Lam*poon" (?), n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink,
-- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and
greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so
called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or
satire.] A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive
censure written only to reproach and distress.
Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find
herself decayed so soon.
Dryden.
Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lampooning.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to
make the subject of a lampoon.
Ribald poets had lampooned him.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
Lam*poon"er (?), n. The writer of a lampoon. "Libelers, lampooners, and
pamphleteers." Tatler.
Lam*poon"ry (?), n. The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
Lamp"-post` (?), n. A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a
lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
Lam"prel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Lamprey.
Lam"prey (?), n.; pl. Lampreys (#). [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL.
lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The
lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their
circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called
rocksuckers. See Lap to drink, Petrify.] (Zoöl.) An eel-like
marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys
have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute
teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of
Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.
[Written also lamper eel, lamprel, and lampron.]
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The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (Petromyzon marinus),
which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food
by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller
river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammocœles, or Lampetra, as A.
fluviatilis, of Europe, and A. æpypterus of America. All lampreys
attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the
suckerlike mouth.
Lam"pron (lm"prn), n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See Lamprey.] (Zoöl.) See
Lamprey.
Lam*py"rine (?), n. [See Lampyris.] (Zoöl.) An insect of the genus
Lampyris, or family Lampyridæ. See Lampyris.
||Lam*py"ris (?), n. [L., glowworm, Gr. (&?;).] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
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Lan"ark*ite (?), n. [From Lanarkshire, a county in Scotland.] (Min.) A
mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in
long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
La"na*ry (?), n. [L. lanaria, fr. lanarius belonging to wool, lana
wool.] A place for storing wool.
{ La"nate (?), La"na*ted (?), } [L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.]
Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
Lan"ca*shire boil"er (?). A steam boiler having two flues which contain
the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
Lan`cas*te"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of
instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced
pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
Lance (lns), n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr. lo`gchh.
Cf. Launch.] 1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle
and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often
decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers
and fishermen.
A braver soldier never couched lance.
Shak.