Chapter Lagan to Lambskinnet of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Lamb of God

, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.

The twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev. xxi. 14.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John i. 29.

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Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] — Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. — Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; — probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Lamb
(Lamb) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Lambale
(Lamb"ale`) n. A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

Lambaste
(Lam*baste") v. t. [Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. [Low] Nares.

Lambative
(Lam"ba*tive) a. [L. lambere to lick. See Lambent.] Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative medicines." Sir T. Browne.

Lambative
(Lam"ba*tive), n. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Wiseman.

Lambda
(||Lamb"da) n. [NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda.]

1. The name of the Greek letter &LAMBDA, &lambda, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambda moth (Zoöl.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda

Lambdacism
(Lamb"da*cism) n. [L. lambdacismus, Gr. fr. la`mbda the letter lambda ]

1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.

3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

Lambdoid
(Lamb"doid) a. [Gr. la`mbda the letter lambda (&LAMBDA) + e"i^dos shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (&LAMBDA); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.

Lambdoidal
(Lamb*doid"al) a. Same as Lambdoid.

Lambent
(Lam"bent) a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking.]

1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. "A lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent style." Beaconsfield.

2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of the stars." W. Irving.