Laminable Lam"i·na·ble adjective Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.

When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable .

Ure.

Laminar, Laminal Lam"i·nar, Lam"i·nal adjective [ Confer French laminaire . See Lamina ] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.

Laminaria Lam`i·na"ri·a noun [ New Latin See Lamina .] (Botany) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp .

Laminarian Lam`i·na"ri·an adjective Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.

Laminarite Lam"i·na·rite noun [ See Lamina .] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Laminary Lam"i·na·ry adjective Laminar.

Laminate Lam"i·nate adjective [ See Lamina .] Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Laminate Lam"i·nate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Laminated ; present participle & verbal noun Laminating .] [ See Lamina .] 1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Laminate Lam"i·nate intransitive verb To separate into laminæ.

Laminated Lam"i·na`ted adjective Laminate.

Laminated arch (Architecture) , a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.

Laminating Lam"i·na`ting adjective Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.

Lamination Lam`i·na"tion noun The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Laminiferous Lam`i·nif"er·ous adjective [ Lamina + -ferous .] Having a structure consisting of laminæ, or thin layers.

Laminiplantar Lam`i·ni·plan"tar adjective [ Lamina + Latin planta sole of the foot.] (Zoology) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

Laminitis Lam`i·ni"tis noun [ New Latin See Lamina , and -itis .] (Far.) Inflammation of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. Youatt.

Lamish Lam"ish adjective Somewhat lame. Wood.

Lamm Lamm transitive verb See Lam .

Lammas Lam"mas noun [ Anglo-Saxon hlāmmesse , hlāfmæsse , loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlāf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf , and Mass religious service.] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day , and Lammastide .

Lammergeir Lam"mer·geir (lăm"mẽr*gīr), Lam"mer*gei`er (-gī`ẽr) noun [ German lämmergeier ; lamm , plural lämmer , lamb + geier vulture.] (Zoology) A very large vulture ( Gypaëtus barbatus ), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage . It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle . [ Written also lammergeyer .]

Lamnunguia Lam·nun"gui·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin lamina a scale + unguis a nail.] (Zoology) Same as Hyracoidea .

Lamp Lamp noun [ Middle English (with excrescent p ), from French lame , Latin lamina . See Lamina .] A thin plate or lamina. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Lamp Lamp noun [ French lampe , Latin lampas , -adis , from Greek ... , ..., torch, from ... to give light, to shine. Confer Lampad , Lantern .] 1. A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

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

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Ps. cxix. 105.

Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared.

Cowper.

3. (Electricity) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp , under Incandescent .

Æolipile 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 (Electricity) , 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 , noun , 4 (l) & (n) . -- Lamp shade , a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. -- Lamp shell (Zoology) , 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.

Lamp-post Lamp"-post` noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

Lampad Lam"pad noun [ Greek ... , .... See Lamp .] A lamp or candlestick. [ R.]

By him who 'mid the golden lampads went.

Trench.

Lampadist Lam"pa·dist noun [ Greek ..., from ..., ..., torch. See Lamp .] (Gr. Antiq.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

Lampadrome Lam"pa·drome noun [ Greek ...; ..., ..., torch + ... course, race, from ... to run.] (Gr. Antiq.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Lampas Lam"pas noun [ French lampas .] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers .

Lampate Lam"pate noun [ Confer French lampate .] (Chemistry) A supposed salt of lampic acid. [ Obsolete]

Lampblack Lamp"black` noun [ Lamp + black .] The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.

Lamper eel Lam"per eel` (Zoology) See Lamprey .

Lampern Lam"pern noun [ See Lamprey .] (Zoology) The river lamprey ( Ammocœtes, or Lampetra, fluviatilis ).

» The name is also applied to other river lampreys.

Lampers Lam"pers noun See Lampas .

Lampic Lam"pic adjective [ French lampique , from lampe lamp. See Lamp .] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

Lamping Lamp"ing adjective Shining; brilliant. [ Obsolete] " Lamping eyes." Spenser.

Lampless Lamp"less adjective Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.

Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue.

Beau. & Fl.

Lamplight Lamp"light` noun Light from a lamp.

This world's artificial lamplights .

Owen Meredith.

Lamplighter Lamp"light`er noun 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.

2. (Zoology) The calico bass.

Lampoon Lam·poon" noun [ French lampon a drinking song, from lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, from lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to English lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.] A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

Like her who missed her name in a lampoon ,
And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.

Dryden.

Lampoon Lam·poon" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lampooned ; present participle & verbal noun Lampooning .] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

Ribald poets had lampooned him.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.

Lampooner Lam·poon"er noun The writer of a lampoon. "Libelers, lampooners , and pamphleteers." Tatler.

Lampoonry Lam·poon"ry noun The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

Lamprel Lam"prel noun (Zoology) See Lamprey .

Lamprey Lam"prey noun ; plural Lampreys . [ Middle English lampreie , French lamproie , Late Latin lampreda , lampetra , from Latin lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called rocksuckers . See Lap to drink, Petrify .] (Zoology) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon , and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi ). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [ Written also lamper eel , lamprel , and lampron .]

» The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe ( Petromyzon marinus ), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammocœles , or Lampetra , as A. fluviatilis , of Europe, and A. æpypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.

Lampron Lam"pron (lăm"prŏn) noun [ Confer Middle English lampreon . See Lamprey .] (Zoology) See Lamprey .

Lampyrine Lam·py"rine noun [ See Lampyris .] (Zoology) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridæ . See Lampyris .

Lampyris Lam·py"ris noun [ Latin , glowworm, Greek ] (Zoology) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

Lanarkite Lan"ark·ite noun [ From Lanark shire, a county in Scotland.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.

Lanary La"na·ry noun [ Latin lanaria , from lanarius belonging to wool, lana wool.] A place for storing wool.

Lanate, Lanated La"nate, La"na·ted [ Latin lanatus , from lana wool, down.] Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

Lancashire boiler Lan"ca·shire boil"er A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

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