墓 e. alfo a certain red gum iffuing from certain trees in Arabia, of which the best hard fealing-wax is made. LACHRYMA Cbrifti (i. e. the tears of Chrift) a pleasant fort of wine, made of grapes growing in Terra di Lavoro, in the province of Naples, L. Fiftula LACHRYMALIS (with Oculifts) a Fiftula in the larger angle of the eye, L. LACIN'IATED Leaf (with Botanifis) a jagged leaf. LACK'ER (fo called of Gum Lac, of which LACK'ER Hat, a fort of hat made without LACTANT (laftans, L.) fuckling, giv. LACTIFICK (laificus, L.) that makes Bolt-Sprit LADDER (in a Ship) is a lad- LADE 2 tent, as to obtain the name of feas, as the Cafpian fea, the fea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea. Some lakes both emit and receive rivers, and others do only emit them, and fome neither receive nor emit them, but are formed either by the natural receiving of rain water, in a large valley, or the overflowings of fome particular river. why LAMASABAC'THANI (of and a haft thou forfaken me, Syr.) why haft thou forfaken me. LAMBDO'IDAL Suture (among Anatomifts) the hindermoft feam of the fcull, fo named, because in shape it resembles the Greek capital Lambda (A) or a pair of compaffes. LAM BENT (lambens, L.) licking. LAMBENT Medicines (with Phyficians) fuch medicines as are taken by licking them off a stick of liquorice, &c. To LAM (prob. of lamen, Dut. to make lame) to fmite or beat. LÁME'NESS (laamnerre, Sax.) a defect, or weakness, or hurt in the legs, arms, &c. A LAMENT', a lamentation. Milton. LAM'ENTABLENESS (lamentabilis, L.) woefulness, pitiableness. LA'MENTINE, a fish called a fea-cow or Manatee, fome of which are near 20 feet long, the head refembling that of a cow, and two fhort feet, with which it creeps on the fhallows and rocks to get food; but has no fins. The flesh of them is commonly eaten, LODE abe, Sax. 7 ufually figni- and is delicious meat. lobe, Sax. Sfies the mouth of a river; fometimes a ford, and is part of LADIES Bed-Straw, an herb. LADIES Smock, an herb, otherwise call'd LA'DING (of hlavian, Sax, to load) the wort. LAG, a loiterer, alfo one that is the laft LAMIA, a fea monfter, fo exorbitantly large, that fome of them have been faid to have weighed 30000 pounds, and fuch as two horfes in a waggon could scarce draw. Some of them are faid to have been taken at Nice in Marseilles, in whofe ftomachs were found men intire and compleatly armed. Rondelet relates, that he faw one at Xaintonge, the mouth of which was fo large, that a large fat man entered it with great cafe: he adds, that if it were held open, with a gag, the dogs could get in very eafily, in order to eat what they could find in his ftomach. The Lamia is the greedieft fish that is, and dby Sea of a line or family; alfo one that degenerates digefts in the leaft time. Its teeth are large, it from the virtues of his ancestors, a difgrace to LA'GON (Old Law) a parcel of goods caft a warren of hares. LAICALITY (laicalitas, L. of haixos, of And, the people, Gr.) the property by which any man is faid to be a lay-man. LAKE (lacus, L.) a large collection of fresh waters, which have open communication with the fea, and are for the most part in inland countries; fome lakes are fo large in ex fharp and biting, of a triangular figure, cut like a faw, difpofed in fix rows, the first of which appears out of its mouth, thofe of the fecond are ftrait, and the third are turned inwards. A LAMP (lampas, L. of hauràs, Gr.) a light well known. Perpetual LAMP, the ancient Romans are faid to preferve lights in their fepulchres many ages, by the oilinefs of gold refolved by art into a liquid fubftance. And it is reported, that at the diffolution of monafteries, in the time of king Henry VIII. there was a lamp found that had been burnt in a tomb from about about 300 years after Chrift, which was near 1200 years. Two of these fubterranean lamps are to be feen in the Mufæum of rarities at Leyden in Holland, One of these lamps, in the papacy of Paul III. was found in the tomb of Tallia, Cicero's daughter, which had been fhut up 1550 years. LAMPAS (with Farriers) a kind of LAM'PRASS fwelling in a horfe's mouth or palate, i. e. an inflammation in the roof of his mouth, behind the nippers of the upper jaw; fo called, because