Part 6353

<blockquote>This world's artificial <b>lamplights</b>. <i>Owen Meredith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lamplighter</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lamp"light`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The calico bass.</def>

<h1>Lampoon</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam*poon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lampon</ets> a drinking song, fr. <ets>lampons</ets> let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. <ets>lamper</ets> to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>lap</ets> to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]</ety> <def>A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.</def>

<blockquote>Like her who missed her name in a <b>lampoon</b>, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lampoon</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam*poon"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lampooned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lampooning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.</def>

<blockquote>Ribald poets had <b>lampooned</b> him. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.</syn>

<h1>Lampooner</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam*poon"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The writer of a lampoon.</def> "Libelers, <i>lampooners</i>, and pamphleteers."

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Lampoonry</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam*poon"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.</def>

<h1>Lamp-post</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lamp"-post`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.</def>

<h1>Lamprel</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam"prel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lamprey</er>.</def>

<h1>Lamprey</h1> <Xpage=826>

<hw>Lam"prey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> ; <plu>pl. <plw>Lampreys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>lampreie</ets>, F. <ets>lamproie</ets>, LL. <ets>lampreda</ets>, <ets>lampetra</ets>, from L. <ets>lambere</ets> to lick + <ets>petra</ets> rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called <altname>rocksuckers</altname>. See <er>Lap</er> to drink, <er>Petrify</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus <spn>Petromyzon</spn>, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Cyclostomi</er>). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lamper eel</asp>, <asp>lamprel</asp>, and <asp>lampron</asp>.]</altsp>

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<note>&hand; The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (<spn>Petromyzon marinus</spn>), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus <spn>Ammoc\'d2les</spn>, or <spn>Lampetra</spn>, as <spn>A. fluviatilis</spn>, of Europe, and <spn>A. \'91pypterus</spn> of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.</note>

<h1>Lampron</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lam"pron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>lampreon</ets>. See <er>Lamprey</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lamprey</er>.</def>

<h1>Lampyrine</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lam*py"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lampyris</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family <i>Lampyrid\'91</i>. See <er>Lampyris</er>.</def>