lattermore 
lattemoret (lat'er-mor), a. See latermorc. 
latternt (lat'ern), . [See lectern.} Same as 
lattice (lat'is), n. [Early mod. E. also lattise, 
lattis ; < ME. latis, < OF. lattis, F. lattis, a lat- 
tice, < latte, a lath : see IfltW.] 1. Work with 
open spaces formed by crossing, interlacing, 
or joining laths, 
bars, or rods of 
wood or metal. 
So, my good win- 
dow of lattice, fare 
thee well : thy case- 
mentlneednotopen, 
for I look through 
thee. 
Shak., All's Well, ii. 
[3. 225. 
The upper part of 
the window, which is 
most commonly shu t, 
is made of glasse or 
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latticeleaf (lat'is-lef ), H. A name of the Mada- 
gascar water-plants Aponogeton (Ouvirandra) 
fenestralis and A. (0.) Rerneriana. They are re- 
markable for their skeleton leaves, the cellular tissue be- 
Latticeleaf (Ouvir 
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tween the veins being wanting. The fleshy root is farina- 
ceous and edible, resembling that of the yam. Also called 
lattice-plant and laceleaf. 
lattice-moss (Iat'is-m6s), n. A moss of the 
genus Cinclidotus: so called from the perforated 
membrane which unites the peristome with the 
laudatory 
cxlix., el.) which it contains. The usage in 
the Greek church is similar. See canonical 
hours, under canonical. 
The belle of laudes gan to rynge, 
And freres in the chauncel gonne syuge. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 469. 
These nocturns should begin at such a time as to be 
ended just as morning's twilight broke, so that the next 
of her services, the lauds, or matutinse laudes, might 
come on immediately after, like gladsome thankfulness 
for a new day then dawning, an emblem of Christ's second 
coming. Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 6. 
laud (lad), v. t. [< ME. louden = F. loiter = Sp. 
laudar, loar = Pg. louvar = It. laudare, lodare, 
< L. laudare, praise, < laus (laud-), praise : see 
laud,n. Cf. allow 2 .] To praise in words ; speak 
or sing in praise of; especially, to extol or 
praise highly: as, to laud one to the skies. 
Neyther for loue laude it nous^ ne lakke it for enuye. 
Piers Plowman (B), xi. 102. 
Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles ; and laud him, all ye 
people. Rom. xv. 11. 
In Egypt at funerals, and afterwards in tombs, the dead 
were lauded and sacrificed to as their deities were lauded 
rr, Priu. of Sociol., 145. 
Lattice-window. 
Same as 
terwoven To as to lattice-truss (lat'is-trus), n. In bridge-building, 
form asortof net^ car P-' etc '' a truss consistin g of u PP er and low - 
work^ snecmcal er horizontal chords, connected by braces cross- 
lv a wimtow wto im ? eaoh other ' and generally stiffened by join- 
l ow bl nYTr in l the traces where th<J y inte rsect. 
IreVn made' o? lattice-window (lat'is-win"do), n. 
laths or strips which cross one another like net- 
work, so as to leave open interstices. Lattices 
are used especially when air rather than light is to be ad- 
mitted. They were once general in England. Also lat- 
tice-blind, lattice-window. 
Holding a lattis still before his face, 
Through which he stil did peep as forward he did pace. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. xii. 16. 
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried 
through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? 
Judges v. 28. 
Backward the Zottiee-blind she flung. 
Tennyson, Mariana in the South. 
3. In her., a bearing representing a series of ^ as'a u e i^~. 
perpendicular and horizontal strips crossing Iatt i c i n i (It. pron. lat-te-che'ni-o), n. [It., < 
one another over the field or a part t it^ These L i ac ti c inium, milk food: see lacticinium.'] In 
be so blazoned A lattice differs from a surface fretty in f/lass-tnanuj., a name given to opaque white 
being palewise and barwise, while fretty is always bend- glass used in decorative designs, 
wise. According to some writers, thejattice should never latuS (la'tus), n.; pi. latera (lat'e-ra). [L., 
side, flank: see lateral, etc.] Side:" used in 
some mathematical terms designating a line 
or diameter. Latus primarium of a conic section, 
a diameter of a circular section touching the vertex of the 
conic. Latus rectum, (a) Originally, a straight line 
drawn between two curves so as to bisect all straight lines 
They [galleys] are made with lattise windows all round, 
and have swivel cannon fasten'd towards the prow. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 10. 
latticework (lat'is-werk), n. 1. A grating 
formed of crossing strips with small openings. 
