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<hw>Lam"bre*quin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Lamboys</er>, <er>Label</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.</def>

<h1>Lambskin</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"skin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of woolen.</def>

<h1>Lambskinnet</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb"skin`net"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lansquenet</er>.</def>

<h1>Lamb's-quarters</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lamb's-quar"ters</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as <i>Chenopodium album</i> and <i>Atriplex patulsa</i>.</def>

<h1>Lamdoidal</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lam*doid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lambdoid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Lame</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lamer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lamest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lame</ets>, AS. <ets>lama</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lam</ets>, G. <ets>lahm</ets>,OHG., Dan., & Sw. <ets>lam</ets>, Icel. <ets>lami</ets>, Russ. <ets>lomate</ets> to break, <ets>lomota</ets> rheumatism.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; <as>as, a <ex>lame</ex> leg, arm, or muscle</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; <as>as, a <ex>lame</ex> man</as>.</def> "<i>Lame</i> of one leg." <i>Arbuthnot</i>. "<i>Lame</i> in both his feet." <i>2 Sam. ix. 13</i>. "He fell, and became <i>lame</i>." <i>2 Sam. iv. 4</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.</def> "A <i>lame</i> endeavor."

<i>Barrow.</i>

<blockquote>O, most <b>lame</b> and impotent conclusion! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Lame duck</col> <fld>(stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>a person who can not fulfill his contracts. <mark></mark></cd></cs>

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<h1>Lame</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lame</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lamed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Laming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make lame.</def>

<blockquote>If you happen to let child fall and <b>lame</b> it. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lamel</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lamella</er>.</def>

<h1>Lamella</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>La*mel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Lamell\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Lamellas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>lamella</ets>, dim. of <ets>lamina</ets> plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. <ets>lamelle</ets>. Cf. <er>Lamina</er>, <er>Omelet</er>.]</ety> <def>a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.</def>

<h1>Lamellar, a. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lamellaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamell\'91.</def> -- Lamellarly</h1> <Xpage=826>