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  1. Lamé
    [armor] A lamé is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor. Multiple lamés are riveted together or connected by leather straps or cloth lacing to form an articulated piece of armor that provides flexible protection. The armor worn by the samurai c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamé_(armo

  2. Lame
    [kitchen tool] A lame is a double-sided blade used to slash the tops of bread loaves in artisan baking. A lame is used to score (also called slashing or docking) bread just before the bread is placed in the oven. Often a lame will have a slight curve to it which allows users to cut flaps (ca...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_(kitch

  3. lame
    [adj] - (of horses) disabled in the feet or legs 2. [n] - a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Lamé
    a metallic vest/jacket used to detect valid touches in foil and sabre
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  5. lame
    any fabric woven with flat metallic threads of the tinsel variety, which form either the ground or pattern. May also beabrocade. Category: Various industries and crafts • cloth produced from flat,so-called metallic yarns.They were originally produced with actual metal yarns but now man-m...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Lame
    Lame (lām) adjective [ Compar. Lamer ; superl. Lamest .] [ Middle English lame , Anglo-Saxon lama ; akin to Dutch lam , German lahm ,OHG., Dan., & Swedis...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/8

  7. Lame
    Lame transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lamed ; present participle & verbal noun Laming .] To make lame. « If you happen to let child fall and lame it.» Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/8

  8. lame
    1. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. 'Lame of one leg.' . 'Lame in both his feet.' . 'He fell, and became ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. lame
    noun a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; `she wore a gold lame dress`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. lame
    adjective pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; `a feeble excuse`; `a lame argument`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. lame
    noun someone who doesn`t understand what is going on
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. lame
    (lām) incapable of normal locomotion; deviation from the normal gait. See also claudication.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  13. Lame
    • (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. • (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. • (v. t.) To make lame. • (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. LAME
    The term used to describe a horse which is limping or has difficulty walking properly. Lameness is often caused by an injury or problem with one or more of a horse's feet and/or legs.
    Found on http://www.glossarycentral.com/horse_rac

  15. Lamé
    [crater] On some older maps this crater was called Smith. It was previously designated Vendelinus C before being renamed by the IAU. ==Satellite craters== By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Lamé. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamé_(crat

  16. Lamé
    [fencing] In fencing, a lamé is an electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers in order to define the scoring area (which is different for each weapon). Foil lamés, although traditionally a metallic grey, are becoming more and more popular in an array of colors. In foil, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamé_(fenc

  17. Lame
    Lame is American slang for conventional or uninspiring.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Lame
    Lame is American slang for conventional or uninspiring.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. LAME
    LAME is a free software codec used to encode/compress audio into the lossy MP3 file format. ==History== The name LAME is a recursive acronym for "LAME Ain`t an MP3 Encoder". Around mid-1998, Mike Cheng created LAME 1.0 as a set of modifications against the "8Hz-MP3" encoder source code. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAME

  20. lame
    • someone who doesn't understand what is going on
    • a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

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  21. Lame
    A metallic-looking material that has the appearance of metal. Some have a sparkle or glitter affect, some is more metallic. It properly has an accent over the e and is pronounced “La-may”.
    Found on http://www.labeshops.com/news/?page_id=9

  22. Lame
    Irregularity or impairment of locomotion.
    Found on http://www.apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies

  23. Lame
    A condition in which a horse does not carry weight equally on all four legs, due to disease or injury.
    Found on http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_c



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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