it is cured by a burning lamp or hot iron. is faid to feek the LAM/PRAY} EEL { company of other fifhes of the fame fhape; and for that reafon, fome fay, they are venomous, because they join themselves with snakes, and other water ferpents. A LANCE (lancea, L.) a javelin, pike or fpear; an offenfive weapon much in ufe with the ancients; being a long staff like a pike, pointed at the end, and armed with iron. LANCEPE SADE, an officer under a corporal, who affifts him in his duty, and performs it for him in his abfence. They teach the new-raifed men their exercife, and poft the centries. They are generally accounted the most vigilant and brave of the company : and on a march, their place is on the right hand of the fecond rank. To LANCH out (s'elanchant, F.) to put a fhip or boat afloat out of a dock; alfo to expatiate in words; also to be extravagant in expences. LANCIFEROUS (lancifer, L.) bearing a lance or fpear. ing. LAND'SKIP (landrcip, Sax.) a represen tation of part of a country, bath place and perfons; the landfkip being called the Parergon or by-work, and the perfons the argument: Or a landfkip is a defcription of the land, as far as it can be seen above our horizon, by hills, valleys, cities, woods, rivers, &c. all that in a picture which is not of the body or argument (which denote the perfons) is called by this name of landfkip. LAN'GREL (with Gunners) a fhot ufed at fea to cut the enemies rigging; a fort of shot that runs loofe with a fhackle or joint in the middle, having half a bullet at each end, which is to be shortened when put into the piece; but spreads itself when discharged. LANGUAGE (langage, F. of lingua, L.) tongue or fpeech, a fet of words upon which a particular nation or people are agreed to make use of to express their thoughts. And therefore languages are diversified ac cording to the different nations and people; and are also mutable and fluctuating, by reaLANCINATION (lancinatio, L.)'a lanc-fon of the intercourfe of foreigners and other LANEOUS (laneus, L.) woolly, made of wool. LAND Fall among Sailors) fignifies fall in with land thus, when mariners have been in expectation of seeing land in a short time, and they happen to fee it acordingly, they say, they have made a good land fall. To fet LAND (among Sailors) is to fee by the compafs how it bears. Head LAND, a point of land, or that which lies farther out into the fea than the reft. LAND layed (with Mariners) the land is faid to be laid, when a fhip is just got out of fight of the land. LAND Pike, an American animal like the pike fish, having legs instead of fins, by which it crawls, tho' awkwardly, on the ground; thefe creatures lurk about the rocks, and are rarely feen but towards night, at which time they make a noile more fhrill and grating to the ear than toads. LAND'ING (of gelandian, Sax.) to go or put out of a fhip upon land. LANDSCHAPE LANDSCAPE (Dutch.) 1. A region, the profpect of a coun occurrences, fo that few languages remain the fame for two centuries; as is evident in the French and our own language. LANGUAGE (language, F. lingua, L.) 1. Human fpeech: 2. ftile, manner of expreffion. Others for language all their care express, And value books, as women, men, for dress; Their praife is ftillthe file is excellent ; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Pope. LANGUAGED, having various languages. He wand'ring long, a wider circle made, And many languag'd nations has furvey'd. Pope. LAN'GUENT (languens, L.) languishing. LAN'GUIDNESS (of languidus, L.) languishingness, faintness. LANGUIFICK (languificus, L.) making faint and feeble. LANIFICE (of lanificium, L. of lana, wool, and facio, to make, &c.) spinning, carding or working wool, L. LANK'NESS, limbernefs, flimness, slen dernefs. LA'NO-NIGER, a fort of bafe coin, ia ufe about the time of king Edward I. LANU ers LANU'GINOUSNESS (of lanuginofus, L.) downinefs, &c. | cornice, below the Cymatium, and juts out the LA'RVATED (larvatus, L.) wearing a LASCIVIOSITY (lasciviofitas, L.) las civiousness. LAPIDESCENT Waters (with Naturalifts) To LAPSE (of lapfum, of labi, L.) to fall from. LAS'CIVY (lafcivia, L.) lafciviousness. LA'SER (with Botanifts) the herb Benjamin, L. LASHING (among Sailors) is the making faft, or tying