Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . t. To attend, wait upon. Laconic, la-konik, a. Pert, to Laconica or its inhab-itants; expressing much in few words; brief; con-cise; pithy.—n. A concise, sententious method ofspeaking: laconism; a cqncise phrase or expression.— Laconical, a. Same as Laconic— Lacon^ically,adv. — Laconism, -izm, Lacontcism, -[-sizm, n. Aconcise manner of expression; laconic style; senten-tious phrase.— Laconize,
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . t. To attend, wait upon. Laconic, la-konik, a. Pert, to Laconica or its inhab-itants; expressing much in few words; brief; con-cise; pithy.—n. A concise, sententious method ofspeaking: laconism; a cqncise phrase or expression.— Laconical, a. Same as Laconic— Lacon^ically,adv. — Laconism, -izm, Lacontcism, -[-sizm, n. Aconcise manner of expression; laconic style; senten-tious phrase.— Laconize, v. i. [-nized (-nizd), -niz-ing.] To speak in a concise, sententious manner. Lacrosse, la-kros, n. An game, orig. of theCanadian Indians, played on ice or level ground,with balls and a wicker bat (o-osse). Lacquer. See under Lac. Lacteal, lakte-al, a. Pert, to, or resembling, milk ;milky. (Anat.) Conveying chyle. — n. One of theminute tubes which convey the chyle from thesmall intestine through the mesenteric glands to thethoracic duct.— Lactate, n. {Chem.) A salt formed stin. cube, full; moon, f(3t)t; cow, oil; linger or ink. ttien. boNboN, chair, gf t. LACUNA 218 LANCE. Lacteals and Adjacent Parts. a, aorta; J, thoracic canal; c, lym-phatic glands; d, radicals of thechyliferous vessels ; «, intestine ;/, mesentery ; g, lacteals. by the union of lac-tic acid; or acid ofmilk, with a base. —Iioctation, n. Actof giving suck, ortime of suckling; se-cretion or excretionof milk.— Lactean,a. Milky ; resem-bling, or consistingof, milk; conveyingchyle. — Lacteous,-te-us, a. Milky; re-sembling milk; lac-teal, convejingchyle. —Lactes-cence, -sens, n. Ten-dency to milk; milk-in ess or milky color.{Bot.) The juice,commonly white.,which flows from,some plants whenwounded. — Lactes-cent, a. Producingmilk or white juice; abounding with a thick, coloredjuice. — Lactometer, n. An instrument for ascer-taining the proportion of cream in milk; galactom-eter; a k
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