{ La*nu"gi*nose` (?), La*nu"gi*nous (?), } a. [L. lanuginosus, fr.
lanugo, - ginis, woolly substance, down, fr. lana wool: cf. F.
lanugineux.] Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
||La*nu"go (?), n. [See Lanuginose.] (Anat.) The soft woolly hair which
||covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or
||soon after birth.
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Lan"yard (?), n. [F. lanière thong, strap, OF. lasniere, fr. lasne
strap, thong, L. lacinia lappet. flap, edge of a garment. Cf. Lanier.]
[Written also laniard.] 1. (Naut.) A short piece of rope or line for
fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the
buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and
used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.
2. (Mil.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at
one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction
tube.
Lan"yer (?), n. See Lanier.
La*oc"o*ön (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of
Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the
priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents,
as described by Virgil.
La*od`i*ce"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia
Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. Rev. iii.
14- 16.
Lap (?), n. [OE. lappe, AS. læppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G.
lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat;
the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Chaucer.