Part 6362

<h1>Langaha</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan"ga*ha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A curious colubriform snake of the genus <spn>Xyphorhynchus</spn>, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its hose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.</def>

<h1>Langarey</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan`ga*rey"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus <spn>Artamus</spn>, and allied genera; called also <altname>wood swallow</altname>.</def>

<h1>Langate</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan"gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A linen roller used in dressing wounds.</def>

<h1>Langdak</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lang"dak`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wolf (<spn>Canis pallipes</spn>), found in India, allied to the jackal.</def>

<h1>Langrage, Langrel</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw><hw>Lan"grage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lan"grel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.</def>

<h1>Langret</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan"gret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of loaded die.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Langridge</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan"gridge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Langrage</er>. <note>[Sometimes compounded with <i>shot</i>.]</note></def>

<h1>Langsyne</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lang`syne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv. & n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>lang</ets> long + <ets>syne</ets> since.]</ety> <def>Long since; long ago.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Langteraloo</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lang`ter*a*loo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Loo</er>.]</ety> <def>An old game at cards. See <er>Loo</er> <sd>(a)</sd></def>

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Language</h1> <Xpage=828>

<hw>Lan"guage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>langage</ets>, F. <ets>langage</ets>, fr. L. <ets>lingua</ets> the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. <ets>tongue</ets>. See <er>Tongue</er>, cf. <er>Lingual</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Language</i> consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to another. This is the primary sense of <i>language</i>, the use of which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are represented to the eye by letters, marks, or characters, which form words.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.</def>

<blockquote>Others for <b>language</b> all their care express. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.</def>