Ladybug
(La"dy*bug`) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Ladybird.
Ladyclock
(La"dy*clock`) n. (Zoöl.) See Ladybird.
Lady Day
(La"dy` Day`) The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
Ladyfish
(La"dy*fish`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; — called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabé. (b) A
labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.
Ladyhood
(La"dy*hood) n. The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.
Lady-killer
(La"dy-kill`er) n. A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and
lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.
Lady-killing
(La"dy-kill`ing), n. The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing.
Thackeray. Ladykin
(La"dy*kin) n. [Lady + - kin.] A little lady; — applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time,
in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.
The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to "dear." Brewer.
Ladylike
(La"dy*like`) a.
1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days.
Hawthorne. 2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. "With fingers ladylike." Warner.
3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear.
Dryden. Ladylikeness
(La"dy*like`ness) n. The quality or state of being ladylike.
Ladylove
(La"dy*love`) n. A sweetheart or mistress.
Lady's bedstraw
(La"dy's bed"straw`) (Bot.) The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-
leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels.
Lady's bower
(La"dy's bow"er) (Bot.) A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms
This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus.
Lady's comb
(La"dy's comb") (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant its clusters of long slender fruits remotely
resembling a comb.
Lady's cushion
(La"dy's cush"ion) (Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift
Lady's finger
(La"dy's fin"ger)
1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch.
2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.