any thing to the fhip's fides, mafts, &c. as pikes, muskets, boards, casks, LASH'ITE in the Danish times, a comLASH LITE mon forfeiture of 12 ores, each ore being in value 6d. or as others 164. fterling. LAS'SITUDE (with Phyficians) a stoppage of the animal fpirits in the nerves and muf cles, which forebodes some sickness approach LATCH'ETS 2 (in a Ship) are small lines LAS'KETS fown into the top fails, called bonnets and drablers, in the form of loops, by which the bonnets are laid to courfes or plain fails, and the drablers to the bon LAPWING, a bird about the fize of a thrush, with a long, thin, black beak, a lit-ing. L. tle hooked, the legs fhort and grey; upon its head a turft of feathers of various colours, which it raifes and lowers at pleafure; the feathers on the neck and ftomach incline to red, the tail is black with streaks of white; argit is a beautiful bird, but does not fing. The cwings do not terminate in a point like those of most other birds, but are roundish, it opens lear and claps its wings very often, and thence has obtained the name of a Lapwing. wards c LAR BOARD Watch (Sea Term) one half of a fhip's crew, under the direction of a chief mate, which watches in its turn with the ftarboard watch. LARBOARD the Helm (Sea Pbrafe) is to put the helm on the larboard or left fide of the fhip. nets. LATEBRO'SE (latebrofus, L.) full of dens, hiding or lurking places. LATERAL Judge, an affeffor, one that fits on the bench with, and affifts another judge. To LAT'INIZE, to exprefs one's self after the manner of the Latins; also to give Latin terminations to words. LA'TOMIST (latomus, L. λátomos, of LATRI'A (λarpila, Gr.) the worship of LARCH Tree (fo called of Lariffa, a city To LARD Meat (Cookery) is to draw thin ous language le made, furvey'd Pa LA'RGENESS (largus, L.) greatness, To LARGE (Sea Pbrafe) the wind is faid LARGITION (largitio, L.) largenefs, bountiful giving. LARMI'ER (of larme, F. a tear, becaufe ·LAVATORY (in Chili in America) LAVADERO certain places where gold is got out of the earth by washing. LAUDIM'IUM (in the Civil Law) the fiftieth part of the value of the land or houfes, which in ancient times the proprietor paid to the new tenant, as an acknowledgment upon inveftiture, or for being put into poffeffion. LAVER, a large veffel for washing fome part of the body in, the most famous of which was thofe in Solomon's temple, borne by four cherubims, ftanding upon pedeftals mounted on wheels of brafs, having handles to draw them from place to another, as occafion required. They confifted of a bason which received the water from another fquare veffel above it thro' cocks, which was adorned with the heads of a lion, an ox and a cherubim; thefe lavers were in number ten, five on the Pope. LAUGHINGLY, in a merry way, merrily. LAVISHNESS LAW (lage, Sax.) LAW (among Moralifts) is a decree by which a fovereign obliges a fubject to conform his actions to what he prefcribes, or a rule of acting or not acting, fet down by fome intelligent being, or perfons having authority for fo doing. Pofitive LAW (in Ethicks) is that which proceeds from the fole pleasure of the lawgiver. The natural Law (in Etbicks) is one which is exactly fitted to fuit with the rational and focial nature of man; fo that human kind cannot maintain an honeft and peaceful fellowship without it. LAW of Merchants, a fpecial law peculiar to merchants, and different from the com mon law of England; which is, if there be two joint merchants, and one of them dies, his executor fhall have the moiety. It is alfo called the law of the staple. LAW-Day (lage-bag, Sax.) any day of open court, but anciently used of the more folemn courts of a county or hundred. LAWS (of Nations) are of two forts, either Primary or Secondary; the Primary Laws art fuch as concern embaffies, and the entertain. ment of strangers; and fuch as concern traffick, and the like: the Secondary Latus are fuch as concern arms. LAW, was painted by the ancients in pur LAVISHMENT Profufenefs, wafteful-ple robes, feeded with ftars, in a mantle of nefs. To LAUNCE aft 2 (Sea term) in To LAUNCH forward towing things In the hold, fignifies stow it aft, or stow it forward. LAUNCE bo (Sea phrafe) ufed when the yard is hoifed high enough, or