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<hw>La"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Ligan</er>.</def>

<h1>Lagarto</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*gar"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Alligator</er>.]</ety> <def>An alligator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<h1>Lagena</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*ge"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Lagen\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Lagenas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a flask; cf. Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.</def>

<h1>Lagenian</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*ge"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lagena</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, <spn>Lagena</spn>, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.</def>

<h1>Lageniform</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*ge"ni*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lagena</er>, and <er>-form</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.</def>

<h1>Lager</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Lager beer.</def>

<h1>Lager beer</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ger beer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[G. <ets>lager</ets> bed, storehouse + <ets>bier</ets> beer. See <er>Lair</er>, and <er>Beer</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Lager wine</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ger wine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Laggard</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"gard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lag</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets>.]</ety> <def>Slow; sluggish; backward.</def>

<h1>Laggard</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"gard</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lags; a loiterer.</def>

<h1>Lagger</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A laggard.</def>

<h1>Lagging</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>deading</altname> and <altname>cleading</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.</def>

<h1>Laggingly</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"ging*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lagging manner; loiteringly.</def>