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ysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]

squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.

A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

he same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. "A new batch of Lords." Lady M. W. Montagu.

A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an escort; a lover.

of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo.

In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.

Family; relations; household. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.

g the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.] If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. Saxe.

s from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon. Macaulay.

A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]

or bombard. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. B. Jonson.

See Ladyfish.

A small boot; a lady's boot.

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. Cowper.