| lady's smock | <botany> A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. Pratensis); cuckoo flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| smock | 1. A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise. "In her smock, with head and foot all bare." (Chaucer) 2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Origin: AS. Smoc; akin to OHG. Smocho, Icel. Smokkr, and from the root of AS. Smgan to creep, akin to G. Schmiegen to cling to, press close. MHG. Smiegen, Icel. Smjga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. Smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lady | Origin: OE. Ladi, laefdi, AS. Hlfdige, hlfdie; AS. Hlaf loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. Dairy. See Loaf, and cf. Lord. 1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household. "Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady." (Wyclif (Gen. Xvi. 8)) 2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; a feminine correlative of lord. "Lord or lady of high degree." "Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady." (Shak) 3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. "The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes." (Waller) 4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right. 5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; the feminine correlative of gentleman. 6. A wife; not now in approved usage. 7. <zoology> The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies. Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor. Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor. <zoology> Lady crab, a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Lady fern. <botany> See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. Of Fern. Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. Our Lady, the Virgin Mary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady-killer | A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady-killing | 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's bedstraw | <botany> The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's bower | <botany> A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's comb | <botany> An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's cushion | <botany> An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's finger | 1. <botany> The kidney vetch. 2. A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. 3. A long, slender variety of the potato. 4. <zoology> One of the branchiae of the lobster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's garters | <botany> Ribbon grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's hair | <botany> A plant of the genus Briza (B. Media); a variety of quaking grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's laces | <botany> A slender climbing plant; dodder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's looking-glass | <botany> See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's mantle | <botany> A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), especially. The European A. Vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady's seal | <botany> The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum). The black bryony (Tamus communis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lady\'s smock | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
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