Lam"i*nate, v. i. To separate into laminæ.
Lam"i*na`ted (?), a. Laminate.
Laminated arch (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks
secured by treenails.
Lam"i*na`ting (?), a. Forming, or separating into, scales or thin
layers.
Lam`i*na"tion (?), n. The process of laminating, or the state of being
laminated.
Lam`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Lamina + -ferous.] Having a structure
consisting of laminæ, or thin layers.
Lam`i*ni*plan"tar (?), a. [Lamina + L. planta sole of the foot.]
(Zoöl.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous
on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
||Lam`i*ni"tis (?), n. [NL. See Lamina, and -itis.] (Far.) Inflammation
||of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse;
||founder. Youatt.
||
Lam"ish (?), a. Somewhat lame. Wood.
Lamm (?), v. t. See Lam.
Lam"mas (?), n. [AS. hlmmesse, hlfmæsse, loaf mass, bread feast, or
feast of first fruits; hlf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf, and Mass
religious service.] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day,
and Lammastide.
{ Lam"mer*geir (lm"mr*gr), Lam"mer*gei`er (-g`r), } n. [G. lämmergeier;
lamm, pl. lämmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zoöl.) A very large vulture
(Gypaëtus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe,
Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in
extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and
neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head
and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small
animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and
marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain
the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is
supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture
and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]
||Lam*nun"gui*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. lamina a scale + unguis a
||nail.] (Zoöl.) Same as Hyracoidea.
||
Lamp (?), n. [OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See
Lamina.] A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Lamp (?), n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. &?; , &?;, torch, fr.
&?; to give light, to shine. Cf. Lampad, Lantern.] 1. A light-producing
vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used
for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose
of producing artificial light.
2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally;
anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Ps. cxix. 105.
Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared.
Cowper.
3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity.
See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
Æolipile lamp, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is
converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful
blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale. -- Arc lamp (Elec.), a
form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light.
-- Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of
a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led
over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist Döbereiner, who
invented it. Called also philosopher's lamp. -- Flameless lamp, an
aphlogistic lamp. -- Lamp burner, the part of a lamp where the wick is
exposed and ignited. Knight. -- Lamp fount, a reservoir for oil, in a
lamp. -- Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n). -- Lamp shade, a
screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the
light of a lamp. -- Lamp shell (Zoöl.), any brachiopod shell of the
genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape,
which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula. -- Safety lamp,
a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze,
preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also,
from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp. -- To smell of the lamp,
to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.