Part 6401

<h1>Lattermath</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ter*math</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Aftermath</er>.]</ety> <def>The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.</def>

<h1>Lattice</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"tice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>latis</ets>, F. <ets>lattis</ets> lathwork, fr. <ets>latte</ets> lath. See <er>Latten</er>, 1st <er>Lath</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; <as>as, the <ex>lattice</ex> of a window</as>; -- called also <altname>latticework</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the <b>lattice</b>. <i>Judg. v. 28. </i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.</def>

<cs><col>Lattice bridge</col>, <cd>a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses.</cd> -- <col>Lattice girder</col></mcol> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.</cd> -- <col>Lattice plant</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an aquatic plant of Madagascar (<spn>Ouvirandra fenestralis</spn>), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is <spn>O. Berneriana</spn>. The genus is merged in <spn>Aponogeton</spn> by recent authors.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lattice</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"tice</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Latticed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Latticing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a lattice of; <as>as, to <ex>lattice</ex> timbers</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; <as>as, to <ex>lattice</ex> a window</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To lattice up</col>, <cd>to cover or inclose with a lattice.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath <b>latticed up</b> C\'91sar. <i>Sir T. North.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Latticework</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"tice*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Lattice</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Latticing</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ti*cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bridge Building)</fld> <def>A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.</def>

<h1>Latus rectum</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>La"tus rec"tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., the right side.]</ety> <fld>(Conic Sections)</fld> <def>The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See <er>Focus</er>, and <er>Parameter</er>.</def>

<h1>Laud</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Laud</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>laus</ets>, <ets>laudis</ets>. See <er>Laud</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.</def> "<i>Laud</i> be to God."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>So do well and thou shalt have <b>laud</b> of the same. <i>Tyndals.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def>

<note>&hand; In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called <i>lauds</i>.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Music or singing in honor of any one.</def>

<h1>Laud</h1> <Xpage=833>