lantern 
urchins.*. . . The lantern consists of twenty principal 
pieces five teeth, five alveoli, five rotul:e, and live radii 
of which the alveoli are again divisible into four pieces 
each, and the radii into two, making a total of forty pieces. 
. . . Besides the inter-alveolar muscles, . . . this com- 
plex apparatus has protractor, . . . oblique, . . . trans- 
verse, . . . and retractor muscles. . . . A similar but less 
complex oral skeleton exists in most Clypeastroida, but 
nothing of this kind has yet been discovered in the Spa 
tangoida, Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 492. 
Lantern of the 
dead, in central and 
western France, a slen- 
der medieval tower 
of common occurrence 
iu cemeteries, having 
apertures at the top 
where a light was dis- 
played at night. A 
class of round towers 
in Ireland may have 
served a similar pur- 
pose. Magic lan- 
tern, an optical in- 
strument* first de- 
scribed by Kircher in 
1646, by means of 
which small images 
are thrown on a white 
wall or screen in a 
dark room, magnified 
to any size at plea- 
sure. It consists of a 
closed lantern or box, 
in which are placed 
a lamp and a con- 
cave mirror which 
reflects the light of 
the lamp through an 
adjustable tube in the 
side of the lantern. At 
the inner end of this 
tube is fixed a plano- 
convex lens and at the 
outer end a convex pro- 
jectinglens. Between 
the two lenses are suc- 
3350 
lantern-jaws (lan'tern-jaz), . pi. Long, thin 
jaws or chops; hence, a thin visage. 
He sucked in both his cheeks till his lantern jaws and 
long chin assumed the appearance of a pair of nut-crack- 
ers. Scott, Hob Roy, vi. 
lantern-keg (lan'tern-keg), n. Naut., a keg- 
taken on board a boat at sea for holding, along 
with a small reserve supply of bread, a lantern, 
and sometimes fireworks, to enable the crew 
to indicate their whereabouts in case of being 
separated from the ship at night, 
lantern-lerryt, n. Some trick of producing ar- 
tificial light. Nares. 
Henceforth I do mean 
To pity him, as smiling at his feat 
Of lantern-lerry, with fuliginous heat 
Whirling his whimsies, by a subtilty 
Suck'd from the veins of shop-philosophy. 
/.'. Jonzon, Expostulation with Inigo Jones. 
parent photographs or 
paintings, which are thrown in a magnified form on the 
wall or screen opposite to the lantern. 
lantern (lan'tern), v. t. [Formerly also Ian- 
thorn; < lantern, n.~\ 1. To furnish with a lan- 
tern; light as by means of a lantern: as, to 
lantern a lighthouse. 
Were it midnight, I should walk 
Se\t-lanthorn'd, saturate with sunbeams. 
Southey, Nondescripts, iii. 
2. To put to death by hanging to a lamp-post 
(F. lanterne): a frequent incident during the 
first French revolution. 
lantern-bellows (lan'tern-beFoz), n. sing, and 
pi. A kind of bellows resembling in structure 
a collapsible paper or Chinese lantern. The ac- 
tion of drawing out or distending the bellows causes the air 
to rush in through a valve opening inwardly in the outer 
end, and the air is expelled in turn by compressing the 
bellows. Bellows of this form are often set up in pairs 
BO as to work alternately and thus supply a continuous 
blast to a forge or furnace. The device is of great anti- 
quity, and is still in common use in Egypt and the East. 
lantern-carrier (lan'tern-kar"i-er), n. Same 
as lantern-fly. 
lanterne ('lan-tern'), n. [F. : see lantern.] A 
long-handled copper ladle used to convey pow- 
der to the bottom of the bore of a mortar or 
other piece of ordnance. [Obsolescent. ] 
lantern-fish (lan'tern-fish),)i, The smooth sole. 
Halliwell. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
lantern-flower (lan'tern-flou' / er), n. A name 
of any ornamental species of Abutilon. 
lantern-fly (lan'tern-fll)f n. Any insect of the 
family Fulgorida;, supposed to emit a strong 
light in the dark. Fultjora catidelaria is a well-known 
Honduras Lantern-fly ( a species of Lattrttaria), reduced. 
Chinese species, also called candle-fly. The largest is the 
Brazilian lantern-fly, Laternariaphosphorea, some S inches 
long and 5 or 6 in expanse of wings, of rich and striking 
colors. Also called lantern-carrier. 
lantern-gurnard (lan'tern-ger"nard), n. Same 
as lantern, 8 (b). 
lantern-jack (lan'tern-jak), n. The ignis fa- 
tuus. 
lantern-jawed (lan'tern-jad), a. Having lan- 
tern-jaws ; having a long, thin face. 
