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LA'DY-LIKE, a. 1. Like a lady in manners; genteel; well bred. 2. Soft; tender; d...
LA'DYSHIP, n. The title of a lady.
LAG, a. [This word belongs to the root of slack, slow, sluggish, languish, long;...
LAG'GARD, n. Slow; sluggish; backward. [Not used.]
LAG'GER, a. A loiterer; an idler; one who moves slowly and falls behind.
LAG'GING, ppr. Loitering; moving slowly and falling behind. The nurse went laggi...
LAGOON', LAGU'NE, n. A fen, moor, marsh, shallow pond or lake; as the lagunes of...
LA'IC, LA'ICAL, a. [L. laicus, Gr. from people.] Belonging to the laity or peopl...
LAID, pret. and pp. of lay; so written for layed.
LAIN, pp. of lie. Lien would be a more regular orthography, but lain is generall...
LAIR, n. [L. locus.] 1. A place of rest; the bed or couch of a boar or wild beas...
LAIRD, n. In the Scots dialect, a lord; the proprietor of a manor.
LA'ITY, n. [Gr. people. See Laic .] 1. The people, as distinguished from the cle...
LAKE, v.i. To play; to sport. North of England. This is play, without a prefix. ...
LA'KY, a. Pertaining to a lake or lakes.
LAMA, n. 1. The sovereign pontiff, or rather the god of the Asiatic Tartars. 2. ...