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The quality or state of being laminable.

Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip. When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable. Ure.…

In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.

A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.

Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Laminar.

Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Laminate. Laminated arch (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.

Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.

The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Having a structure consisting of laminæ, or thin layers.

Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

Inflammation of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. Youatt.

Somewhat lame. Wood.

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The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.

the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]

Same as Hyracoidea.

A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Chaucer.