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A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. Henrici.

A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. [South Africa]

wo unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.

Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

latticework trusses. -- Lattice girder (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. -- Lattice plant (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble…

The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.

A dragon fly.

Like or pertaining to the dragon fi

Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.] The goat gives the fox a lift. L'Estrange.

rinum, the sepals of which are blotched with black. -- Turk's-cap lily (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, L. superbum. -- Water lily (Bot.), the Nymphæa, a plant with floating roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes pin…

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.]

To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.

e wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. -- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] --…

The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. Raymond.

A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

Lumber room, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] -- Lumber wagon, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.

A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.

of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

ian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.

The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus.)