the pump fucks. To LAUNCH (of lancer, F.) a ship or boat, is to put it a float out of a dock. LAUND (laun, Sax.) fignifies a plain among trees. LAUND'ER (in the Tin-works) a trench in a floor, cut eight feet long and ten feet over, with a turf at one end for a stopper, to let the water (that comes along with the bruifed ore from the coffer of a stamping mill) run away while the ore finks to the bottom. LAUREATED (laureatus, L.) crowned with laurel. The ancient conquerors used to wear crowns of laurel, in token of victory. LAUREL (Figuratively) is the emblem of victory and triumph. LAUREATION` (in the universities in Scotland) the action of taking up the decree of master of arts. LAURETS, certain pieces of gold, coined A. D. 1619, with the head of king James I. laureated. The 20 fhilling piece was marked with XX, the to fhilling piece with X, the fhilling piece with V. 5 LAURIGEROUS (lauriger, L.) wearing a garland of bays, carnation colour, fringed with gold. LAW (lap, Sax.) fignifies a hill among borderers. LAW (of Arms) the allowed rules and precepts of war, as to make and obferve leagues and truces; to punish fuch as offend in a camp, &c. LAWS (of Molmutius) the laws of Dun wallo Molmutius, the 16th king of the Britains, who began his reign 444 years before the birth of our Saviour. LAWS of Oleron (fo called, because madeat Oleron, an ifland of France, when king Richard was there) certain laws belonging to fea-affairs. LAWS Spiritual, the ecclefiaftical or civil laws, according to which the ordinary and ec clefiaftical judges act in those causes that come under their cognizance. LAWING of Dogs, is cutting off three claws of the fore-feet by the skin, or the ball of the fore-feet. LAWLESS (of laghe erre, Sax.) illegali. ty, diforderlinefs; alto the condition of an outlawed perfon. LAWN (Dooms-day Book) a plain between two woods. LAX (laxus, L.) loose, flack. LAX AMENT laxamentum, L.) release, refreshment, relaxation. LAXATED (laxatus, L.) loofened, &c. LAXATIVENESS (laxativus, L.) that is of a loosening or opening quality. LAXATION, laws of ng of the t 4 years Secaule r whe s belcac baltical a ronary and ules that c tting of or the Saxl dition of asa plain betwe loofened, quality. LAXATIO LAY Brother (among the Romanifts) an illiterate perfon, who does the fervile offices in a convent or monaftery; but is not in any orders, nor makes any vows, enters not into the choir, and wears a habit different from the monks, &c. LAY'ER, a place in a Creek, where small oyfters are thrown, which, by the laws of the admiralty, are to lie there till a broad fhilling, put in between both fhells, may be heard to rattle when it is fhut. LAZINESS (lofigh, Dut.) flothfulness, fluggishness, idleness. LEACH'EROUS (prob. of legen, Sax.) loftful. LEACH'ERY (prob. of legenrcipe, or lezen-team, Sax.) luftfulness, luft. To stop a LEAK (Sea Term) is to put into it a plug wrapt in oakum and well tarred, or in a tarpawlin clout, to keep out the water, or to nail a piece of fheet-lead upon the place. LEAP Year (fo called of leaping a day) confifts of 366 days, and returns every 4th year, the other three containing but 365 days each. The reason of it is, the fun not making his annual revolution in exact y 365 days, but in 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes and 16 seconds, a day is added to every 4th year, to make amends for the hours, 49 minutes, 16 feconds; which is yet too much. LEARNING (of leonnerye, Sax.) erudition. LEASE (by Indenture) letting land or tenement, right of common, rent, or any inheritance, to another for term of years or life, for a rent referved in writing indented. LEASE Parole, is a leafe as above menti- LEATHERSELLERS LEAD (lead, Sax.) a metal compofed of LEAD wort, a kind of herb. Sounding LEAD is a lead of about fix Dad: LEAD or feven pound weight, ten or twelve inches long, and faftened at the end of the founding Line, or deep Sea Line, To beave the LEAD (Sea Phrafe) is to ftand by the ship's horfe, or in the chains, and to throw out the lead, and found the depth of the water, to know where the ship may fail; and he that heaves the lead, fings the depth he finds. A LEAF (with Botan.) is defined to be a A fimple LEAF, is that which is not di- 6000, |