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Show L L a o S c l t D a a r G e Jac tith. 1. T'o make that noife which fudden mer riment excites yo o u g /a an n w te ma m fa Yo Shake/peare There's one did laugh in's fleep, and one cried Murther Sbakcfpeare They wak'd each cther At this fufty ftuf The large Achilles, on his preft-bed lolling From his deep cheft /axghs out a loud applaufe Shakefpeare Laughing caufeth a continuved expulfion of th Breath with the loud noife, which maketh the intersection of laughing, thaking of the breaft and fides Tunging of the eyes with water, if it be vmvl_cnt Bacor's Natural Hiftory To appear-gay, favour 2. [In poetry. able, pleafant, or fertile Entreat her not the worfe, in that I pra You ufe her well ; the world may /lazgh again And I may live to do you kindnefs, i The laugh th childif yea flowret wit Dryden crown'd The plenteous board, high-heap'd with cates divine And o'er the foaming bowl the /aughing wine. Pope 3. Zo Lavcn ar. Totreat with contempt to ridicule Thy grave-ftone daily : make thine epitaph That death in thee ar others lives may /augh Shakefpeare *Twere better for you, if 'twere not known i Shake[peare Thediffolute and abandoned, before they are awar of it, are betrayed fo /augh at themfelves, and upo refle@tion find, that they are merry at their own expence Addifon No wit to flatter left of all his ftore No fool to /augh at, which he valued more 5o LavcH w. 4 To deride Pope to {corn Be bloody, bold, and refolute; /zugh to fcor The pow'r of man Shakefpeare's Macbeth A wicked foul fhall make him to be laughed t fcorn of his enemies LavcH Ecc/ufi Vi 4 #. /. [from theverb. The con vulfion caufed by merriment; an inarticulate expreflion of fudden merriment Me gentl Then hid i But feigns And by tha Delia beckons from th fhades, eludes her eage /augh, to fee me fearc Jaugh the willing fair i that he was not a laughable writer Dryden LA'vGHER. #. /. [from laugh. fond of merriment A ma Shakefpeare Some fober men cannot be of the general opinion the majority Pope La'veninery. edv. [from laughing:] I a merry way; merrily La'vceuincsrock.n. /. [laugh and ffock. A butt; an obieét of ridicule The forlorn maiden, whom your eyes have fee The laughing-flsck of fortune's mockerie let us not be laugbing-/iorlc Spenfer t othe men's humours Shakefpeare Supine crednlous frailty expofes a man to be bot a prey and laughing-flock at once The loweft, moft dejected thing of fortune Stands fill in efperance; lives not in fear The lamentable change is from the beft e a p e a S e h u l t r t r The wor which is a fwee of laughter The a contrac tion of the mufcles of the face, anda pleafant agitao y a n l v l r m n i n g o c v th o ti totally within the jurifdi€tion of ourfelves. Brown We find not that the Jaughter-loving dam Wal{er Mourn'd for Anchifes Prior Pain or pleafure, grief or Jaughter LA'VISH. adj. {Of this word I have bee able to find no fatisfatory etymology It may be plaufibly derived from to /awe to throw out 3 as profundere opes, is to b lav fh. 1. Prodiga Sindifcreetly li- wafteful His jolly brother, oppofite in fenfe Laughs at his thrift Quaffs, crams, and guttles, m his own defence Dryden The dame has been too lavith of her feaft And fed him till he loaths Rowe's Fane Shore as profufe th T fcatte wit to {quander [from the adjettive. wafte t profufion Should we thus lead them to a field of flaughter Might not th' impartial world with reafon fay We lawifp'd at our deaths the blood of thoufands Addifon La'visueRr. #. /. [from /avi/h. A prodigal ; a profufe man La'visavy. adv. [from lawifh. Profufely; prodigally My father's purpofes have been miftook laugh th childit yea Shakefp with flowret crown'd And lavifbly perfumes the fields around L' Efirange Praife to a wit is like rai Dryden to a tender flower if it be moderately beftowed, it cheers and revives La'visament. ] 2. /. [from Jawif.] Pro La'visanEss digality; profufion Firt got with guile, and then prefery'd with dread And after fpent with pride and lavifbnefs Fairy Qu 7o Lavunch. .z [Itisderived by Skinner from Jance, becaufe a thip is puthe into water with great force. 