||La*tri"a (l*tr"; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. latrei`a, fr. latrey`ein to
||serve, fr. la`tris servant.] The highest kind of worship, or that
||paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or
||the inferior worship paid to saints.
||
La*trine" (l*trn"), n. [L. latrina: cf. F. latrines.] A privy, or
water- closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Lat"ro*cin`y (?), n. [L. latrocinium. Cf. Larceny.] Theft; larceny.
[Obs.]
Lat"ten (?), n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF.
late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a
sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See Lath
a thin board.]
1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for
making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also
latten brass.
He had a cross of latoun full of stones.
Chaucer.
2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin
sheets; as, gold latten.
Black latten, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used
by braziers, and for drawing into wire. -- Roll latten, latten polished
on both sides ready for use. -- Shaven latten, a thinner kind than
black latten. -- White latten, a mixture of brass and tin.
Lat"ter (?), a. [OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and
cf. Later.] 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.