a. See Appalachian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Malay bālachān. ] A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot., fr. Gael. ] A small village containing a church. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

Sitting at the clachon alehouse. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native Indian name. ] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native Indian name. ] (Zoöl.) The candlefish. [ Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon. ] See Candlefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Halachoth [ Heb. halāchāh. ] The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. lâche, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax. ] (Law) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to adjuducation of the claim by a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lacrimabilis, fr. lacrima a tear. ] Lamentable. Martin Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ L., lit., Christ's tears. ] A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lacrymal. See Lachrymose. ] 1. Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal{ 2 } organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Lachrymal. ] Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs. [ Colloq. ]

People go to the theaters to have . . . their risibles and lachrymals set agoing. The Lutheran. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lacrimatio, from lacrimare to shed tears, fr. lacrima tear. ] The act of shedding tears; weeping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as lacrimator.
Syn. -- lacrimator. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. -ries [ Cf. F. lacrymatoire. ] (Antiq.) A “tear-bottle;” a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances. lacrimator
Syn. -- lacrimatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a., [ L. lacrima tear + -form; cf. F. lacrymiforme. ] Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear, for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See Tear the secretion. ] Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful. [ 1913 Webster ]

You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. Lamb.

-- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. See Lachrymatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fr. Gr. mala`chh a mallow, from its resembling the green color of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. malachite. Cf. Mallow. ] (Min.) Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. maslaq: cf. F. masloc. ] (Med.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + lachrymal. ] (Anat.) Connected with the lachrymal apparatus and the nose; as, the nasolachrymal, or lachrymal duct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Eulachon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a fish having cartilages instead of bones. ] (Zool.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Selachii, and -oid. ] (Zool.) Same as Selachii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Selachii, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. simulacre. ] See Simulacrum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The oyster catcher. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Also Walachian, Wallach, Wallack, Vlach, etc. ] Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n. An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]