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<h1>Lakke</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lak"ke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Lack</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Laky</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lak"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a lake.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Laky</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lak"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lake</er> the pigment.]</ety> <def>Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.</def>

<h1>Lallation</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lal*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lallare</ets> to sing lalla, or lullaby: cf. F. <ets>lallation</ets>.]</ety> <def>An imperfect enunciation of the letter <it>r</it>, in which it sounds like <it>l.</it></def>

<h1>Lalo</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. <er>Couscous</er>.</def>

<h1>Lam</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lammed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lamming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lemja</ets> to beat, or <ets>lama</ets> to bruise, both fr. <ets>lami</ets>, <ets>lama</ets>, lame. See <er>Lame</er>.]</ety> <def>To beat soundly; to thrash.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Low]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Lama</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ma</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Llama</er>.</def>

<h1>Lama</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ma</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Thibet. <ets>blama</ets> (pronounced <ets>l\'84</ets>\'b6<ets>ma</ets>) a chief, a high priest.]</ety> <def>In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>The Grand Lama</col>, &or; <col>Dalai Lama</col></mcol> <ety>[lit., Ocean Lama]</ety>, <cd>the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. See <er>Lamaism</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lamaic</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ma*ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Lamaism.</def>

<h1>Lamaism</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ma*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d <er>Lama</er>.</def>

<h1>Lamaist, Lamaite</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw><hw>La"ma*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>La"ma*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who believes in Lamaism.</def>

<h1>Lamaistic</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La`ma*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Lamaism.</def>