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<h1>Lame</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lame</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To shine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<h1>Lemma</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Lemmata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Lemmas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>lemma</ets>, Gr. <?/ anything received, an assumption or promise taken for granted, fr. <?/ to take, assume, Cf. <er>Syllable</er>.]</ety> <def>A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.</def>

<h1>Lemman</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A leman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lemming</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem"ming</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Nor. <ets>lemming</ets>, <ets>lemende</ets>; cf. Sw. <ets>lemel</ets>, Lapp. <ets>lummik</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera <spn>Myodes</spn> and <spn>Cuniculus</spn>, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.</def>

<note>&hand; The common Northern European lemming (<spn>Myodes lemmus</spn>) is remarkable for making occasional devastating migrations in enormous numbers from the mountains into the lowlands.</note>

<h1>Lemnian</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Lemnius</ets>, fr. <ets>Lemnus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Lemnian bole</col>, <col>Lemnian earth</col></mcol>, <cd>an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties.</cd> -- <col>Lemnian reddle</col>, <cd>a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lemniscata, Lemniscate</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw><hw>Lem`nis*ca"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lem*nis"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lemniscatus</ets> adorned with ribbons, fr. <ets>lemniscus</ets> a ribbon having down, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.</def>

<h1>Lemniscus</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem*nis"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <plw>Lemnisci</plw> (<plw><?/</plw>) <ety>[L. See <er>Lemniscata</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.</def>

<h1>Lemon</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>limon</ets>, Per. <ets>lim<?/n</ets>; cf. Ar.<ets>laim<?/n</ets>, Sp. <ets>limon</ets>, It. <ets>limone</ets>. Cf. <er>Lime</er> a fruit.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus <spn>Citrus</spn>,the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species <spn>C. Limonum</spn> or <spn>C. Medica</spn> (var. <spn>Limonum</spn>). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.</def>

<cs><col>Lemon grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a fragrant East Indian grass (<spn>Andropogon Sh\'d2nanthus</spn>, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.</cd> -- <col>Lemon sole</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a yellow European sole (<spn>Solea aurantiaca</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Salts of lemon</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also <altname>salis of sorrel</altname>. It is used in removing ink stains. See <cref>Oxalic acid</cref>, under <er>Oxalic</er>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<-- Lemon adj. 1. of the color lemon-yellow. 2. of or relating to lemons, as lemon pie. -->

<h1>Lemonade</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Lem`on*ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>limonade</ets>; cf. Sp. <ets>limonada</ets>, It. <ets>limonata</ets>. See <er>Lemon</er>.]</ety> <def>A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.</def>

<h1>Lemur</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Le"mur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a family (<spn>Lemurid\'91</spn>) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (<spn>Galago</spn>) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is <spn>Nycticebus tardigradus</spn>. See <er>Galago</er>, <er>Indris</er>, and <er>Colugo</er>.</def>