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or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

See Lamella.

a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ. -- Lam"el*lar*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.

Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.

One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.

Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.

An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.

Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.