Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 7
Lament (n.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. -- Milton.
Lament (n.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
Lament (n.) 悲嘆，悔恨，慟哭，挽歌，悼詞 A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}].
Lament (n.) A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {coronach}, {lament}, {requiem}, {threnody}].
Lament (n.) A mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: {elegy}, {lament}].
Lament (v.) Express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: {lament}, {keen}].
Lament (v.) Regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: {deplore}, {lament}, {bewail}, {bemoan}].
Lamentable (a.) 可悲的，哀傷的，可憐的 Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." -- Spenser.
Lamentable (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." -- Burke.
Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. -- Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
Lamentable (a.) Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry].
Lamentation (n.) 悲嘆，哀悼 The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. -- Matt. ii. 18.
Lamentation (n.) pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
Lamentation (n.) A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}].
Lamentation (n.) The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: {lamentation}, {mourning}].
Lamentation, () (Heb. qinah), An elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
Lamented (a.) Mourned for; bewailed.
This humble praise, lamented shade ! receive. -- Pope.
Lamented (a.) Mourned or grieved for; "the imprint of our wise and lamented friend" -- A.E.Stevenson [ant: unlamented, unmourned].
Lamenter (n.) One who laments.
Lamenter (n.) A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) [syn: mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter].
Compare: Lamantin
Lamantin (n.) (Zool.) The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]
Lamentin (n.) See Lamantin.
Compare: Manatee
Manatee (n.) (Zool.) 【動】海牛 Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called also sea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
Note: One species ({Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another ({Trichechus Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee ({Trichechus latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of Trichechus Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It was hunted for its oil and flesh, and every species is now an endangered species.
Manatee (n.) Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus].
Lamenting (n.) Lamentation.
Lamentings heard i' the air. -- Shak.
Lamenting (a.) Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting, wailing, wailful].
Lamentingly (adv.) In a lamenting manner.
Lames (n. pl.) (Armor) （金屬）薄板，薄片 Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. -- De Colange.
Lamia (n.) (Class. Myth.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch. Laminaa
Lamia (n.) (Folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living [syn: vampire, lamia].
Laminae (n. pl. ) of Lamina.
Laminas (n. pl. ) of Lamina.
Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
Lamina (n.) (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. -- Gray.
Lamina (n.) (Zool.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Lamina (n.) A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral).
Lamina, () A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Experiments with a Knowledge-based System on a Multiprocessor", Third Intl Conf Supercomputing Proc, 1988].
["ELINT in LAMINA, Application of a Concurrent Object language", Delagi et al, KSL-88-3, Knowledge Sys Labs, Stanford U].
Laminability (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.
Laminable (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.
When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable. -- Ure. Laminar
Laminar (a.) Alt. of Laminal.
Laminal (a.) In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.
Laminal (a.) Arranged in or consisting of laminae [syn: laminar, laminal].
Laminaria (n.) (Bot.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.
Laminaria (n.) Type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps [syn: Laminaria, genus Laminaria].
Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.
Laminarite (n.) (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.
Laminary (a.) Laminar.
Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Laminated (imp. & p. p.) of Laminate.
Laminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laminate.
Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
Laminate (v. t.) To form by uniting two or more layers (in sheet form) of a material, so that the layers are bonded tightly; as, plywood has at least three laminated layers.
Laminate (v. t.) To unite (layers in sheet form) by bonding, so as to create a single object with multiple layers; -- used with the material in sheet form as the object; as, to laminate plywood.
Laminate (v. i.) To separate into
laminae.
Laminate (n.) A sheet of material made by
bonding two or more sheets or layers.
Laminate (v.) Create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material.
Laminate (v.) Press or beat (metals) into thin sheets.
Laminate (v.) Cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the table."
Laminate (v.) Split (wood) into thin sheets.
Laminated (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, sheets, scales, or layers, one over another; laminate.
