3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange,
one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the
paschal lamb.
The twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Rev. xxi. 14.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John i. 29.
-- Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves
(Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written
also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep
narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The
wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; --
probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's
wool. [Obs.] Goldsmith.
Lamb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.] To
bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
Lamb"ale` (?), n. A feast at the time of shearing lambs.
Lam*baste" (?), v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. [Low]
Nares.
Lam"ba*tive (?), a. [L. lambere to lick. See Lambent.] Taken by licking
with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative medicines." Sir T. Browne.
Lam"ba*tive, n. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a
lincture. Wiseman.
||Lamb"da (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda.] 1. The name of the Greek
||letter , λ, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
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2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures
of the skull.
Lambda moth (Zoöl.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings,
resembling the Greek letter lambda ().
Lamb"da*cism (?), n. [L. lambdacismus, Gr. &?;, fr. la`mbda the letter
lambda ().] 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in
too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which
consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of
the letters lli in billion.
3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation;
as, Amelican for American.
Lamb"doid (?), a. [Gr. &?;, la`mbda the letter lambda () + e"i^dos
shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (); as, the lambdoid suture
between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.
Lamb*doid"al (?), a. Same as Lambdoid.
Lam"bent (?), a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin
to lap. See Lap to drink by licking.] 1. Playing on the surface;
touching lightly; gliding over. "A lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent
style." Beaconsfield.
2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of the stars."
W. Irving.
Lam"bert pine` (?). [So called from Lambert, an English botanist.]
(Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus
Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The
timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.
Lamb"kin (?), n. A small lamb.
Lamb"like (?), a. Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.
Lam"boys (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. lambeau. Cf. Label.] (Anc. Armor) Same as
Base, n., 19.
Lam"bre*quin (?), n. [F. Cf. Lamboys, Label.] 1. A kind of pendent
scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or
heat.