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An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. Clarendon.

drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something. The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore. Sir K. Digby.

A weir in a river. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. Laurentian period (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions of the Archæan age; -- called also the Laurentian.

s, the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. Left bank of a river, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream. -- Left bower. See under 2d Bower. -- Left center, the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not fa…

eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.

prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ]

rface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad. Leveling instrument. See Surveyor's level, under Level, n. -- Leveling staff, a graduated rod or staff used in connection with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of level betwee…

d; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. -- Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.

nse less common than light.] A key of fire ran all along the shore, And lightened all the river with a blaze. Dryden.

The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.

ile body with seats and permanent top like a coupé, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front; also, an automobile with such a body.

The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.]

lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.

ation 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.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above. -- Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.

, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.

; as, to be lost in thought. Lost motion (Mach.), the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.