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ian 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 Pillow lace. See under Pillow.…

A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

e larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also lamper eel, lamprel, and lampron.]

To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

ument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

d into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]

An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

ual to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. To lattice up, to cover or inclose with a lattice. Therein it seemeth he [Alexander] hath latticed up Cæsar. Sir T. North.

The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.).

An open space between woods. Milton. "Orchard lawns and bowery hollows." Tennyson.

Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent. -- n. (Med.)

concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country. Smalridge. -- To lay one's self open to, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. -- To lay open, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. -- To lay over, to spread over; to cover. -- To lay out. (a) To expend. Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover.…

An open way in an ice field. Kane.

fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps. To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.

genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceæ, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.…