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n laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i. And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. Goldsmith. That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh. F. W. Robertson.

A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.[Obs.] B. Jonson. Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and filth. Bacon.

o captivity. -- To lead the way, to show the way by going in front; to act as guide. Goldsmith.

rincipally of muscle without the fat. The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith.

rned, but may be little knowing. Locke. Words of learned length and thundering sound. Goldsmith. The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- Learn"ed*ly, adv. Learn"ed*ness, n. Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. Swift.

Pleasant; jocose. [R.] The joyous and lepid consul. Sydney Smith.

rum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at…

An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.

Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a l…

Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.

Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

ments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light.

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu.] Goldsmith.

A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith.

ood will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. Fenton.

octurnal study; meditation. After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. Goldsmith.

Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau.

Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.

A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.

A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775. Goldsmith.