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See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

Less. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A young girl; a lass. [Scot.]

he corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. Barrow.

Forsaken by a lass. Shak.

e or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell (Zoöl.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all coelenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes…

See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.

Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias Formation. -- n.

A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. South.

A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

See Madecassee.

Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

A young wild boar.

The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus. Canon of the Mass. See Canon. -- High Mass, Mass with incense, music, the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon…

umstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.

One who massacres. [R.]