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LJV
LA liquid con fonant, which pre-
ferv es always the fame founid
in Engli(h. In the Saxon it
was afpirated, a Plap, loaf;
Playbr3, lady.
At the end of a monofylliabl it is al-
ways doubled; as, fhall, fill, full;
except after a diphthong; as,fail, feel,
weal, cool: In a word of more fy1lables
it is written fingle; as, channel, canal,
tendril. It is fometimes put before e,
and founded feebly after it; as, bible,
title.
LA. interjea. [corrupted by an effeminate
pronunciation from lo; unlefs it be the
French la.] See; look ; behold.
La you ! if you (peak ill of the devil,
How he takes it at heart. Shak. Twelfth Night.
LA'BDANUM. n.j. Arefin, of a firong
not unpleafant fmell, and an aromatick,
but not agreeable tafte. This juice
exudates from a low 1preading fhrub in
Crete. Hill.
To LA'BEFY. -. a. [Iahefacio, Latin.) To
weaken; to impair. Did.
LA'BE L. n. f. [Jahellum, Latin.]
i. A fmall flip or ferip of writing.
When wak'd, I found
This label on my bofom ; whole containing
Is to from fenfe in hardnefs, that I can *
Make no colleffion of it. Shakefp. Cymbeline.
2. Any thing appendan; to a larger writing.
On the label of lead, the heads of St..Peter and
St. Paul arc impreffed from the papal feal.
.ylfe's Pargon.
3. [In law.] A narrow flip of paper or
parchment affixed to a deed or writing,
in order to hold the appending feal.
So alfo any paper, annexed by way of
addition or explication jo any will or
teffament, is called a label or codicil.
Harris.
God join'd myhiarttoRomeo's; thouourhands3
,And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo feal'd,
Shall be the label to another deed,
Or my true heart with treacherous revolt
'Turn to another, this thall flay them both. Shakef.
VasL. II.
LAB
LA'BENr. adj. [labens, Lat.] Sliding;
gliding; flipping. Did.
LA'BIAL. adj. [1abialis, Latin.] Uttered,
by the lips.
The Hebrews have afligne4 which letters are
labial, which dental, and whiph guttural.
Bacon's Natural Hiflory.
Some particular affediJof found in its parfage
to the lips, will feem to 4ke fome compofition in
any vowel which is labia!.
Holder's Elements of Speech.
LA'BIATED. adj. [1aum,Lat.] Formed
with lips. *
LA'BIODENTAL. adj. [labium and denta-
lis.] Formed or pronounced by the co-
operation of the lips and teeth.
The dental confonants are very eafy; and firft
the labiodewtals, f, .v, alfo the linguadentals, t h,
d b. Holder.
LABO'RANT. n.. [laborns, Latin.] 'A
chemill. Not in ufe.
I can thew you a fort of Ext fulphur, made by
an indultrious laborant. Boyle.
LA'RORATORLY.n.f [la oratoire, French.]
A chenift's work-room.
It would contribute to the hillory of colours, if
chenifts would in their laboratory take a heedful
notice, and give us a faithful account, of the
colours obferved in the fteam of bodies, either fub-
limed or diftilled. Boyle.
The flames of l-ee will perform thofe miracles
they of the furnack hoaft of, would they employ
theifelves in this laboratory. Decay pf Piety.
LABO'RIOUS. adj. [laborieux, French;
laboriofus, Latin.]
i. Diligent in work; aflidious.
That which makes the clergy glorious, is to be
knowing in their profeffions, unfpotted in their
lives, aaive and laboricus in their charges, bold
and refolute in oppofing feducers, and daring to
look vice in the face; and, laftly, to be gentle,
courteous, and compafflonate to all. South.
A fpacious cave within its farmokf part,
Was hew'd and fafliioq4 by labori: art,
Through the bill's hollow fides. Dryden.
To his laborious youth confuxn'd in1.,
And lafting age, adorn'd and crown'd ... e.
2. Requiring labour; tirefome;
( LAB
thou love watchings, abitinence, and toit,
Laborious virtues all ? learn them from Cato.
Addifon,
LAng'RIOUSLY. adv.' from laborious.]
With labour; with toil.
The folly of him, who-pumps very laboriouly 1n
a ihip, yet negleas to ltop the leak. Decay of Piey.
I chufe laborioujly to bear
A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air. Pope.
LABO'RIOUSNESS. o./ [from laborious.]
i. Toillomenefs; difficulty.
The parallel holds in the gainlefthefs, as we as
the laboriounefs of the work; thofe wretched crea.
tures, buried in earth and darknefs, wire never
the richer for all the ore they digged i no more it
the infatiate mier. Deca
2. Diligence; afliduity. Y Piety.
LA'BOUR. n.f. [labsur, French; labor,
Latin.]
i. The a&t of doing what requires a pain.
ful exertion of firength, or wearifome
perfeverance ; pains; toil ; travail;
work..
If I nd her honeff, I lofe not my labour; if
ihe be otherwife, it is labour wajf beftowed. Shakef.
I fent to know your faith, 1eft the tempter have
- tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
z. Work to be done.
Being a labour of to great difflculy, the exqa
performance thereof we may rather with chn c
for. Hq.t -.
If you had been the wife of Herculer,
Six of his labours you'd have done, and fav'd
Your hufband to much fweat. Shakef. Coriolanus.
f. Exercife; motion with fome degree of
violence.
Moderate labour of the body conduces to the
prefervation'of health, and curing many initial
difears; but the toil of the mind dcfiroys health,
and generates maladies. Harwre
4. Childbirth ; travail.
Sith of women's labours thou haft charge,
And generation goodly doeft enlarge,
Incline thy will to affedour withfulvow. Spenfcr.
Not knowing 'twas my labour, I complain
Of fudden thootings, and of grinding pain;
14 throws come thicker, and my cries encreas'd,
Which with her hand thc co4cious nurfe fupprets'd.
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