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LACE-WINGED a.
Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace- winged flies.
LACED a. 2 definitions
Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
LACEDAEMONIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Lacedæmon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus. -- n.
LACEMAN n.
A man who deals in lace.
LACERABLE a.
That can be lacerated or torn.
LACERATE v.
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
LACERATE; LACERATED p. 2 definitions
Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
LACERATION n. 2 definitions
The act of lacerating.
LACERATIVE a.
Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors. Harvey.
LACERT n.
A muscle of the human body. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LACERTA n. 3 definitions
A fathom. [Obs.] Domesday Book.
LACERTIAN a. 2 definitions
Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. -- n.
LACERTILIA n.
An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
LACERTILIAN a.
Same as Lacertian.
LACERTILOID a.
Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.
LACERTINE a.
Lacertian.
LACERTUS n.
A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
LACEWING n.
ies of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvæ are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.
LADY'S LACES n.
A slender climbing plant; dodder.
LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES n.
A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
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