laryngotracheotomy 3359 
iug the cripoid and one or more of the upper wanton ; playful : see lascivious, lascivovs.] 
trarheal rings. Lascivious. 
larynx (lar'ingks), .; pi. liiri/H</<:<, rarely far- lascivious (la-siv'i-us), a. [An altered form, 
14-rin'jlz, iar'ingk-sez). [NL., <Gr. M- after lascivicnt or L. lascirin. 
wantonness, of 
1. Wanton; lewd; 
lustful : as, luscirious men ; lascivious desires. 
CM. How do you like the song '! 
Lucina. I like the air well ; 
nirvf (/la/jwyy-), the upper part of the windpipe, lascirous: see hiscicous.] 
also the throat, gullet.] The part of the wind- ' 
pipe in whii-h vocal sound is made and modu- 
lated; the organ of Jihonat ion. In man the larynx 
is. the enlarged and modified upper end of the trachea, 
witli some associate parts, as the epiglottis. It opens by 
the glottis into the pharynx ; below, its cavity is directly 
continuous with that of the trachea or windpipe. It causes 
the protuberance of the throat called Attain'* apple or 
pomum Ailaini. The framework of the larynx is gristly, 
and composed of nine cartilages namely, the thyroid, the 
largest in two symmetrical halves, forming most of the 
walls ; the cricoid, the enlarged upper ring of the trachea ; 
a pair of arifti'/viilx, snuill pyramidal pieces ; a pair of cor- 
lucula laryiiyit or cartilages of Santorini ; a pair of cuiiei- 
form cartilayes or cartilages of Wrisbery. Prom the ary- 
tenoid cartl 
lages, which sit 
But for the words, they are latciniout, 
And over-light for ladies. 
Fletcher, Valentlnian, U. & 
He on Eve 
Began to cast huciuiuui eyes. 
Milton, 1'. I.., ix. 1014. 
2. Tending to excite voluptuous emotions; lux- 
urious. 
He capers nimbly In a lady's chamber 
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. 
Shak., Rich. III., L 1. 18. 
Syn. 1. Lecherous, libidinous, licentious, lewd, lustful, 
salacious, unchaste, incontinent 
In a lasciv- 
on the posterior lasciviously (la-siv'i-us-li), adv. 
E ?"d ring? three .ious manner; loosely; wantonly; le_wdly. 
hit. i. Fig. -i. 
Larynx, internally and externally. 
trachea; D, esophagus or gullet. Fig. 2. c. 
trachea ; u. hyold bone ; E, E, thyrohyoid mem- 
brane ; F, thyrohyoitl ligament ; G, thyroid car- 
tilage ; H, cricoid cartilage ; P, cricothyroid liga- 
ment. 
lateral margins 
of the epiglot- 
tis; next below, 
the false vocal 
cords run from 
the anterior surface of the arytenoids to the angle between 
the two halves of the thyroid, while below this again the 
true vocal cords are attached behind to the vocal processes 
of the arytenoid and In front are inserted^close^to the an; 
gle of the thyrof " 
cords. The tru 
foldY'of' me'm" lasciviousness (la-siv'i-us-nes). w. 1. Lasciv- 
brane pass for- ious desires or conduct ; lewdness ; wanton- 
ness; lustfulness; looseness of behavior. 
Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over 
unto lasciviauiiiest. Eph. iv. 19. 
2. Tendency to excite lust; lascivious or lewd 
character. 
The reason pretended by Augustus was the latdmous- 
nett of his Elegies and bis Art of Love. 
Dryden, Pref. to Ovid. 
lascivoust (la-si'vus), a. [= F. lascif = Sp. 
