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Land League n. In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- Landleaguer (#), n. -- Landleaguism (#), n.

The Land League, of which Michael Davitt was the founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin in October the organization was extended to all Ireland, with Parnell as president. Encyc. Brit.
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Landleaper (lăndlēpẽr), n. See .
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Landless (lăndlĕs), a. Having no property in land.
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Landlock (?), v. t. To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.
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Landlocked (?), a. 1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea; as, a landlocked country.
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2. (Zoöl.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.
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Landloper (?), n. Same as .
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Landlord (?), n. [See , and .] 1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
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2. The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as, the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month.
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Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. Addison.
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Landlordism (?), n. The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S. Mill.
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Landlordry (?), n. The state of a landlord. [Obs.]
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Landlouper (?), n. [D. landlooper, lit., landrunner; land land + loopen to run. See , and .] A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper.] “Bands of landloupers.” Moltey.
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Landlouping, a. Vagrant; wandering about.
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Landlubber (?), n. [Prop. fr. land + lubber, or possibly corrupted fr. laudlouper.] (Naut.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
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landlubberly adj. Like a landlubber: inexperienced in seamanshap.
Syn. -- lubberly.
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Landman (?), n.; pl. Landmen (�). 1. A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.
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2. (Eng.) An occupier of land. Cowell.
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Landmark (?), n. [AS. landmearc. See , and a sign.] 1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
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2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
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3. A structure that has special significance, such as a building with historical associations; especially, a building that is protected from destruction or alteration by special laws intended to preserve structures of historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
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4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as, Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark court decision.
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Coloq. Landmarks of history , important events by which eras or conditions are determined.
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landmass n. a large continuous extent of land; as, the Eurasian landmass.
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Land of Steady Habits prop. n. Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see ) of the early period.
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Landowner (?), n. An owner of land.
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Landowning, n. The owning of land. -- a. Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.
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Land-poor (?), a. Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. [Colloq.]
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Landreeve (?), n. [Land + reeve an officer.] A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.
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Landscape (?), n. [Formerly written also landskip.] [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See , .] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
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2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare seascape.
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3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
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The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay.
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Coloq. Landscape gardening , The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.
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landscaping n. Working as a landscape gardner.
Syn. -- landscape gardening.
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Landscapist (?), n. A painter of landscapes.
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Landskip (?), n. [See .] A landscape. [Obs. except in poetry.]
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Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,
Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.
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{ Landslide (?), Landslip (?), } n. 1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
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2. The land which slips down.
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3. An election victory in which the winning candidate receives a substantial majority of the votes, usually meaning at least ten per cent more than any opposing candidate.
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4. Any overwhelming victory.
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Landsman (?), n.; pl. Landsmen (#). 1. One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
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2. (Naut.) A sailor on his first voyage.
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Landsthing (?), n. [Dan. landsthing, landsting, fr. land land + thing, ting, parliament. See ; .] (Denmark.) See , below.
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Landstorm (?), n. [Sw.] See .
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Landstreight (?), n. [See .] A narrow strip of land. [Obs.]
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Landsturm (?), n. [G. See ; .] [In Germany and other European nations, and Japan:] (a) A general levy in time of war. (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See , above.
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Landtag (?), n. [G. See ; .] (Prussia.) The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. See , below.
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Landwaiter (?), n. See Landing waiter, under , a.
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Landward (?), adv. & a. Toward the land.
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Landwehr (?), n. [G., fr. land land, country + wehr defense.] That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.
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Lane (lān), a. [See .] Alone. [Scot.]
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Coloq. His lane , by himself; himself alone.
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Lane (lān), n. [OE. lane, lone, AS. lone, lone; akin to D. laan, OFries. lana, lona.] A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
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It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can not go through. Tyndale.
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Lang (?), a. & adv. Long. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Langaha (?), n. (Zoöl.) A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.
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Langarey (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.
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Langate (?), n. (Surg.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
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Langdak (?), n. (Zoöl.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.
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{ Langrage (?), Langrel (?), } n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.
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Langret (?), n. A kind of loaded die. [Obs.]
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Langridge (?), n. See . [Sometimes compounded with shot.]
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Langsyne (?), adv. & n. [Scot. lang long + syne since.] Long since; long ago. [Scot.]
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Langteraloo (?), n. [See .] An old game at cards. See (a). Tatler.
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Language (?), n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See , cf. .]
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1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
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☞ Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one person communicates his ideas to another. This is the primary sense of language, the use of which is to communicate the thoughts of one person to another through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are represented to the eye by letters, marks, or characters, which form words.
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2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
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3. The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
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4. The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
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Others for language all their care express. Pope.
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5. The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
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6. The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
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There was . . . language in their very gesture. Shak.
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7. The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
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8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.]
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All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image. Dan. iii. 7.
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9. Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.
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10. Specifically: (computers) Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer lanugage or programming language; as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has achieved popularity very rapidly.
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☞ Computer languages are classed a low-level if each instruction specifies only one operation of the computer, or high-level if each instruction may specify a complex combination of operations. Machine language and assembly language are low-level computer languages. FORTRAN, COBOL and C are high-level computer languages. Other computer languages, such as JAVA, allow even more complex combinations of low-level operations to be performed with a single command. Many programs, such as databases, are supplied with special languages adapted to manipulate the objects of concern for that specific program. These are also high-level languages.
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Coloq. Language master , a teacher of languages. [Obs.]

