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In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.

One of the Lagomorpha.

A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

See Legislatature, below.

See Lagoon.

A layman. Bp. Morton.

Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. "Laical literature." Lowell. An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble. Milton.

The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

of Lay. Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color.

Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] This laidly and loathsome worm. W. Howitt.

of Lie, v. i.

See Lanier. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

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

See Lamaism. [R.]