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<hw><hw>Lar"gess</hw>, <hw>Lar"gesse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>largesse</ets>, fr. <ets>large</ets>. See <er>Large</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Liberality; generosity; bounty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fulfilled of <b>largesse</b> and of all grace. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.</def>

<blockquote>The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Larget</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar"get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>larget</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.</def>

<h1>Larghetto</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*ghet"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>largo</ets> largo.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as <i>largo</i>, and rather more so than <i>andante</i>.</def>

<h1>Largifical</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*gif"i*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>largificus</ets>; <ets>largus</ets> large + <ets>facere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Generous; ample; liberal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Largifluous</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*gif"lu*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>largifiuus</ets>; <ets>large</ets> abundantly + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow.]</ety> <def>Flowing copiously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Largiloquent</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*gil"o*quent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>largiloquus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Grandiloquent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Largish</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar"gish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat large.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Largition</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*gi"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>largitio</ets>, fr. <ets>largiri</ets>, p. p. <ets>largitus</ets>, to give bountifully.]</ety> <def>The bestowment of a largess or gift.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Largo</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It., large, L. <ets>largus</ets>, See <er>Large</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow or slowly; -- more so than <i>adagio</i>; next in slowness to <i>grave</i>, which is also weighty and solemn.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A movement or piece in <i>largo</i> time.</def></def2>

<h1>Lariat</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>la reata</ets> the rope; <ets>la</ets> the + <ets>reata</ets> rope. Cf. <er>Reata</er>.]</ety> <def>A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering. <mark>[Mexico & Western U.S.]</mark> </def>

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<h1>Lariat</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>Lar"i*at</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lariated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lariating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.</def> <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Larine</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>La"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Gull family <fld>(Larid\'91)</fld>.</def>

<h1>Larixinic</h1> <Xpage=831>