Syn. -- Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction; discourse; conversation; talk. -- , , , , . Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the language of articulate sounds; tongue is the Anglo-Saxon term for language, esp. for spoken language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the forms of construction peculiar to a particular language; dialects are varieties of expression which spring up in different parts of a country among people speaking substantially the same language.
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Language, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Languaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Languaging (?).] To communicate by language; to express in language.
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Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense. Fuller.
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Languaged (?), a. Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition. “ Many-languaged nations.” Pope.
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Languageless (?), a. Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.
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Langued (?), a. [F. langue tongue. See .] (Her.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.
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Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.
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Langue d'oc (?) n. [F., language of oc yes.] The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for “yes” was oc); Provençal.
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Langue d'oïl (?). [F., language of oïl yes.] The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for “yes” was oïl, F. oui).
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Languente (?), adv. [It., p. pr. of languire. See .] (Mus.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.
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Languet, n. [F. languette, dim. of langue tongue, L. lingua.] 1. Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.
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2. That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.
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Languid (?), a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See .]
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1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. “ Languid, powerless limbs. ” Armstrong.
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Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison.
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2. Slow in progress; tardy. “ No motion so swift or languid.” Bentley.
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3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
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Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats.
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Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs. W. Black.

Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.

-- Languidly, adv. -- Languidness, n.
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Languish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Languished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing.] [OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. � to slacken, � slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack. See .] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade.
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We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31.
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Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life. Pope.
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For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8.
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2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. Tennyson.

3. To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months.
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Syn. -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint.
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Languish (?), v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [Obs.] Shak. Dryden.
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Languish, n. See . [Obs. or Poetic]
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What, of death, too,
That rids our dogs of languish? Shak.
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And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope.
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Languisher (?), n. One who languishes.
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Languishing, a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
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2. Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, languishing eyes, or look.
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3. Suffering neglect; neglected.
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4. Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering.
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Languishingly, adv. In a languishing manner.
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Languishment (?), n. 1. The state of languishing. “ Lingering languishment.” Shak.
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2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
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Languishness, n. Languishment. [Obs.]
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Languor (?), n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
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2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.]
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Sick men with divers languors. Wyclif (Luke iv. 40).
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3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. “ German dreams, Italian languors.” The Century.

Syn. -- Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness.
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Languorous (?), a. [From : cf. F. langoureux.] Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. or Poetic]
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Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser.
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To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw
The sting from pain. Tennyson.
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Langure (?), v. i. To languish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Langya (?), n. (Zoöl.) [Native name Anglicized.] One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
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Laniard (?), n. See .
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Laniariform (?), a. [Laniary + -form.] (Anat.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth. Owen.
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Laniary (?), a. [L. laniarius, fr. lanius butcher, laniare to tear in pieces: cf. F. laniaire.] (Anat.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.
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Laniary, n. [L. , a.]
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1. The shambles; a place of slaughter. [R.]
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2. (Anat.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.
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Laniate (?), v. t. [L. laniatus, p. p. of laniare.] To tear in pieces. [R.]
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Laniation (?), n. [L. laniatio.] A tearing in pieces. [R.]
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Lanier (?), n. [F. lanière. See .] [Written also lanner, lanyer.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt.
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Laniferous (?), n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F. lanifère.] Bearing or producing wool.
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Lanifical (?), a. [L. lanificus; lana wool + facere to make.] Working in wool.
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Lanifice (?), n. [L. lanificium: cf. OF. lanifice.] Anything made of wool. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Lanigerous (?), a. [L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear.] Bearing or producing wool.
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Lanioid (?), a. [NL. Lanius (fr. L. lanius a butcher), the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidæ).
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Lank (lăṉk), a. [Compar. Lanker (?); superl. Lankest.] [ . hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
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Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift.
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Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? Barrow.
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2. Languid; drooping. [Obs.]
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Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton.
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Coloq. Lank hair , long, thin hair. Macaulay.
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Lank, v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [Obs.] Shak. G. Fletcher.
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Lankiness (?), n. The condition or quality or being lanky.
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Lankly, adv. In a lank manner.
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Lankness, n. The state or quality of being lank.
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Lanky, a. Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. Thackeray.
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The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century.
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{ Lanner (?), n. f. Lanneret (?), n. m.} [F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.
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Lanolin (lăn�lĭn), n. [L. lana wool + oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
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☞ Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for commercial purposes, and forms an admirable basis for ointments, being readily absorbed by the skin.
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lansa, lansah n. Same as .
Syn. -- lanseh, lansat, lanset.
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