A convulsive tic or hysteric neurosis prevalent among Malays, similar to or identical with miryachit and jumping disease, the person affected performing various involuntary actions and making rapid inarticulate ejaculations in imitation of the actions and words of another person.
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A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
To catch so as to hold.
secured by means of a latch against opening.
The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.
A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
A child who frequently spends part of the day at home without adult supervision, especially a school child who returns home before the parent(s) return from work. Called also door-key child.
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
someone who arrives late.
Belated; too late.
Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa; pertaining to a lateen sail. See below.
A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower end, to a low mast, this end being brought down at the tack, while the other end is elevated at an angle or about forty-five degrees; -- used in small boats, feluccas, xebecs, etc., especially in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters. Some lateen sails have also a boom on the lower side.
the rig on a sailing vessel with a lateen sail.
rigged with a triangular (lateen sail).
Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.
Latency.
The state or quality of being latent.
The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed; secret; dormant; as, latent springs of action.
In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.
Compar. of Late, a. adv.
Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
To pass the footbal to a receiver who is behind the passer; to make a lateral pass; as, the ball was lateraled to the fullback, who ran it for a touchdown.
A short pass to a receiver who is upfield from the passer, i.e. is behind the passer relative to the direction of the passer's goal.
The state or condition of being lateral.
By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
Inclined to delay; dilatory.
Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.
Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (Lates calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.
Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.
See Lich wake, under Lich.
Somewhat late; backward.
A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation. The lattex of the India rubber plant produces the rubber of commerce on coagulation.
To cover or line with laths.
Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
A granary; a barn.
a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India.
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
The act or process of covering with laths.
Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
Same as Lathing.
Like a lath; long and slender.
Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.
To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.
A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
Broad-ribbed.
Broad-toothed.
Having broad leaves.
A strap for tightening a saddle girth.
A kind of halter usually made of raw hide.
An interpreter.
The type genus of the Latimeridae, including the coelacanth.
A natural family of fish extinct except for the coelacanth.
To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
That part of the American continents that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents south of the United States.
A native or inhabitant of Latin America.
derived from or imitative of Latin.
Same as Latinize.
A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.
One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.
One who has but a smattering of Latin.
The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.
The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.
To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.
Transportation; conveyance.
The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.
Having a broad beak.
Somewhat late.
Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.
Lying hid; concealed; latent.
A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
A lying in concealment; hiding.
Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.
One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.
A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.
Having latitude, or wide extent.
Latten, 1.
Barking.
To bark as a dog.
A barking.
Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.
The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.
A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Theft; larceny.
Same as cafe latte; a type of espresso coffee served with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug.
Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison.
A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.
Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.
The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.
To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
having a lattice.
same as latticed.
Same as Lattice, n., 1.
The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to.
The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.
To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
Laudableness; praiseworthiness.
Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
In a laudable manner.
A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.
Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.
A panegyric; a eulogy.
One who lauds.
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