Compare lattice, 1. 
These supplied 
Of texture firm a lattice-work, that brac'd 
The new machine, and it became a chair. 
Cowper, Task, i. 42. 
2. In embroidery, the outline of a lattice, done 
in outline-stitch on solid material, and employ- 
[retty being in the circumstance that 
they do not interlace. Red latticet, a frame of lattice- 
work painted bright-red, formerly used to fill the windows 
of an ale-house : considered a sign or mark of a tavern. 
His Saint Valerio, 
That knows not of what fashion dice are made, 
Nor ever yet look'd towards a red lattice. 
Chapman, All Fools, v. 1. 
A' calls me e'en now, my lord, through a red lattice, and 
I could discern no part of his face from the window. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 2. 86. 
drawn from one to the other parallel to a given straight 
line. (6) A straight line drawn from the vertex of a conic 
at right angles to the transverse diameter, and having a 
length equal to the diameter of that circular section which 
is at the same distance from the vertex of the cone as is 
the plane of the conic. LatUB transversum of a conic, 
the transverse diameter. 
lattice (lat'is), v . t. ; pret. and pp. latticed, ppr. laubanite (la'ban-It), n. [< Lauban (see def.) 
latticing. [< lattice, n.~] 1. To furnish with a + -ite 2 .'] A zeolitic mineral occurring in 
lattice. fibrous spherical forms of a snow-white color 
The windows were latticed with small panes. in basalt at Lauban in Silesia. It is near lau- 
Longfettow, Hyperion, iv. 5. mon tite in composition. 
2. To give the form or appearance of a lattice lauch 1 (lach), v. and n. A Scotch form of 
to. 
O'er their heads 
Huge alders weave their canopies, and shed 
Disparted moonlight through the latticed boughs. 
Glover, Athenaid, xxvii. 
Every morning when the sun peeps through 
The dim, leal-latticed windows of the grove. 
Longfettow, Birds of Killingworth. 
Latticed cells, in bot., same as cambtform cells. See cam- 
biform. Latticed leaves, in bot., cancellate leaves. See 
cancellate. To lattice upr, to hide from the light of day ; 
render obscure ; eclipse. 
Alexander was adorned with most excellent vertues. 
. . . Therein it seemeth he hath latticed up Caesar. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 621. 
lattice-blind (lat'is-blind),M. Same as lattice,^. 
lattice-braid (lat'is-brad), n. A narrow braid 
made on the lace-pillow and having the ap- 
pearance of a fine lattice, all the principal open- 
ings being of the same size. 
lattice-bridge (lat'is-brij), n. A bridge in 
which the web between the chords, or the com- 
bination of the main compression and tension 
members, is formed so as to resemble lattice- 
work. It is a frequent form of construction in Europe, 
where bridges of this kind have been built of more than 
300 feet span. In these bridges the tendency to lateral 
deflection, due to the lightness of the web, is counteracted 
by making the trusses double and properly connected, 
thus forming a kind of openwork box-girder. See cut un- 
der bridge^. 
laugh. 
lauch 2 (lach), n. 
A Scotch form of law 1 . 
Aweel, aweel, Maggie, ilka land has its ain lauch. 
Scott, Antiquary, xxvi. 
laud (lad), n. [= F. los (> ME. los, loos, lose: 
see lose 2 ) = Sp. laude = It. laude, lode, < L. 
laus (laud-), praise, glory, fame, renown, prob. 
orig. "claus (*claud-) (= W. clod = Ir. cloth, 
praise), akin to cluere, hear, inclutua, famous, 
renownsd: see client and loud.'] 1. Praise ; com- 
mendation ; honorable mention. [Now rare.] 
He was, if I shal geven hym his laude, 
A theef and eek a somnour, and a baud. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 55. 
Who sometimes rayseth vp his voice to the height of 
the heauens, in singing the laudes of the immortall God. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
War. 'Tie called Jerusalem, my noble lord. 
K. Hen. Laud be to God ! even there my life must end. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 5. 236. 
2. That part of divine worship which consists 
in praise. 3. Music or a song in praise or 
honor of any one. 
