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as called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. [Written also curiologic and kuriologic.]

rrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also ell.]

One who labels. [Written also labeller.]

One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]

A Spartan. [Written also Lacedemonian.]

istus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also labdanum.]

The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]

nt with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from…

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

A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.

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

A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also lanciers.]

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

A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper.] "Bands of landloupers." Moltey.

e elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La. [Formerly written also lanthanium.]

back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar. [Written also lappel and lapelle.]

At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written also lath.] Brande & C.

e of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [Written also laumonite.]

Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate. [Written also laurelled.]

evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths. [Written also laurustine and laurestina.]