Pg. It. lascivo, < L. lascivus, wanton, playful, 
sportive, loose, licentious; perhaps for "laxivus, 
< lii.nix, loose, lax : see fax 1 and /</../. i . Less prob. 
akin to Skt. / lash, desire, ^ fas, be lively.] An 
obsolete variant of lasHrious. [Rare.] 
ward on each 
side : above and 
from the tips of 
the arytenoids, 
inclosing the 
cornicula laryn- 
gis and carti- 
lages of Wris- 
berg, the ory- 
teno - epiglottic 
To depaint latcioui |read hadeoui] wantonness. 
////./. 
. 
of the glottis, til 
on each side there is a recess called a ventricle or sinus pitium.] A gum-resin obtained from the north 
of the larynx, which leads into a pouch, the sacculus la- o f j^f r ; ca an j greatly esteemed by the ancients 
ryngis. The nerves of the larynx are branchesof the vagus. anr snn<iiodie deobstruent and diuretic 
The larynx acts at once as a gate guarding the windpipe as an antispasi lie, IK n I, ar IK. 
and asTvocal organ. It is closed by the approximation of is supposed I to i have been produced by Thap^a Oarga- 
the three mucous folds of one side to those of the other, or one of the varieties of that plant Also called 
the epiglottis contributing to the closing of the gap be- atadulcu. 
tween the arytono-epiglottic folds. In phonation the ary- Yf thai be soure, eke stamppe a quantltee 
tenoid cartilages aro swung around so as to close the Of laseru with wyne, hem two hemselve, 
rima resplratorin and to bring the vocal cords close to one And helde it in the croppe. 
another and parallel. The vocal cords are drawn tense Palladita, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X P. 116. 
by Intrinsic larynifeal muscles, according to the height of I a8er 2i B An obsolete form of leisure. 
mffiSSS^K^SSffSSSSi Srp'itiea (las'6r-pi-ti'e-e), n. j,l. [NK 
vocal cords is ,'. of an inch In men, ,", in women ; of the (Tausch, 1834), < Laxerjntium + -eft.] A sub- 
herbs, distinguished by their subterete fruit, the carpels 
often winged; they are native chiefly of the Mediterra- 
,.. , nean region and the Canary Islands. 
ttom of the trachea. Laserpitium (las-er-pish'i-um). n. [NL. (Sp. 
en the syrinx is still p_ lasernicio = It. fasen2o),< L. lasfrniciiim, a 
' plant, also called silpliium, from which laser was 
obtained.] A genusof plants, natural order I'm- 
bcllifer<F, type of the tribe Laserpitiecf, contain- 
ing about 20 species, natives of Europe, north- 
ern Africa, and western Asia; the laserworts. 
They are tall perennial herbaceous plants, with pinnate 
leaves and compound many-rayed muhels of yellowish or 
white flowers, the fruit with 8 wing-like appendages. L. 
laHMiuin, the herb-frankincense or laserwort, Is a native 
of mountainous districts of Europe, growing in dry and 
stony places. The root abounds with a gum resin, which 
Is acrid and bitter, and is said to be a violent purgative. 
L. SOer Is a native of the mountains of central and south- 
ern Europe. 
laserwort (la'ser-wert), n. A plant of the ge- 
nus Laserpitium, especially L. latifolium. 
lash 1 (lash), n. [< ME. lashe, lasshe, lasche, a 
stroke, the flexible end of a whip, = MD. lasche, 
t lassche, a piece sewed on, a patch, D. lagcti, a 
piece, joint, seam, notch. = MLG. lasche, las, 
The ship's company numbered about two hundred, all LG. lasche, a flap, dag, = G. lasche, a flap, joint, 
told, one-fourth of whom were Lascan and Malays, em- scarf, = Sw. Dan. lask, a joint, scarf, groove for 
ployed as stokers and coal-trimmers. joining timber; cf. ML. lascta, a flap or dag; 
J. W. Palmer, I p and Down the Irrawaddi, p 14. ** ^ ^ ^ ftnd g^ q f y<) < 
lascaree (las-ka-re'), n. [< Hind, latthkan, be- [ <JJ . |/gj i oose , or from the same root: see laxl 
longing to the army, military: see lascar.] A an( j i ( ,gi f f^e ge nses of the noun, and esp. of 
short spear used in the East Indies as a hunt- the ver b ( varv> indicating some mixture with 
ing-spear, or more rarely as a javelin for throw- other words; in the noun are prob. involved 
animals the larynx may be situ.itod anywhere along the 
windpipe, or even in the bronchial tube. It Is generally 
at the top of the trachea. In birds there are two larynges, 
one at the top, the other at the botto 
The latter is called the syrinx. When 
more inferior in position it is wholly broi 
are a pair, right and left, making, with the one at the top, 
three larynxes. See cut under mouth. 
