n. (Zool.) A labial palp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) An erect or climbing shrub (Fuchsia coccinea) of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
Syn. -- ladies'-eardrop, lady's-eardrops, ladies'-eardrops, Fuchsia coccinea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your). [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. [ Scot. ] Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See Lamina. ] A thin plate or lamina. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. &unr_; , &unr_;, torch, fr. &unr_; to give light, to shine. Cf. Lampad, Lantern. ] 1. A light-producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus; formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light; also, a similar device using a gas as the combustible fuel; now referring mainly to an electric lamp. See sense { 3 }. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. cxix. 105. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity, usually having a glass bulb or tube containing the light-emitting element. Most lamps belong to one of two categories, the Incandescent lamp (See under Incandescent) or the fluorescent lamp. However, see also arc lamp, below. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. A device that emits radiant energy in the form of heat, infrared, or ultraviolet rays; as, a heat lamp. [ PJC ]

Aeolipile lamp, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale. --
Arc lamp (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. --
Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist Döbereiner, who invented it. Called also philosopher's lamp. --
Flameless lamp, an aphlogistic lamp. --
Lamp burner, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. Knight. --
Lamp fount, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. --
Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n). --
Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. --
Lamp shell (Zool.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula. --
Safety lamp, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp. --
To smell of the lamp, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Aeronautics) A runway at an airport, at which airplanes land{ 3 }; the long smooth surface used for takeoff or landing{ 4 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Landscape. ] A landscape. [ Obs. except in poetry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,
Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The land which slips down. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An election victory in which the winning candidate receives a substantial majority of the votes, usually meaning at least ten per cent more than any opposing candidate. [ PJC ]

4. Any overwhelming victory. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. lappe, AS. læppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp. ] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The lap of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Steam Engine) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below). [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Cotton Manuf.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Mach.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lap joint, a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers. --
Lap weld, a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends. --
Inside lap (Steam Engine), lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port. --
Outside lap, lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lapped p. pr. & vb. n. Lapping. ] 1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. [ 1913 Webster ]

To lap his head on lady's breast. Praed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. lappen to fold (see Lap, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap. ] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wrap or wind around something. [ 1913 Webster ]

About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Carding & Spinning) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. [ 1913 Webster ]

To lap boards,
shingles, etc., to lay one partly over another. --
To lap timbers, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap. [ 1913 Webster ]

The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a flay. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. lappen, lapen, AS. lapian; akin to LG. lappen, OHG. laffan, Icel. lepja, Dan. lade, Sw. läppja, L. lambere; cf. Gr. &unr_;, W. llepio. Cf. Lambent. ] 1. To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,
And the wild water lapping on the crag. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

They 'II take suggestion as a cat laps milk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sound of lapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See lap, v. i. ] 1. To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (fig.) To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically; as, to lap up praise. [ PJC ]

pos>n. (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Larruped p. pr. & vb. n. Larruping. ] [ Perh, a corrupt. of lee rope, used by sailors in beating the boys; but cf. D. larpen to thresh, larp a whip, blow. ] To beat or flog soundly. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State, or office, of a laureate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being a layman. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; as, Washington's leadership was indispensible to success of the American Revolution. [ PJC ]

3. The people who serve as leaders of a group; as, the party leadership was in disarray after the election. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. leáp. ] 1. A basket. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Leaped rarely Leapt p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping. ] [ OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. āhlōpan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. löpa, Dan. löbe, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter. ] 1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leap in with me into this angry flood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A fault. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a lecturer. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. strong imp. of Leap. Leaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a legate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a legislator. Halifax. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. strong imp. of Leap. Leaped. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Let to forbear. ] Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a librarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Lieutenancy, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A vessel equipped like a lighthouse, carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable, to serve as a guide for mariners; as, the Ambrose lightship off New York was rammed and damaged in 1950 by the Santa Monica. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A manner of walking in which the movement of one or both legs is noticeably abnormal, usually due to injury or disease; a halt; the act of limping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap, n., lop, v. t. Cf. Limber, a. ] 1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Limped p. pr. & vb. n. Limping. ] [ Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a √120. ] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The members of a team who are scheduled to play a game. [ PJC ]

2. Specifically: The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play. [ PJC ]

3. Specifically: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- batting order, card, lineup. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Hence: any arrangement of persons (rarely, of things), esp. when having a common purpose or sentiment; as, the line-up at a ticket-office window; the line-up of political factions. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

5. A group of persons including a suspect in a police investigation, arranged so as to be observed by a witness, who is requested to identify the perpetrator, if he/she is present in the group. Such an identification may be used as evidence of guilt of the suspect. Also called a police lineup. [ wns=2 ] [ PJC ]

n. something that serves to join or link.
Syn. -- link, tie, tie-in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. læbe, Sw. läpp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. Labial. ] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thine own lips testify against thee. Job xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip. [ Slang ]
Syn. -- jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger. --
Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only. --
Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only. --
Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. Bale. --
Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. Carpenter. --
Lip salve, a salve for sore lips. --
Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. --
Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. --
Lip work. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [ Humorous ] B. Jonson. --
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. Shak. --
To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lipped p. pr. & vb. n. Lipping ] 1. To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bubble on the wine which breaks
Before you lip the glass. Praed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hand that kings
Have lipped and trembled kissing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter; to speak. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clip; to trim. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. liripipion, liripion, LL. liripipium. Said to be corrupted from L. cleri ephippium, lit., the clergy's caparison. ] 1. A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem. [ Obs. ] Stanihurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A silly person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A liripoop, vel lerripoop, a silly, empty creature; an old dotard. Milles. MS. Devon Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) [ List Processing. ] a high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications . [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lisped p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping. ] [ OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe. ] 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk. [ 1913 Webster ]

As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]