faweverse; 
fame rimes; a lame excuse. 
O most lame and impotent conclusion ! 
Shot., Othello, ii. 1. 162. 
The sick man's sacrifice is but a lame oblation. 
Sir T. Brmme, Christ. Mor., i. 4. 
, 
forming a transverse or, rarely, a rounded club supported 
on one side by the stem or funiculus of the antenna, as in 
the Searabceida or cockchafers. Beetles having antennas 
of this form are called lamellieonu. See cut under an- 
lenna. Lamellate palpi, those palpi In which the ter- 
minal Joint is divided longitudinally or transversely Into 
several lamella? or leaves. 
lamellated ( lam 'e -la -ted), a. Same as lam- 
ellate. 
The latnellated antennas of some, the clavellated of oth- 
ers, are surprisingly beautiful, when viewed through a 
microscope. Derham, Physico-Theology, vui. 4, note 3. 
edge dagged, slitted, scalloped, or otherwise cut 
in iin ornamental manner: used in several ways. 
(o) In HI. 'ii i .1? nrmnr, ft piece of stuff worn over the hel- 
met of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, especially 
at tourneys and justs. This usage is figured in modern 
heraldry. 
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Pro] 
pei 
2. 
or less imitating or resembling a lambrequin, j^j' feS thrash, flog, beat, lame, disable, = 
as in some Chinese vases, in which the upper Dan , amme _ g w- i am ,na), < lama, lame: see 
Santa Croce and the dome of St. Peter's are lame copies lamellibranch ( la-mel'i-brangk), a. and . [< 
L. lamella, a plate, + bronchia; gills.] I. a. 
after a divine model Emenon, History. 
Lame duck, in commercial itany, one who is unable to 
meet his obligations ; a bankrupt ; especially, a defaulter 
on the stock-exchange. 
I may be lame, but I shall never be a duck, nor deal in 
the garbage of the alley. Walpolt, Letters (1771X IIL 837. 
Having lamellate gills; pertaining to the La- 
mellibranchiata, or naviug their characters. 
II. w. One of the Lamellibranchiata, as any 
ordinary bivalve mollusk. 
A.lso lamellibranchiate. 
part of the body is covered by solid decoration 
having a lower edge of jagged or ornamented 
as floating from the helmet, and often forming 
an important part of the ornamental decora- 
tion of the achievement. 
lambskin (lam'skin), n. 1. The furred or woolly 
skin of a lamb, either of natural color or dyed, 
810 
lamel, a . Cf. lam 1 , r.] To make lame ; cripple 
or disable; render imperfect or unsound: as, to 
lame an antagonist; to lame an arm or a leg. 
I cannot help it now : 
Unless, by using means, I lame the foot 
Of our design. Shak., Cor., iv. 7. 7. 
A tender foot will be galled and lamed, if you set it go- 
ing in rugged paths. Borroir, Works, III. iii. 
'oo, -.mi iuc ,.i.,ji- ..... on each side of 
and generally expanded in a plate-like 
manner, and with a shell of two 
or partly inclosing 
close over the back of the animal by hinge : they are also 
generally united by one or two muscles, called addttctort, 
which penetrate the body-mass. Opening of the shell is 
effected by an elastic ligament in or about the hinge. The 
shell Is secreted by a prolongation if the Integument called 
