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Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.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

To take one's self off; to decamp. [A jocular word. U. S.]

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

Furnished with aciculæ.

To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot.

Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.

Clouded; obscured. [R.]

To flatter in a servile way. Byron.

Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.

A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization. Graham.

Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.

To walk; to move about. [R.] Southey.

Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.