LAID, l[=a]d, _adj._ put down, prostrate: pressed down.--LAID PAPER, such
as shows in its fabric the marks of the close parallel wires on which the
paper-pulp was laid in the process of its manufacture:--opp. to
_Wove-paper_, that laid on woven flannels or on felts. [Pa.t. and pa.p. of
LAY.]
LAIDLY, l[=a]d'li, _adj._ (_prov._) loathly.
LAIN, _pa.p._ of LIE, to rest.
LAIR, l[=a]r, _n._ a lying-place, esp. the den or retreat of a wild beast:
(_Scot._) the ground for one grave in a burying-place. [A.S. _leger_, a
couch--_licgan_, to lie down; Dut. _leger_, Ger. _lager_.]
LAIR, l[=a]r, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to sink in mud.--_n._ mire, a bog, a
quagmire. [Ice. _leir_, mud.]
LAIRD, l[=a]rd, _n._ (_Scot._) a landed proprietor, a landlord.--_n._
LAIRD'SHIP, an estate. [_Lord._]
LAISSEZ-FAIRE, l[=a]s'[=a]-f[=a]r', _n._ a letting alone, a general
principle of non-interference with the free action of the individual: the
let-alone principle in government, business, &c.--Also LAISS'ER-FAIRE'.
[Fr. _laisser_--L. _lax[=a]re_, to relax, _faire_--L. _fac[)e]re_, to do.]
LAITY, l[=a]-'i-ti, _n._ the people as distinct from the clergy. [See LAY,
_adj._]
LAKE, l[=a]k, _n._ a pigment or colour formed by precipitating animal or
vegetable colouring matters from their solutions, chiefly with alumina or
oxide of tin. [Fr. _laque_. See LAC (2).]
LAKE, l[=a]k, _n._ a large body of water within land.--_ns._
LAKE'-B[=A]'SIN, the whole area drained by a lake; LAKE'-LAW'YER (_U.S._),
the bowfin: burbot; LAKE'LET, a little lake; L[=A]'KER, L[=A]'KIST, one of
the Lake school of poetry.--_adj._ L[=A]'KY, pertaining to a lake or
lakes.--LAKE DISTRICT, the name applied to the picturesque and mountainous
region within the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and a small portion
of Lancashire, containing as many as sixteen lakes or meres; LAKE
DWELLINGS, settlements in prehistoric times, built on piles driven into a
lake; LAKE SCHOOL OF POETRY, a name applied to the group of illustrious
poets who made the Lake District--_Wordsworthshire_--their home about the
beginning of the 19th century. [A.S. _lac_--L. _lacus_.]
LAKH, _n._ See LAC, term used for 100,000.
LAKIN, l[=a]'kin, _n._ (_Shak._) a corruption of _ladykin_, dim. of _lady_.
LAKSHMI, laksh'm[=e], _n._ in Hindu mythology, the name of the consort of
the god Vishnu (q.v.), considered as his female or creative energy.