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<hw>Las</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lace. See <er>Lace</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Las</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>Las</hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Less.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Las"car</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. & Hind. <ets>lashkar</ets> an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.]</ety> <def>A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>

<h1>Lascious</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>Las"ci*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Loose; lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To depaint <i>lascious</i> wantonness."

<i>Holland.</i>

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<hw>Las*civ"i*en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lascivient</er>.]</ety> <def>Lasciviousness; wantonness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lascivient</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>Las*civ"i*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lasciviens</ets>, pr. of <ets>lascivire</ets> to be wanton, fr. <ets>lascivus</ets>. See <er>Lascivious</er>.]</ety> <def>Lascivious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

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<hw>Las*civ"i*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lascivia</ets> wantonness, fr. <ets>lascivus</ets> wanton; cf. Gr. (<?/) lecherous, (<?/) to wish, Skr. <ets>lash</ets> to desire.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanton; lewd; lustful; <as>as, <ex>lascivious</ex> men; <ex>lascivious</ex> desires.</as></def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.</def>

<blockquote>He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the <b>lascivious</b> pleasing of a lute. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Las*civ"i*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Laserwort</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>La"ser*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>laser</ets> the juice of the laserwort.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the umbelliferous genus <spn>Laserpitium</spn>, of several species (as <spn>L. glabrum</spn>, and <spn>L. siler</spn>), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.</def>

<h1>Lash</h1> <Xpage=831>

<hw>Lash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasche</ets>; cf. D. <ets>lasch</ets> piece set in, joint, seam, G. <ets>lashe</ets> latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, <ets>laschen</ets> to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. <ets>laski</ets> gusset, flap, <ets>laska</ets> to break.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.</def>

<blockquote>I observed that your whip wanted a <b>lash</b> to it. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; <as>as, the culprit received thirty-nine <ex>lashes</ex></as>.</def>