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La*gar"to (?), n. [See Alligator.] An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

||La*ge"na (?), n.; pl. L. Lagenæ (#), E. Lagenas (#). [L., a flask; ||cf. Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds ||and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the ||cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. || La*ge"ni*an (?), a. [See Lagena.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

La*ge"ni*form (?), a. [See Lagena, and -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

La"ger (lä"gr), n. Lager beer.

La"ger beer` (?). [G. lager bed, storehouse + bier beer. See Lair, and Beer.] Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.

La"ger wine` (?). Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds.

Lag"gard (?), a. [Lag + - ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward.

Lag"gard, n. One who lags; a loiterer.

Lag"ger (?), n. A laggard.

Lag"ging (?), n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

Lag"ging*ly, adv. In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Lag"ly (?), adv. Laggingly. [Prov. Eng.]

Lag"o*morph (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Lagomorpha.

||Lag`o*mor"pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a hare + &?; form.] ||(Zoöl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four ||incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata. || La*goon" (?), n. [It. or Sp. laguna, L. lacuna ditch, pool, pond, lacus lake. See Lake, and cf. Lacuna.] [Written also lagune.] 1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagoon island, a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.

{ ||Lag`oph*thal"mi*a (?), ||Lag`oph*thal"mos (?), } n. [NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

La*go"pous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a hare + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Bot.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

La*gune" (?), n. See Lagoon.

{ La"ic (?), La"ic*al (?), } a. [L. laicus: cf. F. laïque. See Lay laic.] Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. "Laical literature." Lowell.

An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble.

Milton.

La"ic, n. A layman. Bp. Morton.

La"ic*al"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

La"ic*al*ly (?), adv. As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

Laid (?), imp. & p. p. of Lay.

Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color.