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izard (Zoöl.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors. -- Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace. -- Lace piece (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship. -- Lace pillow, and Pillo…

Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.

A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.

Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow.

A female monitor.

A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd.

The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

The monitor.

The monitor. See Monitor, 3.

A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.

Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.