She chanted snatches of old lauds. 
Shak., Hamlet (ed. Collier), iv. 7. 178. 
4. pi. In the Horn. Cath. Ch., and in the Angli- 
can Ch. as a monastic or devotional office, a re- 
ligious service, forming, in combination with 
lattice-girder (lat'is-ger"der), n. A girder of matins, the first of the seven canonical hours : 
which the web consists of diagonal pieces ar- so called from the reiterated ascriptions of 
ranged like latticework. praise to God in the last of the psalms (cxlviii.. 
laudability (la-da-bil'i-ti), n. [= It. Imida- 
bilita, < LL. laudabilita(t-)s, praiseworthiness, 
excellency, < L. laudabilis, praiseworthy: see 
laudable.'] The character of being laudable; 
laudableness. [Rare.] 
Names . . . instructive by the laudability of their char- 
acters and the persuasiveness of their precepts. 
Memoirs of Abp. Tenison, p. 6. (Latham.') 
laudable (la'da-bl), a. [= Sp. laudable = Pg. 
laudavel = It. 'taudabile, < L. laudabilis, praise- 
worthy^ laudare, praise: see laud, v.] 1. To 
be lauded; praiseworthy; commendable: as, 
laudable motives ; laudable actions. 
I am in this earthly world, where to do harm 
Is often laudable, to do good sometime 
Accounted dangerous folly. Shak. , Macbeth, iv. 2. 76. 
Even when I was at school, my mistress did ever extol 
me above the rest of the youth, in that I had a laudable 
voice. Swift, Mem. of P. P. 
2. \npathol., healthy; salubrious; natural. 
Good blood, and a due projectile motion or circulation, 
are necessary to convert the aliment into laudable animal 
juices. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
If the abscess has not been exposed to the air, its con- 
tents are laudable or healthy inodorous pus. 
Quain, Med. Diet., p. 829. 
laudableness (la'da-bl-nes), n. The quality of 
being laudable ; praiseworthiness; laudability: 
as, the laudableness of designs, purposes, mo- 
tives, or actions. 
laudably (la'da-bli), adv. In a laudable man- 
ner. 
laudanum (la'da-num), n. [A mod. irreg. yar. 
of ladanum.1 l" Same as ladanum. 2. Tinc- 
ture of opium. See opium Dutchman's lauda- 
num. See Dutchman 's-laudanum. 
laudation (la-da'shon), n. [= It. laudasione, 
< L. laudatio(n-), praise, commendation, < lau- 
dare, praise: see laud, v.~] The act of lauding 
or praising; praise; commendation; especially, 
high or unstinted praise. 
Butler deserves that one should regard him very atten- 
tively, both on his own account, and also because of the im- 
mense and confident laudation bestowed upon his writings. 
M. Arnold, Last Essays, p. (54. 
laudative (la'da-tiv), a. and n. [== F. latida- 
tif= Pg. laudaiivo = It. laudative, lodativo, < 
L. laudativus, laudatory, < laudare, praise : see 
laud, v.~\ I. a. Bestowing laud or praise; lau- 
datory. 
A kind of lampoon, Zawdtrttye-vituperative (as it ought 
to be). Carlyle, in Froude. 
II. n. A panegyric ; a eulogy. 
I have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning, 
or to make a hymn to the muses. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 61. 
laudator (la-da'tor), 11. [<L. laudator, a praiser, 
< laudare, praise ": see laud, v.~] 1. One who 
lauds; alauder. 2f. In old law, an arbitrator; 
an appraiser. Imp. Diet. 
laudatory (la'da-to-ri), a. and n. [= Sp. Pg. 
It. laudatorio, < LL. laudatorius, belonging to 
praise, < laudare, praise : see laud, r.] I. a. Con- 
taining or expressing praise ; praising highly ; 
extolling. 
This psalm ... is laudatory, setting forth and celebrat- 
ing the power and greatness of God, for which he is to be 
praised. J. Udall, Sermons (1642), p. 1. 
II. .; pi. l(iiidatories(-Tiz). That which con- 
tains or expresses praise. 
I will not faile to give ye, Headers, a present taste of 
him from his own title ; ... not simply a confutation but 
a modest confutation with a laudatory of it selfe obtruded 
in the very flrst word. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