Laminated (a.) Hence: Constructed of thin sheets of material, bonded together to form a composite structure having multiple layers.
Laminated arch (Arch.), A timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.
Laminating (a.) Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.
Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.
Lamination (n.) A layered structure.
Lamination (n.) Bonding thin sheets together.
Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers.
Laminiplantar (a.) (Zool.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
Laminitis (n.) (Far.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. -- Youatt.
Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse [syn: laminitis, founder].
Lamish (a.) Somewhat lame. -- Wood.
Lamm (v. t.) See Lam.
Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide. Lammergeier; Lammergeir
Lammas (n.) Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England [syn: Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1].
Compare: Griffin
Griffin, Griffon (n.) (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.
Griffin, Griffon (n.) (Her.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.
Griffin, Griffon (n.) (Zool.) A species of large vulture ({Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir. [Written also gryphon.]
Griffin, Griffon (n.) An English early apple.
Lammergeir (n.) Alt. of Lammergeier
Lammergeier (n.) (Zool.) A very large vulture ({Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
Lamnunguia (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Hyracoidea.
Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lamp (n.) A light-producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus; formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light; also, a similar device using a gas as the combustible fuel; now referring mainly to an electric lamp. See sense [3].
Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Ps. cxix. 105.
Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. -- Cowper.
Lamp (n.) (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity, usually having a glass bulb or tube containing the light-emitting element. Most lamps belong to one of two categories, the Incandescent lamp (See under Incandescent) or the fluorescent lamp. However, see also arc lamp, below.
Lamp (n.) A device that emits radiant energy in the form of heat, infrared, or ultraviolet rays; as, a heat lamp.
Aeolipile lamp, A hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. -- Weale.
Arc lamp (Elec.), A form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light.
D["e]bereiner's lamp, An apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist D["o]bereiner, who invented it.
Called also philosopher's lamp.
Flameless lamp, An aphlogistic lamp.
Lamp burner, The part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. -- Knight.
Lamp fount, A reservoir for oil, in a lamp.
Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 l) & (n.) .
Lamp shade, A screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
Lamp shell (Zool.), Any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula.
Safety lamp, A miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.
To smell of the lamp, To bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.
Lamp (n.) An artificial source of visible illumination.
Lamp (n.) A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs.
LAMP, () Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP, DB, SQL)
Lamp, () That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:20; 13:11; Zech. 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Ex. 27:20).
Lamp, () A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judg. 7:16, 20). (R.V., "torches.")
Lamp, () Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews (Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.).
Lamp, () Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies (Matt. 25:1).
This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Sam. 21:17; Ps. 119:105; Prov. 6:23; 13:9).
Lampad (n.) A lamp or candlestick. [R.]
By him who 'mid the golden lampads went. -- Trench.
Lampadist (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.
Lampadrome (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.
Lampas (n.) [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
Lampate (n.) [Cf. F. lampate.] (Chem.) A supposed salt of lampic acid. [Obs.]
Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
Lampblack (n.) A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock].
Lamprey (n.; pl. Lampreys) (Zool.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera; called also lamprey eel and lamper eel.
The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also lamprel, and lampron.]
Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe ({Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as Ammoc[oe]les fluviatilis, of Europe, and Ammoc[oe]les [ae]pypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.
Lamper eel () (Zool.) See Lamprey.
Burbot (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.]
Note: The fish is also called an eelpout or ling, and is allied to the codfish. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species. An American species ({Lota maculosa) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.
Compare: Eelpout
Eelpout (n.) (Zool.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
Eelpout (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
Eelpout (n.) Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas [syn: eelpout, pout].
Eelpout (n.) Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota].
Lamper eel (n.) Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel].
Lampern (n.) (Zool.) The river lamprey ({Ammoc[oe]tes fluviatilis syn. Lampetra fluviatilis).
Note: The name is also applied to other river lampreys.
Lampas (n.) [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
Lampers (n.) See Lampas.