1. To force a veflel into the fea Launch out into the deep, and let down your net for a draught Lukey Vo 4 So fhort a ftay prevails He foon equips the fhip, fupplies the fails And gives the word to launch Dyryden For general hiftory, Raleigh and Howel are to b had He who would Jaunch farther into the ocean may confult Whear 2. To rove at Jarge make excurfions 1. To pufh to fea All art is ufed to fink epifcopacy, and launp King Charly preibytery, in England With ftays and cordage laft he rigg'd the thip And roll'd on leavers, launch'd her in the deep Pope z. Todart from the hand. This perha;; for diftin¢tion fake, migh written /anch or lance better k A The King of Heav'n, obfcure on high Bar'd his red arm, and Jaunching from the fk His writhen bolt, not fhaking empty fmoke Down to the deep abyfs the flaming fellow ftrook Dryden Launp. n. f. [lande, Fr. lawn, Welfh. Lawn ; aplain extended between woods Hanmey brake we'll throud our For through this /aund anon the deer will come; And in this covert will we make our ftand. Shakef La'u~nprEss. #. /. [lavandiere, French Skinner imagines that /Javandareffe ma have been the old word. A woma whofe employment is to wath clothes countefs of Richmon woul often fay On condition the princes of Chriftendom woul march againft the Turks, fhe would willingly attend them, and be their Jaundrefs Camden ‘Take up thefe cloaths here quickl#, carry the to the Jaundrefs in Datchet Mead Shakefpeare The laundrefs muft be fure to tear her fmocks i the wathing, and yet wath them but half Sawifi La'unbory. #. /. [as if lavanderie. 1. The room in which clothes are wathed. The affairs of the family ought to be confulted whether they concern the ftable, dairy, the pantry or lyundry Swift 2. The or ftate of wathing Chalky water is too fretting, as appearet laundry of cloaths, which wear out apace And fome about him have too Jzwifbl Wrefted his meaning and authority The . a 7o LauncH Th Bellona's bridegroom, lapt in proof Confronted him, curbing his Jawi/b fpirit. Shake/p 7o La'visH. w. a if he had Jaunched out into a long oration. Brogm I have launched out of my fubjet on this article Arbutbyy felves and /awifb of expence 2. Scattered in wafte He had not afed in the charaterof a fuppliant Under this thick-grow Pope Shake[peare Cafaubon confefles Perfius was not good at turning things into a pleafant ridicule; or, in other words Pray you To be worft Suc Neftor fwear the jeft be laughable but the laughers are muc preflion of fudden merriment but if too lawi/bly, overcharges and depreffes him Nature hath fram'd ftrange fellows in her time Some that will evermore peep through their eye And /augh like parrots at a bagpiper And others of fuch vinegar afpeét That they'll not thow their teeth in way of fmile 1 am a common laugher e a u u a . a e i r vulfive m plain fwain around found. Pope La'veuasLre. adj. [from Jaugh. as may properly excite laughter Thoug 2. /. [from Jangh. La'veuTER coft was lawvifb 3. Wild ; unreftrained Prefently prepare thy grave Lie where the light foam of the fea may bea council; you'll be laughed at Con- beral Shakefpeare's Henry VL Wou do it her LA to expatiate Lock t From hence that gen'ral care and fudy fprings That launching and progreffion of the mind. Da-wjes Whoever purfues his own thoughts, will find the launch ont beyond the extent of body into the infinity of fpace Locke . Spenfer has not contented himfelf with fubmiffiv Imitation : <he launches out into very flowery paths which fill conduét him into one great roads Prior i Bacon LAVO'LT4. n. /. [la wolte, French.] A old dance, in which was much turnin and much capering Hanmer I cannot fing Nor heel the high Zawolt5 nor fweeten talk Nor play at fubtle games Shake/peare LA"UREATE. adj. [laureatus, Lat.] Decke or invefted with a laurel Bid Amaranthus all his beauty fhed And daffodillies fill their cups with tears To ftrew the /aureate hearfe where Lycid lies Milton Soft on her lap her /aureate fon reclines Pope Lavrea'rion. #. /. [from laureats. I denotes, in the Scottith univerfities, th a&t or ftate of having degrees conferfed as they have in {ome of them a flower crown in imitation of laurekamong th ancients LA"UREL. #. /. [laurus,Lat. laurier, Eri} A tree, called alfo the cherry bay The Jaurus or laurel of the ancients is affirme by naturalifts to be what we call the bay tree. Ainfw The /aurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets fag Fairy Queen The /aurel or cherry-bay, by cutting away th fide branches, will rife to a large tree Moréimer LaurELED. adj, [from Jaurel,] Crowne or decorated with laurel ; laureate Hear:fl tho is com the news ? my friend th® expre With laurelld lettess from the camp to Rome . Dryden _-The |