Labor Day. In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class. Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc.
La"bret (?), n. [L. labrum lip.] (Anthropology) A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.
Lace, v. t. To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it to and fro across the temble door.
Kipling.
Lach"ry*mals (?), n. pl. [See Lachrymal.] Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs. [Colloq.]
People go to the theaters to have . . . their risibles and lachrymals set agoing.
The Lutheran.
La*din" (?), n. A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.
La*di"no (?), n.; pl. - nos (&?;) 1. The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.