Part 6340

<h1>Lagly</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Laggingly.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lagomorph</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag"o*morph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Lagomorpha.</def>

<h1>Lagemorpha</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lag`e*mor"pha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a hare + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also <altname>Duplicidentata</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lagoon</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*goon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. or Sp. <ets>laguna</ets>, L. <ets>lacuna</ets> ditch, pool, pond,<ets>lacus</ets> lake. See <er>Lake</er>, and cf. <er>Lacuna</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lagune</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; <as>as, the <ex>lagoons</ex> of Venice</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See <er>Atoll</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Lagoon island</col>, <cd>a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lagophthalmia, Lagophthalmos</h1> <Xpage=825>

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

<h1>Lagopous</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*go"pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a hare + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.</def>

<h1>Lagune</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*gune"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lagoon</er>.</def>

<h1>Laic, Laical</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw><hw>La"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>La"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>laicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>la\'8bque</ets>. See <er>Lay</er> laic.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.</def> "<i>Laical</i> literature."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<blockquote>An unprincipled, unedified, and <b>laic</b> rabble. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Laic</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A layman.</def>

<i>Bp. Morton.</i>

<h1>Laicality</h1> <Xpage=825>

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

<h1>Laically</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>As a layman; after the manner of a layman; <as>as, to treat a matter <ex>laically</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Laid</h1> <Xpage=825>