Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. -- Latter spring, the
last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
Lat"ter-day` saint" (?). A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
Lat"ter*kin (?), n. A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden
lattice.
Lat"ter*ly, adv. Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as
distinguished from a former, period.
Latterly Milton was short and thick.
Richardson.
Lat"ter*math (?), n. [Cf. Aftermath.] The latter, or second, mowing;
the aftermath.
Lat"tice (?), n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr. latte lath. See
Latten, 1st Lath.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing
laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a
window; -- called also latticework.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice.
Judg. v. 28.
2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a
bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.
Lattice bridge, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework
trusses. -- Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists
of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. --
Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra
fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and
cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O.
Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.
Lat"tice, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Latticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Latticing
(?).] 1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a
lattice; as, to lattice a window.
To lattice up, to cover or inclose with a lattice.
Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up Cæsar.
Sir T. North.
Lat"tice*work` (?), n. Same as Lattice, n., 1.
Lat"ti*cing (?), n. 1. The act or process of making a lattice of, or of
fitting a lattice to.
2. (Bridge Building) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form
braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.
||La"tus rec"tum (?). [L., the right side.] (Conic Sections) The line
||drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix
||and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the
||principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.
||
Laud (?), n. [L. laus, laudis. See Laud, v. i.]
1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud be to
God." Shak.
So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
Tyndals.
2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually
in the pl.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between
those of matins and prime, are called lauds.