La*cer"tian (?), a. [Cf. F. lacertien.] (Zoöl.) Like a lizard; of or
pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n. One of the Lacertilia.
||Lac`er*til"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lacertus a lizard.] (Zoöl.)
||An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
||
They are closely related to the snakes, and like the latter, usually
have the body covered with scales or granules. They usually have
eyelids, and most of then have well-formed legs; but in some groups
(amphisbæna, glass-snake, etc.) the legs are wanting and the body is
serpentlike. None are venomous, unless Heloderma be an exception. The
order includes the chameleons, the Cionocrania, or typical lizards, and
the amphisbænas. See Amphisbæna, Gecko, Gila monster, and Lizard.
Lac`er*til"i*an (-an), a. & n. Same as Lacertian.
La*cer"ti*loid (?), a. [Lacertilia + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or belonging
to the Lacertilia.
La*cer"tine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Lacertian.
||La*cer"tus (l*sr"ts), n.; pl. Lacerti (- t). [L., the upper arm.]
||(Anat.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
||
Lace"wing` (ls"wng`), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have
delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvæ are useful in
destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.
Lace"-winged`, a. (Zoöl.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings;
as, the lace- winged flies.
{ Lach"es (?), Lache (?), } n. [OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent,
F. lâche, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law) Neglect;
negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay
to assert a claim.
It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the
eagerness of a shrewd attorney.
Macaulay.
Lach"ry*ma*ble (?), a. [L. lacrimabilis, fr. lacrima a tear.]
Lamentable. Martin Parker.
||Lach"ry*mæ Chris"ti (?). [L., lit., Christ's tears.] A rich, sweet,
||red Neapolitan wine.
||
Lach"ry*mal (&?;), a. [Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose.] 1. Of or
pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
2. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal
gland. (b) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone;
lachrymal duct.
{ Lach"ry*mal, Lac"ry*mal } (?), n. See Lachrymatory.
Lach"ry*ma*ry (?), a. Containing, or intended to contain, tears;
lachrymal. Addison.
Lach"ry*mate (-mt), v. i. To weep. [R.] Blount.
Lach`ry*ma"tion (?), n. [L. lacrimatio, from lacrimare to shed tears,
fr. lacrima tear.] The act of shedding tears; weeping.
Lach"ry*ma*to*ry (?), n.; pl. - ries (#). [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.]
(Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of
the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of
the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also
lachrymal or lacrymal.
Lach"ry*mi*form (?), a., [L. lacrima tear + -form; cf. F.
lacrymiforme.] Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
Lach"ry*mose` (?), a. [L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima,
lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to
E. tear. See Tear the secretion.] Generating or shedding tears; given
to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy.
Lamb.
-- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.
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La"cing (?), n. 1. The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with
a lace or laces.
2. A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting
the ends of belts.
3. A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or
an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
4. (Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other
in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
Waddell.
La*cin"i*a (?), n.; pl. L. Laciniæ (#). [L., the lappet or flap of a
garment.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or
divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of
some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a
monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of
insects.
{ La*cin"i*ate (?), La*cin"i*a"ted (?), } a. [See Lacinia.] 1. Fringed;
having a fringed border.