Part 6414

<h1>Lawing</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called because done in compliance with an English forest <ets>law</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expeditation.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Lawless</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; <as>as, a <ex>lawless</ex> claim</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He needs no indirect nor <b>lawless</b> course. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; <as>as, <ex>lawless</ex> men or behavior</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.</def>

<blockquote>Or, meteorlike, flame <b>lawless</b> through the void. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Law"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Law"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lawmaker</h1> <Xpage=835>

<hw>Law"mak`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A legislator; a lawgiver.</def>

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<h1>Lammaking</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lam"mak`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Enacting laws; legislative.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The enacting of laws; legislation.</def></def2>

<h1>Lawmonger</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Law"mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Lawn</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lawn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>laund</ets>, <ets>launde</ets>, F. <ets>lande</ets> heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>llan</ets> an open, clear place, <ets>llawnt</ets> a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. <ets>lann</ets> or <ets>lan</ets> territory, country, <ets>lann</ets> a prickly plant, pl. <ets>lannou</ets> heath, moor.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An open space between woods.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>"Orchard <b>lawns</b> and bowery hollows." <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.</def>

<cs><col>Lawn mower</col>, <cd>a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.</cd> -- <col>Lawn tennis</col>, <cd>a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See <er>Tennis</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lawm</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lawm</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Earlier <ets>laune lynen</ets>, i. e., <ets>lawn linen</ets>; prob. from the town <ets>Laon</ets> in France.]</ety> <def>A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.</def>

<blockquote>A saint in crape is twice in <b>lawn</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lawnd</h1> <Xpage=836>