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Lam*baste" (?), v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. Nares.

Lam"ba*tive (?), a. [L. lambere to lick. See Lambent.] Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative medicines." Sir T. Browne.

Lam"ba*tive, n. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Wiseman.

||Lamb"da (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda.] 1. The name of the Greek ||letter , λ, corresponding with the English letter L, l. || 2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambda moth (Zoöl.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ().

Lamb"da*cism (?), n. [L. lambdacismus, Gr. &?;, fr. la`mbda the letter lambda ().] 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.

3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

Lamb"doid (?), a. [Gr. &?;, la`mbda the letter lambda () + e"i^dos shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.

Lamb*doid"al (?), a. Same as Lambdoid.

Lam"bent (?), a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking.] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. "A lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent style." Beaconsfield.

2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of the stars." W. Irving.

Lam"bert pine` (?). [So called from Lambert, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

Lamb"kin (?), n. A small lamb.

Lamb"like (?), a. Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

Lam"boys (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. lambeau. Cf. Label.] (Anc. Armor) Same as Base, n., 19.

Lam"bre*quin (?), n. [F. Cf. Lamboys, Label.] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

Lamb"skin` (?), n. 1. The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.

2. A kind of woolen.

Lamb"skin`net" (?), n. See Lansquenet.

Lamb's-quar"ters (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Lam*doid"al (?), a. Lambdoid. [R.]

Lame (lm), a. [Compar. Lamer (?); superl. Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. "Lame of one leg." Arbuthnot. "Lame in both his feet." 2 Sam. ix. 13. "He fell, and became lame." 2 Sam. iv. 4.

2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. "A lame endeavor." Barrow.

O, most lame and impotent conclusion!

Shak.