Mine host, . . . pushing his lantern-jawed visage . . 
rudely forward. Scott, Waverley, xxx. 
lantern-light (lan'tern-lit), re. 1. The light of 
a lantern. 
The adjutant, by laittern-light, read our orders amid 
breathless silence. The Century, XXXVII. 464. 
2. In arch., a lantern on the top of a dome ; a 
dome-light. See lantern, re., 3. 
lantern-pinion (lan'tern-pin"yon), n. Same 
as lantern-wheel. 
lantern-pump (lan'tern-pump), . Any form 
of pump which operates by means of a flexible 
cylinder having a valved disk at each end and 
alternately drawn out and compressed when the 
machine is in use. 
lantern-shell (lan'tern-shel), n. The shell of 
any bivalve mollusk of the genus Anatina. 
lantern-sprat (lan'tern-sprat), . A sprat in- 
fested by the lernsean parasite Lernaionema mo- 
nilaris. [Prov. Eng.] 
This Lerneea is luminous at night-time, and fish parasi- 
tized are termed lanthom-sprats. Day. 
lantern-Stairst (lan'teru-starz), n.pl. Wind- 
ing stairs, such as are used in towers. 
In the midst of the said body of building there was a 
pair of winding, such as we now call lanthorn stairs. 
Uryuhart, tr. of Rabelais, L 53. 
lantern-tower (lan'tern-tou^er), n. In arch., 
same as lantern, 3. 
The Lady-chapel (now Trinity church) at Ely, and the 
lantern-tower in the same cathedral, are noble works of 
the same time. 
Walpole, Anecdotes of Fainting, 1. 195, note. 
lantern-Wheel (lan'tern-hwel), w. A form of 
the cog-wheel, it consists of 
two parallel heads of which the 
peripheries are connected by bars 
or spindles so spaced and propor- 
tioned as to engage with the 
cogs of a spur-wheel. Also called 
lantern, lantern-pinion, trundle- 
wheel,&nAwallomr. E. H. EnigM. 
lanthanite (laii'tha-nit), re. 
-ite 2 .] A rare basic carbonate of lanthanum, 
occurring in thin tabular crystals of a white or 
nearly white color. 
lanthanum, lanthanium (lan'tha-num, lan- 
tha'ni-um), n. [NL., also lantamim; < Gr. 
AavBdveiv, conceal : see teifte 2 .] Chemical sym- 
bol, La ; atomic weight, 138. A rare metal dis- 
covered by Mosander in 1839-41, associated 
with didymium in the oxid of cerium, and so 
named from its properties having been pre- 
viously concealed by those of cerium, its spe- 
cific gravity is about 6.13. It is malleable, not ductile, tar- 
nishes quickly in air, and is soluble in hydrochloric and 
sulphuric acids with evolution of hydrogen 
lanthornt, n. An obsolete form of lantern. 
lantifyt (lan'ti-fl), v. t. [< lanfl + -i-fy.] To 
moisten with lant or urine ; hence, to moisten 
or mix. [Bare.] 
A goodly peece of puff pac't [paste], 
A little lantifed, to hold the gilding. 
A. Wilson, Inconstant Lady, it 2. (Naret.) 
lantum (lan'tum), n. [Of uncertain origin.] 
A kind of accordion or concertina, shaped and 
played like a hurdy-gurdy. 
lanuginic (lan-u-jin'ik), a. [< L. lanugo (lanu- 
gin-), woolly substance (see lanugo), + -ic.] 
Pertaining to or derived from wool : as, lanu- 
ginic acid. 
lanuginous, lanuginose (la-nu'ji-nus, -nos), a. 
[= F. lanur/ineux = Sp. It. lanuginoso, < L. la- 
nuginosus, woolly, < lanugo (lanugin-), woolly 
substance, < lana, wool.] Downy ; covered with 
soft fine hairs like down: specifically said in 
botany of the surfaces of plants, and in ento- 
mology of the clothing of insects. 
lanugo (la-nu'go), re. [L., woolly substance, 
down, < lana, wool.] 1. In anat., the coat 
of delicate downy hairs with which the human 
fetus is covered for some time before birth. 
Lantern-wheel. 
[< lanthanum + 
lap 
This fetal covering is deciduous, being shed in the womb 
or soon after birth. Most of the hairs are extremely mi- 
nute, but they can be detected by the microscope in the 
liquor amnii if not on the body of the child. 
