LAMIA, l[=a]'mi-a, _n._ in Greek and Roman mythology, a female phantom, a
serpent witch who charmed children and youths in order to suck their blood.
LAMIGER, lam'i-j[.e]r, _n._ (_prov._) a cripple.
LAMINA, lam'i-na, _n._ a thin plate: a thin layer or coat lying over
another:--_pl._ LAM'INÆ.--_adjs._ LAM'INABLE; LAM'INAR, LAM'INARY, in
laminæ or thin plates: consisting of, or resembling, thin plates.--_n._
LAMIN[=A]'RIA, a genus of dark-spored seaweeds, with large expanded
leathery-stalked fronds.--_adjs._ LAM'IN[=A]TE, -D, in laminæ or thin
plates: consisting of scales or layers, over one another.--_ns._
LAMIN[=A]'TION, the arrangement of stratified rocks in thin laminæ or
layers.--_adjs._ LAMINIF'EROUS, consisting of laminæ or layers;
LAM'INIFORM, laminar.--_n._ LAMIN[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the laminæ of a
horse's hoof. [L. _lamina_, a thin plate, a leaf.]
LAMMAS, lam'as, _n._ the feast of first-fruits on 1st August.--_n._
LAMM'AS-TIDE, Lammas-day, 1st August. [A.S. _hláf-mæsse_ and
_hlammæsse_--_hláf_, loaf, _mæsse_, feast.]