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<syn>Syn. -- Maze; confusion; intricacy; windings.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Labyrinth</er>, <er>Maze</er>. <i>Labyrinth</i>, originally; the name of an edifice or excavation, carries the idea of design, and construction in a permanent form, while <i>maze</i> is used of anything confused or confusing, whether fixed or shifting. <i>Maze</i> is less restricted in its figurative uses than <i>labyrinth</i>. We speak of the <i>labyrinth</i> of the ear, or of the mind, and of a <i>labyrinth</i> of difficulties; but of the <i>mazes</i> of the dance, the <i>mazes</i> of political intrigue, or of the mind being in a <i>maze</i>.</usage>

<h1>Labyrinthal</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthian</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*an</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthibranch</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*branch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Labyrinth</er>, and <er>Branchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Labyrinthici.</def></def2>

<h1>Labyrinthic, Labyrinthical</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw><hw>Lab`y*rin"thic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lab`y*rin`thic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>labyrinthicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>labyrinthique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthici</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*ci</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Labyrinth</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.</def>

<note>&hand; They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged so as to retain water to supply the gills while the fish leaves the water and travels about on land, or even climbs trees.</note>

<h1>Labyrinthiform</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thi*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Labyrinth</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>labyrinthiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthine</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"thine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthodon</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ labyrinth + <?/, <?/, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also <spn>Mastodonsaurus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Labyrinthodont</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin"tho*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Labyrinthodonta.</def></def2>

<h1>Labyrinthodonta</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lab`y*rin`tho*don"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Labyrinthodon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See <er>Stegocephala</er>.</def>

<h1>Lac, Lakh</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw><hw>Lac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lakh</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>lak</ets>, <ets>l\'bekh</ets>, <ets>l\'beksh</ets>, Skr. <ets>laksha</ets> a mark, sign, lakh.]</ety> <def>One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; <as>as, a <ex>lac</ex> of rupees</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lack</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>

<h1>Lac</h1> <Xpage=822>

<hw>Lac</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>lak</ets>; akin to Skr. <ets>l\'beksh\'be</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lague</ets>, It. & NL. <ets>lacca</ets>. Cf. <er>Lake</er> a color, <er>Lacquer</er>, <er>Litmus</er>.]</ety> <def>A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the <spn>Coccus lacca</spn><-- now Laccifer lacca -->, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Stick-lac</i> is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called <i>seed-lac</i>. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called <i>shell-lac</i> or <i>shellac</i>. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers.</note>

<cs><col>Ceylon lac</col>, <cd>a resinous exudation of the tree <i>Croton lacciferum<i>, resembling lac.</cd> -- <col>Lac dye</col>, <cd>a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.</cd> -- <col>Lac lake</col>, <cd>the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.</cd> -- <col>Mexican lac</col>, <cd>an exudation of the tree <i>Croton Draco<i>.</cd></cs>