Part 6406

<hw>Laund</hw> <tt>(l&add;nd)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lawn</er> of grass.]</ety> <def>A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In a <b>laund</b> upon an hill of flowers. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Through this <b>laund</b> anon the deer will come. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Launder</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contracted fr. OE. <ets>lavender</ets>, F. <ets>lavandi\'8are</ets>, LL. <ets>lavandena</ets>, from L. <ets>lavare</ets> to wash. See <er>Lave</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A washerwoman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.</def>

<h1>Launder</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Laundered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Laundering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; <as>as, to <ex>launder</ex> shirts</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lave; to wet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Launderer</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"der*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who follows the business of laundering.</def>

<h1>Laundering</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"der*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.</def>

<h1>Laundress</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"dress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman whose employment is laundering.</def>

<h1>Laundress</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"dress</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act as a laundress.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Laundry</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"dry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Laundries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>lavendrie</ets>, OF. <ets>lavanderie</ets>. See <er>Launder</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A laundering; a washing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place or room where laundering is done.</def>

<h1>Laundryman</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Laun"dry*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Laundrymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who follows the business of laundering.</def>

<h1>Laura</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., fr. Gr. (<?/) lane, defile, also, a kind of monastery.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.</def>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Lauraceous</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau*ra"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Laurus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (<spn>Laurace\'91</spn>) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.</def>