La"dy's gar"ters (?). (Bot.) Ribbon grass.
La"dy's hair" (?). (Bot.) A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a
variety of quaking grass.
La"dy*ship (?), n. The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title
(preceded by her or your).
Your ladyship shall observe their gravity.
B. Jonson.
La"dy's la"ces (?). (Bot.) A slender climbing plant; dodder.
La"dy's look"ing-glass` (?). (Bot.) See Venus's looking-glass, under
Venus.
La"dy's man"tle (?). (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla),
esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely
serrated lobes.
La"dy's seal" (?).(Bot.) (a) The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum
verticillatum). (b) The black bryony (Tamus communis).
La"dy's slip"per (?). (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus
Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly,
in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).
La"dy's smock" (?). (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cardamine (C.
pratensis); cuckoo flower.
La"dy's thim"ble (?). (Bot.) The harebell.
La"dy's thumb" (?). (Bot.) An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria),
having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
{ La"dy's tra"ces (?), La"dies' tress"es (?). } (Bot.) A name given to
several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the
white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely
resemble braided hair.
||Læ"laps (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a dark, furious storm.] (Paleon.) A
||genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous
||formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and
||tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were
||about eighteen feet high.
||
Laem"mer*gey`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Lammergeir.
Læ*mod"i*pod (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Læmodipoda.
||Læ`mo*dip"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; throat + &?; twice +
||&?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which
||the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to
||five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
||
Læ`mo*dip"o*dous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Læmodipoda.
Læ*te"re Sun"day (?). The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the
Latin word Lætare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the
introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.
Læv"i*gate (?), a. [See Levigate.] (Biol.) Having a smooth surface, as
if polished.
Læ"vo- (?). A prefix. See Levo.
Læ"vo*ro"ta*to*ry (?), a. Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.
Læv"u*lose` (?), n. (Chem.) See Levulose.
La`fa`yette" (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The dollar fish. (b) A market fish,
the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the
United States.
Laft (?), obs. p. p. of Leave. Chaucer.
Laf"te (?), obs. imp. of Leave. Chaucer.
Lag (?), a. [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint,
W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax,
languid.] 1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]
Came too lag to see him buried.
Shak.
2. Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end. "The
lag end of my life." Shak.
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3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior. [Obs.] "Lag souls."
Dryden.
Lag (?), n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] "The lag
of all the flock." Pope.