2. In hot. and zool., the cottony or woolly 
growth on the surface of some leaves, fruits, 
insects, etc. 
lanx (laiiks), .; pi. lances (lan'sez). [L. : see 
lanee'i, balance, anncel."} In Bom. antiq., a large 
dish or platter of metal used for serving meat 
at table. A pewter lanx found in Norfolk, England, is 
2 feet 43 inches in diameter, and weighs 30 pounds ; and 
Latin writers tell of such a dish of still greater weight. 
lanyard, laniard (Ian 'yard), .. [A corrup- 
tion of lannier, lanier*, simulating yard 1 .'] 1. 
Naut., a small rope or cord used for certain 
purposes on board a ship. Specifically (a) A rope 
rove in the deadeyes of the rigging, for setting up and 
tightening the shrouds, backstays, etc. (&) A cord or line 
used for convenience or safety in handling articles. A 
lock-lanyard is the cord fastened to the lock of a gun by 
which the gun is fired ; a port-lanyard, the cord by which 
the ports are triced up or secured ; a knife-lanyard, a white 
cord or braided line worn by seamen round the neck, for 
the purpose of attaching their knives ; a bucket-lanyard, a 
small rope attached to a bucket for drawing water, etc. 
He ... towed the bags in the water by lanyards from 
the fore-rigging. The Century, XXXVII. 70S. 
2. Milit.. a piece of cord having a small hook 
at one end, used in firing cannon with a fric- 
tion-primer. 
lanyel (lan'yel), n. [< ME. lanyel, lanzel, Ian- 
gel, a hopple ; cf. lannier. See langel, t\] A 
hopple. [Prov. Eng.] 
lanyert, " An early form of lannier. 
Laodicean (la-od-i-se'an), a. and n. [< L. Lan- 
dicea, < Gr. fiaodiiaia : see def.] I. a. 1. Of or 
pertaining to Laodicea, n ancient city of Phry- 
gia Major (now Eski-hissar), or to its inhabi- 
tants. 2. Like the Christians of Laodicea; 
lukewarm in religion. 
II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Laodicea. 
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans 
write, . . . because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot 
nor cold, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 
Rev. iii. 14, 18. 
2. One who resembles the Laodicean Christians 
in character; a lukewarm Christian. 
Certain Laodiceans and lukewarm persons think they 
may accommodate points of religion by middle ways. 
Bacon, Unity in Religion (ed. 1887). 
Laodiceanism (la-od-i-se'an-izm), n. [< Laodi- 
cean + -**.] Lukewarmness in religion. 
Laopteryx (la-op'te-riks), n. [NL., < Gr. haaf, 
/".af, a stone, + irrtpol-, a wing.] A genus of 
fossil birds from the Upper Jurassic beds of 
Wyoming, described by Marsh from a part of 
a skull indicating a bird about as large as a 
heron. The species is named L. priscus. The affinities 
of the bird are uncertain, but it is believed to have been 
odontornithic, and to have possessed biconcave vertebrae, 
'ike Jchthyomis. 
MLG. lapen, LG. lappen = OHG. laffan, MHG. 
laffen = Icel. lepja = Dan. lobe = Sw. lapa, lap, 
lick up, = W. llepio = L. lambere (> E. lambent, 
etc.) = Gr. '/.anreiv, lap with the tongue, lick. 
The F. layer, OF. laper, lapper, lick, and lam- 
per, drink (see lampoon), are from LG. Prob. 
allied to lip, and to L. labium, lip : see lip and 
labium.~\ I. trans. 1. To lick up (a liquid, as 
water, milk, or liquid food) ; take into the 
mouth with the tongue. 
Thus sayeth the Lord : in the place where dogges lapped 
the bloude of Naboth, shal dogges lappe even thy blond 
also. Bible of 1551, 3 [1] Ki. xxi. 19. 
They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. 
Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. 288. 
2. To flow against or upon with a sound as of 
licking up ; ripple against ; lick or wash. 
Dark roll the whispering waves 
That lap the piers beneath the hill 
Kidged thick with ancient graves. 
0. W. Holmes, Agnes. 
II. intraim. 1. To lick up a liquid ; drink by 
licking. 
And jif hym lust for to tape, the lawe of kynde wolde 
That he dronk of eche a diche er he deide for therste. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxiii. 18. 
The dogs by the river Nilus' side, being thirsty, lap 
hastily as they run along the shore. 
Sir K. Digby, Nature of Bodies. 
2. To make a sound like that produced by 
taking up water with the tongue. 
I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, 
And the wild water lapping on the crag. 
Tennyson, Morte d'Arthur. 
lap 1 (lap), . [< lap 1 , v.] 1. A lick; a lapping; 
a motion or sound resembling that of lapping. 
