Part 6354

<h1>Lampyris</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lam*py"ris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., glowworm, Gr. (<?/).]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.</def>

<h1>Lanarkite</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lan"ark*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Lanark</ets>shire, a county in Scotland.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.</def>

<h1>Lanary</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>La"na*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lanaria</ets>, fr. <ets>lanarius</ets> belonging to wool, <ets>lana</ets> wool.]</ety> <def>A place for storing wool.</def>

<h1>Lanate, Lanated</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw><hw>La"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>La"na*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><ety>[L. <ets>lanatus</ets>, fr. <ets>lana</ets> wool, down.]</ety> <def>Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.</def>

<h1>Lacashire boiler</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>La"ca*shire boil"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.</def>

<h1>Lacasterian</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>La`cas*te"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph <i>Lancaster</i>, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.</def>

<h1>Lance</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lance</ets>, F. <ets>lance</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. L. <ets>lancea</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Launch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.</def>

<blockquote>A braver soldier never couched <b>lance</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Pyrotech.)</fld> <def>One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.</def>

<cs><col>Free lance</col>, <cd>in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority.</cd> -- <col>Lance bucket</col> <fld>(Cavalry)</fld>, <cd>a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.</cd> -- <col>Lance corporal</col>, <cd>same as <er>Lancepesade</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lance knight</col>, <cd>a lansquenet. <i>B. Jonson</i>.</cd> -- <col>Lance snake</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the fer-de-lance.</cd> -- <col>Stink-fire lance</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of fuse filled with a composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used in the counter operations of miners.</cd> <col>To break a lance</col></mcol>, <cd>to engage in a tilt or contest.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lance</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lanced</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lancing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.</def>

<blockquote>Seized the due victim, and with fury <b>lanced</b> Her back. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To open with a lancet; to pierce; <as>as, to <ex>lance</ex> a vein or an abscess</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To throw in the manner of a lance. See <er>Lanch</er>.</def>

<h1>Lance fish</h1> <Xpage=827>

<hw>Lance" fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A slender marine fish of the genus <spn>Ammodytes</spn>, especially <spn>Ammodytes tobianus</spn> of the English coast; -- called also <altname>sand lance</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lancegay, Lancegaye</h1> <Xpage=827>