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A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize. [Archaic] Coleridge.

See Labidometer.

A labiodental sound or letter.

A labionasal sound or letter.

A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.

Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

A labial palp.

One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

A lip, or liplike organ.

eguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Delichos Lablab).

l end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work. God hath set Labor and rest, as day and night, to men Successive. Milton.

In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class. Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc.

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.

A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle.

to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

In a labored manner; with labor.

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.