Part 6345

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

<hw>Lam"ba*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Lambda</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The name of the Greek letter <LAMBDA/, &lambda;, corresponding with the English letter L, l.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.</def>

<cs><col>Lambda moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda (<LAMBDA/).</cd></cs>

<h1>Lambdacism</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"da*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lambdacismus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter lambda (<LAMBDA/).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter <it>l</it>, or in doubling it erroneously.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A defect in pronunciation of the letter <it>l</it> when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by <it>y</it>, similar to that of the letters <it>lli</it> in <it>billion.</it></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The use of the sound of <it>l</it> for that of <it>r</it> in pronunciation; lallation; <as>as, Ame<it>l</it>ican for Ame<it>r</it>ican</as>.</def>

<h1>Lambdoid</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"doid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <grk>la`mbda</grk> the letter lambda (<LAMBDA/) + <grk>e"i^dos</grk> shape.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (<LAMBDA/); <as>as, the <ex>lambdoid</ex> suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull</as>.</def>

<h1>Lambdoidal</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb*doid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lambdoid</er>.</def>

<h1>Lambent</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam"bent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lambens</ets>, <ets>-enlis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lambere</ets> to lick; akin to <ets>lap</ets>. See <er>Lap</er> to drink by licking.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.</def> "A <i>lambent</i> flame." <i>Dryden</i>. "A <i>lambent</i> style." <i>Beaconsfield</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.</def> "The <i>lambent</i> purity of the stars."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<h1>Lambert pine</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam"bert pine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from <ets>Lambert</ets>, an English botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (<spn>Pinus Lambertiana</spn>). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.</def>

<h1>Lambkin</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small lamb.</def>

<h1>Lamblike</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"like</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.</def>

<h1>Lamboys</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam"boys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lambeau</ets>. Cf. <er>Label</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 19.</def>

<h1>Lambrequin</h1> <Xpage=825>