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The state or condition of being lateral.

By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.

The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.

Inclined to delay; dilatory. [Obs.] "When a man is too latered." Chaucer.

Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.

An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.

consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.

Like bricks; of the color of red bricks. Lateritious sediment (Med.), a sediment in urine resembling brick dust, observed after the crises of fevers, and at the termination of gouty paroxysms. It usually consists of uric acid or urates with some coloring matter.

A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer

A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton.

Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning. Sir W. Hamilton.

See Lich wake, under Lich.

Somewhat late; backward. [Obs.] "Lateward lands." Holland.

A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.

for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used. Lath brick, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln. Lath nail a slender nail for fastening laths.

Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.

t consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written also lath.] Brande & C.

To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.

Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths.