Lag () The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

Lag () A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.

Lag () See Graylag.

Lagged () of Lag

Lagging () of Lag

Lag () To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

Lag () To cause to lag; to slacken.

Lag () To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lag () One transported for a crime.

Lag () To transport for crime.

Lagan () See Ligan.

Lagarto () An alligator.

Lagenae () of Lagena

Lagenas () of Lagena

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

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

Lageniform () Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

Lager () Lager beer.

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.

Lager wine () Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.

Laggard () Slow; sluggish; backward.

Laggard () One who lags; a loiterer.

Lagger () A laggard.

Lagging () The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.

Lagging () Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

Laggingly () In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Lagly () Laggingly.

Lagomorph () One of the Lagomorpha.

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

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

Lagoon () A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagophthalmia () Alt. of Lagophthalmos

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

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

Lagune () See Lagoon.

Laic () Alt. of Laical

Laical () Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.

Laic () A layman.

Laicality () The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

Laically () As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

Laid () of Lay.

Laidly () Ugly; loathsome.

Lain () of Lie, v. i.

Lainere () See Lanier.

Lair () A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

Lair () A burying place.

Lair () A pasture; sometimes, food.

Laird () A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.

Lairdship () The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.

Laism () See Lamaism.

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