| laud | 1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud be to God." "So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same." (Tyndals) 2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; usually in the pl. In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called lauds. 3. Music or singing in honor of any one. Origin: L. Laus, laudis. See Laud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| laudable | 1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition. 2. <medicine> Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus. Origin: L. Laudabilis: cf. OE. Laudable. See Laud. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laudable pus | An obsolete term used when suppuration was considered unlikely to lead to pyaemia (blood poisoning) but more likely to remain localised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laudanine | <chemistry> A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium. Origin: From Laudanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laudanosine | C21H27NO4;an isoquinoline alkaloid obtained from the mother liquor of morphine; it causes tetanic convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laudanum | Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce. <botany> Dutchman's laudanum See Dutchman. Origin: Orig. The same wort as ladanum, ladbdanum: cf. F. Laudanum, It. Laudano, ladano. See Ladanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |