Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 13
Lastery (n.) A red color. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Lasting (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
Syn: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.
Usage: Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.
Lasting (n.) Continuance; endurance. -- Locke.
Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
Lasting (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.
Lasting (adv.) In a lasting manner.
Lasting (a.) Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: permanent, lasting] [ant: impermanent, temporary].
Lasting (a.) Existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship" [syn: durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived].
Lasting (a.) Retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [syn: persistent, lasting] [ant: caducous, shed].
Lasting (a.) Lasting a long time without change; "a lasting relationship".
Lastly (adv.) In the last place; in conclusion.
Lastly (adv.) at last; finally.
Lastly (adv.) The item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally].
Lat (v. t.) To let; to allow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Lata
Lat (n.) A broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn: latissimus dorsi, lat].
LAT, () Local Area Transport (DEC).
LAT, () Local Area Transport.
Latakia (n.) [Turk.] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
Latakia (n.) Aromatic Turkish tobacco.
Latakia (n.) A seaport on the western coast of Syria [syn: Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia].
Latching (n.) (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
Latch (n.) (Naut.) A latching.
Latch (n.) A crossbow. [Obs.] -- Wright.
Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latch.
Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latch.
Latch (v. t.) To catch so as to hold. [Obs.]
Those that remained threw darts at our men, and latching our darts, sent them again at us. -- Golding.
Latch (v. t.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
The door was only latched. -- Locke.
Latch (n.) Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key [syn: latch, door latch].
Latch (n.) Catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove.
Latch (v.) Fasten with a latch; "latch the door".
Latch, () A digital logic circuit used to store one or more bits. A latch has a data input, a clock input and an output. When the clock input is active, data on the input is "latched" or stored and transfered to the output either immediately or when the clock input goes inactive. The output will then retain its value until the clock goes active again.
See also flip-flop.
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Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Latchet (n.) A leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot.
Latchet, () A thong (Acts 22:25), cord, or strap fastening the sandal on the foot (Isa. 5:27; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16).
Latching (n.) (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket. [Usually in pl.]
Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
Latchkey (n.) Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door.
Latchstring (n.) A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
To find the latchstring out, To meet with hospitality; to be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.) [Colloq. U.S.]
Latchstring (n.) Opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside.
Late (a.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
Late (a.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
Late (a.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
Late (a.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
Late (a.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
Late (adv.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
Late (adv.) Not long ago; lately.
Late (adv.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Of late, In time not long past, or near the present; lately; as, the practice is of late uncommon.
Too late, After the proper or available time; when the time or opportunity is past.
Late (adv.) Later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon].
Late (adv.)To an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" [syn: deep, late].
Late (adv.) At an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career".
Late (adv.) In the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly].
Late (a.) Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" [ant: early, middle].
Late (a.) After the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: belated, late, tardy].
Late (a.) Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" [syn: late(a), recent].
Late (a.) Having died recently; "her late husband".
Late (a.) Of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek" [ant: early, middle].
Late (a.) At or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early].
Late (a.) (Used especially of persons) Of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: former(a), late(a), previous(a)].
Lated (a.) Belated; too late. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Lateen (a.) (Naut.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.
Lateen (a.) rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).
Syn: lateen-rigged.
Lateen (a.) Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: lateen, lateen-rigged].
Lateen (n.) A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean [syn: lateen, lateen sail].
Lately (adv.) Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.
Lately (adv.) In the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly].
Latence (n.) Latency. -- Coleridge.
Latency (n.) The state or quality of being latent.
To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Latency (n.) The time between a stimulus the appearance of the response; the time between any causal action and the first appearance of the effect. Called also latent period.
Latency (n.) Hence: (Med.) The time between exposure to a carcinogen or other disease-causing agent and the appearance of the consequent disease.
Latency (n.) (Computer science) The time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/ write head [syn: rotational latency, latency].
Latency (n.) The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it [syn: reaction time, response time, latency, latent period].
Latency (n.) The state of being not yet evident or active.
Latency, () The time it takes for a packet to cross a network connection, from sender to receiver.
Latency, () The period of time that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded.
Two of the most important parameters of a communications channel are its latency, which should be low, and its bandwidth, which should be high. Latency is particularly important for a synchronous protocol where each packet must be acknowledged before the next can be transmitted.
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Lateness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
Lateness (n.) Quality of coming late or later in time [ant: earliness].
Latent (a.) Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed; secret; dormant; as, latent springs of action.
The evils latent in the most promising contrivances are provided for as they arise. -- Burke.
Latent (a.) (Med.) Existing but not presenting symptoms; dormant or developing; -- of disease, especially infectious diseases; as, the latent phase of an infection.
Latent buds (Bot.), Buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may eventually grow.
Latent heat (Physics), That quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change; the amount of heat required to produce a change of phase.
Latent period. (a) (Med.) The regular time in which a disease is supposed to be existing without manifesting itself.
Latent period. (b) (Physiol.) One of the phases in a simple muscular contraction, in which invisible preparatory changes are taking place in the nerve and muscle.
Latent period. (c) (Biol.) One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior to renewed activity.
Latent (a.) Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent".
Latent (a.) (Pathology) Not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes".
Latent, () construction. That which is concealed; or which does not appear; for example, if a testator bequeaths to his cousin Peter his white horse; and at the time of making his will and at his death he had two cousins named Peter, and he owned two white horses, the ambiguity in this case would be latent, both as respects the legatee, and the thing bequeathed. Vide Bac. Max. Reg. 23, and article Ambiguity. A latent ambiguity can only be made to appear by parol evidence, and may be explained by the same kind of proof. 5 Co. 69.
Latently (adv.) In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.
Lateres (n. pl. ) of Later.
Later (n.) A brick or tile. -- Knight.
Later (a.) Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
Later (adv.) Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on].
Later (adv.) At some eventual time in the future; "By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later" [syn: by and by, later].
Later (adv.) Comparative of the adverb `late'; "he stayed later than you did".
Later (a.) Coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior].
Later (a.) At or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child" [syn: late, later(a)] [ant: early].
Laterad (adv.) (Anat.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
Lateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
Lateral (a.) (Anat.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
Lateral (a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
Lateral cleavage (Crystallog.), Cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
Lateral equation (Math.), An equation of the first degree. [Obs.]
Lateral line (Anat.), In fishes, a line of sensory organs along either side of the body, often marked by a distinct line of color.
Lateral pressure or stress (Mech.), A pressure or stress at right angles to the length, as of a beam or bridge; -- distinguished from longitudinal pressure or stress.
Lateral strength (Mech.), Strength which resists a tendency to fracture arising from lateral pressure.
Lateral system (Bridge Building), The system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured. Lateral
Lateral, lateral pass (n.) (Football) A short pass to a receiver who is upfield from the passer, i.e. is behind the passer relative to the direction of the passer's goal.
Lateral, lateral pass (n.) A part or extension of something that points sideways, as a drift in a mine that goes to the side from the main one.
Lateral (v. t. & i.) (Football) To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; as, the ball was lateraled to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown.
Lateral (a.) Situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs" -- Tennyson [syn: lateral, sidelong].
Lateral (a.) Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus".
Lateral (n.) A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer [syn: lateral pass, lateral].
Laterality (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.
Laterality (n.) Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain [syn: lateralization, lateralisation, laterality].
Laterality (n.) The property of using one hand more than the other [syn: handedness, laterality].
Laterality (n.) Superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance].
Laterally (adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
Laterally (adv.) To or by or from the side; "such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin"
Laterally (adv.) In a lateral direction or location; "the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally".
Lateran (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
Note: The name is said to have been derived from that of the Laterani family, who possessed a palace on or near the spot where the church now stands. In this church several ecclesiastical councils, hence called Lateran councils, have been held.
Lateran (n.) The site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace.
Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory. [Obs.] "When a man is too latered." -- Chaucer.
Laterifolious (a.) (Bot.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
Laterite (n.) (Geol.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.
Laterite (n.) A red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides.
Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.
Lateritious (a.) Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lateritious sediment (Med.), A sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.
Lates (n.) (Zool.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species ({Lates Niloticus} inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water [syn: Lates, genus Lates].
Latescence (n.) A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Latescent (a.) Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Latewake (n.) See Lich wake, under Lich.
Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] "Lateward lands." -- Holland.
Latex (n.) [L.] (Bot.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation. The lattex of the India rubber plant produces the rubber of commerce on coagulation.
Latex (n.) (Chem.) Any aqueous emulsion of finely divided rubber or plastic particles, especially such an emulsion used as a base for paint; as, a latex paint.
Latex (n.) A milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air.
Latex (n.) A water-base paint that has a latex binder [syn: latex paint, latex, rubber-base paint].
LaTeX, () (Lamport TeX) Leslie Lamport 's document preparation system built on top of TeX. LaTeX was developed at SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory and was built to resemble Scribe.
LaTeX adds commands to simplify typesetting and lets the user concentrate on the structure of the text rather than on formatting commands.
BibTeX is a LaTeX package for bibliographic citations.
Lamport's LaTeX book has an exemplary index listing every symbol, concept and example in the book. The index in the, now obsolete, first edition includes (on page 221) the mysterious entry "Gilkerson, Ellen, 221". The second edition (1994) has an entry for "{infinite loop" instead.
["LaTeX, A Document Preparation System", Leslie Lamport, A-W 1986, ISBN 0-201-15790-X (first edition, now obsolete)].
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Laths (n. pl. ) of Lath.
Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
Lath brick, A long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
Lath nail A slender nail for fastening laths.
Lathed (imp. & p. p.) of Lath.
Lathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lath.
Lath (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.
Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written also lath.] -- Brande & C.
Lath (n.) A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
Lathe (n.) A granary; a barn. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lathe (n.) (Mach.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
Lathe (n.) Machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool.
Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.
Lathe (n.) [ C ] A machine for changing the shape of a piece of wood, metal, etc. that works by turning the material while a sharp tool is pressed against it.
Lather (n.) Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
Lathered (imp. & p. p.) of Lather.
Lathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lather.
Lather (v. t.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog. [Low] Lathereeve
Lather (n.) The froth produced by soaps or detergents [syn: soapsuds, suds, lather].
Lather (n.) Agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither].
Lather (n.) A workman who puts up laths.
Lather (n.) The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse).
Lather (v.) Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce].
Lather (v.) Form a lather; "The shaving cream lathered".
Lather (v.) Exude sweat or lather; "this unfit horse lathers easily".
Lather (v.) Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning [syn: soap, lather].
Lathereeve (n.) Alt. of Lathreeve.
Lathreeve (n.) Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
Lathing (n.) The act or process of covering with laths.
Lathing (n.) Laths, collectively; a covering of laths.
Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
Lathwork (n.) Same as Lathing.
Lathy (a.) Like a lath; long and slender.
A lathy horse, All legs and length. -- R. Browning.
Latian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.
Latibulized (imp. & p. p.) of Latibulize.
Latibulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latibulize.
Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. [R.] -- G. Shaw.
Latibula (n. pl. ) of Latibulum.
Latibulum (n.) [L.] A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
Laticiferous (a.) (Bot.) Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
Laticlave (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.
Latidentate (a.) Broad-toothed. Latifoliate
Latifoliate (a.) Alt. of Latifolious
Latifolious (a.) (Bot.) Having broad leaves.
Latimer (n.) An interpreter. [Obs.] -- Coke.
Latimer -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 10692
Housing Units (2000): 4709
Land area (2000): 722.174675 sq. miles (1870.423742 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.948311 sq. miles (17.996043 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 729.122986 sq. miles (1888.419785 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.862989 N, 95.260202 W
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Latin (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
Latin (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
Latin Church (Eccl. Hist.), The Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church.
Latin cross. See Illust. 1 of Cross.
Latin races, A designation sometimes loosely given to certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages principally derived from Latin.
Latin Union, An association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union.
Latin (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
Latin (n.) The language of the ancient Romans.
Latin (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. [Obs.] -- Ascham.