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<h1>Laurate</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of lauric acid.</def>

<h1>Laureate</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>laureatus</ets>, fr. <ets>laurea</ets> laurel tree, fr. <ets>laureus</ets> of laurel, fr. <ets>laurus</ets> laurel: cf. F. <ets>laur\'82at</ets>. Cf. <er>Laurel</er>.]</ety> <def>Crowned, or decked, with laurel.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>To strew the <b>laureate</b> hearse where Lycid lies. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Soft on her lap her <b>laureate</b> son reclines. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Poet laureate</col>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel</cd>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> Formerly, an officer of the king's household, whose business was to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and other suitable occasions; now, a poet officially distinguished by such honorary title, the office being a sinecure. It is said this title was first given in the time of Edward IV. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Laureate</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.</def> "A learned <i>laureate</i>."

<i>Cleveland.</i>

<h1>Laureate</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"re*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Laureated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Laureating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.</def>

<h1>Laureateship</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"re*ate*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State, or office, of a laureate.</def>

<h1>Laureation</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau`re*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>laur\'82ation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.</def>

<h1>Laurel</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"rel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lorel</ets>, <ets>laurer</ets>, <ets>lorer</ets>, OF. <ets>lorier</ets>, <ets>laurier</ets>, F. <ets>laurier</ets>, (assumed) LL. <ets>Laurarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laurus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An evergreen shrub, of the genus <spn>Laurus</spn> (<spn>L. nobilis</spn>), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also <altname>sweet bay</altname>.</def> <note>The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.</note>

<note>&hand; The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; <as>as, to win <ex>laurels</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.</def>

<cs><col>Laurel water</col>, <cd>water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process.</cd></cs>

<cs><mcol><col>American laurel</col>, &or; <col>Mountain laurel</col></mcol>, <cd><spn>Kalmia latifolia</spn>. See under <er>Mountain</er>.</cd> -- <col>California laurel</col>, <cd><spn>Umbellularia Californica</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Cherry laurel</col> <cd>(in England called <altname>laurel</altname>). See under <er>Cherry</er>.</cd> -- <col>Great laurel</col>, <cd>the rosebay (<spn>Rhododendron maximum</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Ground laurel</col>, <cd>trailing arbutus.</cd> -- <col>New Zealand laurel</col>, <cd><spn>Laurelia Nov\'91 Zelandi\'91</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Portugal laurel</col>, <cd>the <spn>Prunus Lusitanica</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Rose laurel</col>, <cd>the oleander. See <er>Oleander</er>.</cd> -- <col>Sheep laurel</col>, <cd>a poisonous shrub, <spn>Kalmia angustifolia</spn>, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers.</cd> -- <col>Spurge laurel</col>, <cd><spn>Daphne Laureola</spn>.</cd> -- <col>West Indian laurel</col>, <cd><spn>Prunus occidentalis</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Laureled</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau"reled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>laurelled</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Laurentian</h1> <Xpage=834>

<hw>Lau*ren"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; <as>as, the <ex>Laurentian</ex> hills</as>.</def>