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Expiration. He had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb. The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. J. Morley.

One who expostulates. Lamb.

To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] Shak.

A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.

A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb.

A lamb. [Obs.] Brome (1659).

as, Christ's fold. There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16. The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.

Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel. McElrath.

Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.

The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). Dr. Prior.

A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat. Lamb.

To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.

To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope.

A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]

To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb. Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.

A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth. Pennant.

To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.

To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

One who hungers; one who longs. Lamb.

t or a future event] insistently, in a manner exaggerating the importance of; to promote flamboyantly. [wns=1] [WordNet 1.5]