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<h1>Lamantin</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*man"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lamantin</ets>, <ets>lamentin</ets>, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. <er>Manater</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The manatee</def>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamentin</asp>, and <asp>lamantine</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Lamarckian</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*marck"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.</def>

<h1>Lamarckianism</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La*marck"i*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Lamarckism.</def>

<h1>Lamarckism</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"marck"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Lamarck</ets>, a distinguished French naturalist.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.</def>

<h1>Lamasery</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ma*ser*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Lama</er>.]</ety> <def>A mo<?/<?/astery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.</def>

<h1>Lamb</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lamb</ets>; akin to D. & Dan. <ets>lam</ets>, G. & Sw. <ets>lamm</ets>, OS., Goth., & Icel. <ets>lamb</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The young of the sheep.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Lamb of God</col>, <col>The Lamb</col></mcol> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>The twelve apostles of <b>the Lamb</b>. <i>Rev. xxi. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Behold the <b>Lamb of God</b>, which taketh away the sin of the world. <i>John i. 29.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Lamb's lettuce</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an annual plant with small obovate leaves (<spn>Valerianella olitoria</spn>), often used as a salad; corn salad. <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamb lettuce</asp>.</cd>]</altsp> -- <col>Lamb's tongue</col>, <cd>a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Lamb's wool</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The wool of a lamb.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool</cd>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Goldsmith</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lamb</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lambed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lambing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.</def>

<h1>Lambale</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"ale`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A feast at the time of shearing lambs.</def>

<h1>Lambaste</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam*baste"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lam</ets> + <ets>baste</ets> to beat.]</ety> <def>To beat severely.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Nares.</i>

<h1>Lambative</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lambere</ets> to lick. See <er>Lambent</er>.]</ety> <def>Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and <i>lambative</i> medicines."</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>