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lorica(dictionary)

lorica (iou)



lorica noun. , -cas. E18.
[Latin = breastplate formed as LORUM.]
Roman Antiquities. A cuirass or corslet of leather. E18.
The coping or protecting head of a wall. Only in E18.
A kind of cement or paste for coating a vessel before subjecting it to heat. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
Zoology. The stiff protective case or shell of some protozoans and rotifers. M19.