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<hw>Lau"mont*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Dr. <ets>Laumont</ets>, the discoverer.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laumonite</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Launce</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Launce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Launce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>lance</ets>, L. <ets>lanx</ets>, <ets>lancis</ets>, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. <er>Balance</er>.]</ety> <def>A balance</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fortune all in equal <b>launce</b> doth sway. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Launce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lant</er>, the fish.</def>

<h1>Launcegaye</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Launce"gaye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Langegaye</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Launch</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Launch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Launched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Launching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>launchen</ets> to throw as a lance, OF. <ets>lanchier</ets>, another form of <ets>lancier</ets>, F. <ets>lancer</ets>, fr. <ets>lance</ets> lance. See <er>Lance</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lanch</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Launch</b> your hearts with lamentable wounds. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> a ship</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, <b>launched</b> her in the deep. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> a son in the world; to <ex>launch</ex> a business project or enterprise.</as></def>

<blockquote>All art is used to sink episcopacy, and <b>launch</b> presbytery in England. <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Launch</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Launch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; <as>as, to <ex>launch</ex> into the current of a stream; to <ex>launch</ex> into an argument or discussion; to <ex>launch</ex> into lavish expenditures</as>; -- often with <i>out</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Launch</b> out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. <i>Luke v. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He [Spenser] <b>launches</b> out into very flowery paths. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Launch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of launching.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>lancha</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.</def>

<cs><col>Launching ways</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Way</er>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Laund</h1> <Xpage=834>