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Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.] Came too lag to see him buried. Shak.

See Ligan.

An alligator. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.

Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

Lager beer.

Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.

. Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds.

One who lags; a loiterer.

A laggard.

overing), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Laggingly. [Prov. Eng.]

In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity.

One of the Lagomorpha.

A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

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

Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.