Part 6420

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lay figure. See under <er>Lay</er>, <tt>n.</tt> (above).</def>

<i>Dryden</i>

<h1>Layner</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lay"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See <er>Lanier</er>.]</ety> <def>A whiplash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Layship</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lay"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of being a layman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Laystall</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Lay"stall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<blockquote>Smithfield was a <b>laystall</b> of all ordure and filth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lazar</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>La"zar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>lazare</ets>, fr. <ets>Lazarus</ets> the beggar. <ets>Luke xvi</ets>. <ets>20</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Like loathsome <b>lazars</b>, by the hedges lay. <i> Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Lazar house</col> <cd>a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lazaret, Lazaretto</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw><hw>Laz`a*ret"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Laz`a*ret"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lazaret</ets>, or It. <ets>lazzeretto</ets>, fr. <ets>Lazarus</ets>. See <er>Lazar</er>.]</ety> <def>A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.</def>

<h1>Lazarist, Lazarite</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw><hw>Laz"a*rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Laz"a*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.</def>

<h1>Lazarlike, Lazarly</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw><hw>La"zar*like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>La"zar*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of sores; leprous.</def>

<i>Shak. Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Lazaroni</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Laz`a*ro"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Lazzaroni</er>.</def>

<h1>Lazarwort</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>La"zar*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Laserwort.</def>