Part 6390

<h1>Lasting</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"ing</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lasting manner.</def>

<h1>Lastly</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Last"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the last place; in conclusion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>at last; finally.</def>

<h1>Lat</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Lat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let; to allow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Latakia</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Lat`a*ki"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turk.]</ety> <def>A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.</def>

<h1>Latch</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Latch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l\'82cher</ets> to lick (of German origin). Cf. <er>Lick</er>.]</ety> <def>To smear; to anoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Latch</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Latch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lacche</ets>, fr. <ets>lacchen</ets> to seize, As. <ets>l\'91ccan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A latching.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A crossbow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Latch</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Latch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Latched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Latching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE.<ets>lacchen</ets>. See <er>Latch</er>. <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch so as to hold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Those that remained threw darts at our men, and <b>latching</b> our darts, sent them again at us. <i>Golding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To catch or fasten by means of a latch.</def>

<blockquote>The door was only <b>latched</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Latchet</h1> <Xpage=832>

<hw>Latch"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lachet</ets>, from an OF. dialect form of F. <ets>lacet</ets> plaited string, lace dim. of <ets>lacs</ets>. See <er>Lace</er>.]</ety> <def>The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.</def>

<h1>Latching</h1> <Xpage=832>