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political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.

s distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders. A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste. Macaulay.

Sap green. [China]

by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.

See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

A little lake. Southey.

One of the poets of the Lake school. See Lake poets, under Lake, n.

The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.

Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

See Ladykin.

See Lack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to a lake. Sir W. Scott.

An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous.

To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] Beau. & Fl.

See Llama.

Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

golia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

One who believes in Lamaism.

Of or pertaining to Lamaism.