She lags us if we poach.
De Quincey.
La"gan (?), n. & v. See Ligan.
La*gar"to (?), n. [See Alligator.] An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
||La*ge"na (?), n.; pl. L. Lagenæ (#), E. Lagenas (#). [L., a flask;
||cf. Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds
||and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the
||cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
||
La*ge"ni*an (?), a. [See Lagena.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to,
Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.
La*ge"ni*form (?), a. [See Lagena, and -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a
bottle or flask; flag-shaped.
La"ger (lä"gr), n. Lager beer.
La"ger beer` (?). [G. lager bed, storehouse + bier beer. See Lair, and
Beer.] Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense
quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or
stored for some months before use.
La"ger wine` (?). Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.
Simmonds.
Lag"gard (?), a. [Lag + - ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward.
Lag"gard, n. One who lags; a loiterer.
Lag"ger (?), n. A laggard.
Lag"ging (?), n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden
covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of
heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.
2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another
in the centering of arches.
Lag"ging*ly, adv. In a lagging manner; loiteringly.