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Our Lady(dictionary)
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lady's man(dictionary)
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Laputan (iou) and Lady (medicine)


Laputan (iou)



Laputan adjective. M19.
[from Laputa (see below) + -AN. Cf. LAPUTIAN.]
Of or pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, whose inhabitants were addicted to visionary projects; visionary, fanciful, absurd.

Lady (medicine)


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