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2. (Anat.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

La"ni*ate (?), v. t. [L. laniatus, p. p. of laniare.] To tear in pieces. [R.]

La`ni*a"tion (?), n. [L. laniatio.] A tearing in pieces. [R.]

Lan"ier (?), n. [F. lanière. See Lanyard.] [Written also lanner, lanyer.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.

La*nif"er*ous (?), n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F. lanifère.] Bearing or producing wool.

La*nif"i*cal (?), a. [L. lanificus; lana wool + facere to make.] Working in wool.

Lan"i*fice (?), n. [L. lanificium: cf. OF. lanifice.] Anything made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon.

La*nig"er*ous (?), a. [L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear.] Bearing or producing wool.

La"ni*oid (?), a. [NL. Lanius (fr. L. lanius a butcher), the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidæ).

Lank (?), a. [Compar. Lanker (?); superl. Lankest.] [AS. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Meager and lank with fasting grown.

Swift.

Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain?

Barrow.

2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.]

Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head.

Milton.

Lank hair, long, thin hair. Macaulay.

Lank, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.

Lank"i*ness (?), n. The condition or quality or being lanky.

Lank"ly, adv. In a lank manner.

Lank"ness, n. The state or quality of being lank.

Lank"y, a. Somewhat lank. Thackeray.

The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.

The Century.

{ Lan"ner (?), n. f. Lan"ner*et (?), n. m.} [F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. Lanyard.] (Zoöl.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

Lan"o*lin (?), n. [L. lana wool + oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.