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See under Hare, and Lamb. -- Lettuce opium. See Lactucarium. -- Sea lettuce, certain papery green seaweeds of the genus Ulva.

Having a smooth surface; slippery. [R.]

To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. S. Sharp. Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

istachia Atlantica. -- Peruvian mastic tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; -- called also pepper tree. -- West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree (Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.

Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. Dryden. Deep mourning. See under Deep.

[R.] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury.

To conform to popery. Cowper.

Popery; -- an offensive term. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly. "The old papistic worship." T. Warton. -- Pa*pis"tic*al*ly, adv.

The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery. [R.] Whitgift.

Conformed to popery. [Obs.] "Papized writers." Fuller.

Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.

Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift.

e; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. Tennyson. The slippery tops of human state, The gilded pinnacles of fate. Cowley.

An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.

A pear tree. [Written also pery, pyrie.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

old; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison.

e in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.