las 1 !, A Middle English form of lace. 
las-'t, a. An obsolete variant of Jess 1 . Chaucer. 
lascar (las-kiir'), [Also Ioshkar, lushkvr; < 
Hind, Ioshkar, a regimental servant, a native 
sailor, prop, lashkari, belonging to the army, < 
Pers. lashkari, belonging to the army, military, 
a soldier, < Ioshkar (> Hind, lashkar), an army; 
ef. Ar. 'askar, army.] 1. In the East Indies, a 
native tent-pitcher, camp-follower, or regimen- 
tal servant. [A common name, but usually 
treated as a proper name.] 
Some Lascars and Sepoys were now sent forward to 
clear the road. 
Orme, Hist. Military Transac. in Indostan, I. 894. 
2. An East Indian sailor. [The more common 
use.] 
ing. 
lasche 1 !, and t>. See lash 1 . 
Iasche 2 t, a. See fa,/t 2 . 
lasciviatet (la-siv'i-at), r. . [Irreg. < L. las- 
cii'iis, wanton : see hMBWONt.] To be lascivious ; 
play the wanton. Biiiley, 1731. 
lasciviencyt (la-siv'i-en-si), H. [< l(ixciric(t) 
+ -c)/.] Lasciviousness. 
lascivientt (la-siv'i-ent). a. [X L. liwirinK t-)x, 
ppr. of laxcieire, be wanton, sport, < lascirus, 
lace (ME. las) and leaah. The &. lasg, a lash, 
whip, whipping, is of E. origin.] 1. The flexi- 
ble part of a whip, usually a cord of braided 
strips of leather; hence, anything flexible used 
for flogging; a whip; a scourge: as, to lay on 
the lOM ; punishment by the lash. 
Her whip of cricket's bone, the lath of Mm, 
Her waggoner a small gray coated gnat 
Shot., R. and J.. I. 4. 68. 
I observed that your whip wanted a lath to it. Additon. 
lash 
A scourge hung with lathi* he bore. 
Coirper, Morning Dream. 
I believe that a blow from the cruel lath would have 
broken her [a mare'sl heart . . . The lath ls hardly ever 
good for the sex. C. D. Warner, Baddeck, IIL 
2. A stroke with a whip or anything pliant and 
tough ; hence, a stroke of satire ; a sarcasm ; an 
expression or retort that cuts or gives pain. 
Many a stripe and many a grlevouse lathe 
She gaveu to them that VOUCH Imiurs be. 
Court iff Loft, 1. 1207. 
How smart a lath that speech doth give my conscience I 
The moral Is a la*h at the vanity of arrogating that to 
ourselves which succeeds well. Mr H. L' Estrange. 
Every one that sins with an high hand against the clear 
light of his conscience, although he may resist the checks 
of It at llrst, yet he will be sure to feel the lathet and re- 
proaches of It afterwards. Up. AUerbury, .Sermons, II. xvl. 
3. A beating or dashing, as of wind or water; 
a fluctuating impact. 
The wat'ry stores that sleep 
Beneath the smiling surface of the deep 
Walt but the Uuhet of a wintry storm 
To frown and roar. Covper, Hope, L 186. 
