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<h1>Laze</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Laze</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lazed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lazing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Lazy</er>.]</ety> <def>To be lazy or idle.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i> Middleton.</i>

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<hw>Laze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; <as>as, to <ex>laze</ex> away whole days</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Lazily</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>La"zi*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lazy manner.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Laziness</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>La"zi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being lazy.</def>

<blockquote><b>Laziness</b> travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. <i>Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lazuli</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Laz"u*li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. & NL. <ets>lapis lazuli</ets>, LL. <ets>lazulus</ets>, <ets>lazurius</ets>, <ets>lazur</ets> from the same Oriental source as E. <ets>azure</ets>. See <er>Azure</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also <altname>lapis lazuli</altname>, and <altname>Armenian stone</altname>.</def> <-- and lapis. -->

<h1>Lazulite</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>Laz"u*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>lazuli</ets> : cf. F. <ets>lazulite</ets>, G. <ets>lazulith</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.</def>

<h1>Lazy</h1> <Xpage=836>

<hw>La"zy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lazier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Laziest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lasie</ets>, <ets>laesic</ets>, of uncertain origin; cf. F. <ets>las</ets> tired, L. <ets>lassus</ets>, akin to E. <ets>late</ets>; or cf. LG. <ets>losig</ets>, <ets>lesig</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; <as>as, a <ex>lazy</ex> stream</as>.</def> "The night owl's <i>lazy</i> flight."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Wicked; vicious.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

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<cs><col>Lazy tongs</col>, <cd>a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See <er>Idle</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lazyback</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>La"zy*back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Lazybones</h1> <Xpage=837>