Lampic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.
Lamping (a.) Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." -- Spenser.
Lampless (a.) Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.
Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. -- Beau. & Fl.
Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
This world's artificial lamplights. -- Owen Meredith.
Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who in former times lighted street lamps which were illuminated by a combustible gas; -- such lamps are now little used, and primarily as nostalgic ornaments.
He made the night a little brighter Wherever he did go, The old lamplighter Of long, long ago. -- Song lyrics. (?)
Lamplighter (n.) (Zool.) The calico bass.
Lamplighter (n.) A device used to light lamps.
Lamplighter (n.) (When gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights.
Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. -- Dryden.
Lampoon (n.) Hence: Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
Lampooned (imp. & p. p.) of Lampoon.
Lampooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lampoon.
Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
Ribald poets had lampooned him. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
Lampoon (n.) A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on].
Lampoon (v.) Ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" [syn: satirize, satirise, lampoon].
Lampooner (n.) The writer of a lampoon. "Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers." -- Tatler.
Lampooner (n.) Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect [syn: parodist, lampooner].
Lampoonry (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
Lamprel (n.) (Zool.) See Lamprey.
Lampreys (n. pl. ) of Lamprey.
Lamprey (n.) (Zool.) 【魚】七鰓鰻；八目鰻 An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also lamprel, and lampron.]
Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe ({Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as Ammoc[oe]les fluviatilis, of Europe, and Ammoc[oe]les [ae]pypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.
Lamprey (n.) Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel].
Lampron (n.) (Zool.) See Lamprey. lampshade
Lampyrine (n.) (Zool.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.
Lampyris (n.) (Zool.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
Lamster (n.) 〔美俚〕潛逃者，逃亡者；逃犯，逃兵 A fugitive especially from the law.
Compare: Fugitive
Fugitive (n.) [ C ] 逃亡者，逃犯；難民 A person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation.
// Thousands of fugitives are fleeing from the war-torn area.
// Fugitive from justice; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were fugitives from justice (= they ran away to avoid being tried in court).
Compare: Fugitive
Fugitive (a.) (Temporary) (Formal) (Especially of thoughts or feelings) （尤指想法或感覺）短暫的，暫時的 Lasting for only a short time.
// A fugitive impression.
Syn: fleeting
Fleeting (a.) 短暫的；迅速的 Short or quick.
// A fleeting glimpse.
// This is just a fleeting visit.
Lanarkite (n.) (Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
Lanary (n.) A place for storing wool. Lanate
Lanate (a.) Alt. of Lanated.
Lanated (a.) 羊毛狀的，帶有羊毛狀被覆物的 Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
Lanated (a.) Hence: (Biol.) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
Syn: wooly, woolly.
Lancashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
Lancasterian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
Lance (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
A braver soldier never couched lance. -- Shak.
Lance (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
Lance (n.) (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Lance (n.) (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
Lance (n.) (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Lance (n.) (Med.) A lancet.
Free lance, In the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority.
See also freelance, n. and a., and freelancer.
Lance bucket (Cavalry), A socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
Lance corporal, Same as Lancepesade.
Lance knight, A lansquenet. -- B. Jonson.
Lance snake (Zool.), The fer-de-lance.
Stink-fire lance (Mil.), A kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners.
To break a lance, To engage in a tilt or contest.
Lanced (imp. & p. p.) of Lance.
Lancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance.
Lance (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. -- Dryden.
Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
Lance (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
Lance fish (n.) (Zool.) A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance. Lancegay
Lancegay (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye.
Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. -- Nares.
In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. -- Chaucer.
Lancelet (n.) (Zool.) A small fishlike animal ({Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
Compare: Amphioxus
Amphioxus (n.) (Zool.) A fishlike creature ({Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Lancelet (n.) Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus].
Lancely (a.) Like a lance. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Lanceolar (a.) (Bot.) Lanceolate. Lanceolate