4. In weaving, same as leash, 3. 5. An eye- 
lash. 
Serene with argcnt-lldded eyes 
Amorous, and lathei like to rays 
Of darkness. Tennytm, Arabian Nights. 
lash 1 (lash), v. [< ME. huhen, lasshen, laschen, 
lash, whip; = MD. lasschen, sew a piece on, 
patch, join, D. lasschen, join, scarf (whence per- 
haps def. 7), = MLG. LG. laschen, furnish with 
flaps or dags, = G. lascheti, furnish with flaps, 
scarf, join, = Sw. laska = Dan. laske, scarf, 
join; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To strike 
with a lash, whip, scourge, or other pliant thing, 
as a thong, rope, etc. ; whip ; scourge ; flog ; 
subject to the lash as a punishment. 
To lii'h the Oreks to ground was her hertes joy. 
The KIM Ladia Worthy. 
What Cupid, must the world be lath'd so soon? 
But made at morning, and be whipt at noon 1 
Quart,*, Emblems, L 6, Eplg. 
He's taen a whip Into his hand, 
And lathed them wondrous sair. 
The Clerfi Tim Sont o Omenford (Child's Ballads, II. 67). 
We lath the pupil and defraud the ward. 
Dryden, tr. of I'erslus's Satires, L 27. 
2. To satirize ; censure with severity. 
Juvenal was wholly employed in lathing vices, some of 
them the moat enormous that can be Imagined. 
Dryden, Ded. to tr. of Juvenal. 
If Satire knows its time and place, 
You still may lash the greatest in disgrace. 
Pope, Epil. to Satires, I. 88. 
"I have no name," he shouted, "a scourge am I, 
To lath the treasons of the Table Round. ' 
Tennyson, Micas and Ettarre. 
3. To fling or throw recklessly or at random : 
with out or up. [Archaic.] 
Which to baue concealed had tended more to the opin- 
ion of virtue, than to lath out whatsoeuer his vn staled mind 
affoorded. HMnihed, Kich. II., an. 1807. 
He full-, and, lashing up his heels, his rider throws. 
Dryden. 
4t. To spend recklessly. 
When anie new troubles or wars did grow or come upon 
him IHenry II. of England), then would helath and powre 
all that euer he had in store or treasurle, and liberallle 
bestow that upon a roister or a soldier which ought to 
have been given unto the priest 
UoKnthed, Chron. (Conquest of Ireland, p. SO). 
5. To beat or dash against. 
The Lightning flies, the Thunder roars ; 
And big Waves lath the frighten'd shoars. 
Prior, Lady's Looktng-Glas*. 
The solid reef increases only on the outer edge, which 
day and night Is lathed by the breakers of on ocean never 
at rest Darvin, Coral Reefs, p. -'. 
6. To comb (the hair). [Prov. Eng.] 7. To 
tie or bind with a rope or cord ; secure or fas- 
ten, as by cordage: as, to lash anything to a mast 
or to a yard ; to lash a trunk on a coach. 
An eel-skin sleeve latht here and there with lace, 
High collar latht again. 
Middleton, Blurt, Master-Constable, 11. i 
A fisherman stood aghast, 
To see the form of a maiden fair, 
Lathed clow to a drifting mast. 
LongfeUotc, Wreck of the Hesperus. 
Lash and cany (naut.\ lash or pack up and carry off the 
hummocks to the netting, where they are to be stowed. 
To lash a hammock, see hammock. 
II. intrnns. I. To ply the whip; strike (at 
something) ; aim sarcasms ; hit out. 
And gan her fresh assayle, 
Heaping huge strokes as thlcke as showre of hayle. 
And lathiny dreadfully at every part. 
Spentrr, F. Q., IV. Tt 10. 
To laugh at follies, or to lath at vice. 
Dryden, tr. of Perslus's Satires, T. O. 
2. To strike or break out ; burst up or out, as a 
wave or flame. 
