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L A

8S8

)

aod Canlda, on lhe fOUlh

and by Hudfoll's bay, on lhe

well: litu "ed bellvcen

and

79°

01"

\V.

long. and

bClweell

¡0°

and

64°

lal.

L:\BRUS,

in ichlhyology, a genus of finles bclonging

10 lhe order of lhorae,ci.

Ih~

clmaaers of which are

theCe. T he leelh are fharp, and Ihe lips are fimple

and \'ery Ihiek; there are fi x bony rays in the mem–

brane of lhe gills, and the opcrcula are fealy. The

rays of Ihe baek fin are furninled wilh a Ihread·like

rame.l1um behind

Ihe breall fin, are ntarp· poinled

and

Ihe

I.\t~ral

lin: is flraigh l. Tltere are fon y one fpeeies

of labrus, diflinguinled by Ibe fhape of lhe lail, fios,

colour.

&c.

LAI3URI

VI\'1,

in botany. See CVTI!us.

LABYRI TH, in analomy. See ANATOMV,

P. 297 .

L :\C, MILK, among phyfici2ns,

&c.

See MIL K.

LACCA, or LAc, in natural hiflory. improperly called

gum ·lae, 2 Cort oflVax of a red eolour, eollcaed in Ihe

Eafl·lndies by cemin in(eas, and depofiled on !Iieks

fa!lened fo r Ihal purpo(c io Ibe eanlt.

is brougbl

over, citl,eradherlog

Ih~

!ticks, erio(mall trao(pareol

grains, or io femi.mnfparent Bal

e~.kes:

Ihe [¡rfl is eall–

ed Oiek lae, Ihe fecood feed lac, and Ihe Ihird nlell

he.

brcakiog a piece of nick lac, il appears com–

pofed of regular cells like Ihehoney·comb, \\ ilh (mall

corpu(cles of

deep red colour

lod~ed

io Ihem: thefe

are Ihe young infeas, aod 10 Ihe(e Ihe lac o\Ves ils tiDe–

ture, for wheo freed from Ihem ils colou r is verydilule.

The n,e11 ,od feed lacs, whiclt do oot exhibit any in–

feas or ccllular

app:ara~ce

upon breaking, are (uppo(ed

10be artificial preparatioos of Ihe olher: Ihe feed fort

isfaid to be the nick lac brui(ed ar.d robbedof its more

foluble parts

aod Ihe nleJl to be the feed lac, melted

aod formed into cakes. T he Oick lae therdore is the

genuioe fort, aod ought alooe to be employed for me–

dicinal purpofes. T his concr::e is qf great eneem io

Germnoy aud other counuies, for lallityaod fpoogioefs

of Ihe gums, procecdiog from cold; cr a fcorbutic ha;

bil: for Ihis uCe Ihe lac is boiled in water, wilh Ihe

addilion of

liule alum, wh'ch promotes its folutio,n:

or a tinllure is made from it lI'ilh re,'liGcd (piril. This

linélure is I'ecommeoded alfo internally in the fiuor al–

bus, atv.! in rheumatÍc

~r.d

feorbmic di(orders: il has

a grateflll fmdl, and a nOIunpteafant, bitterilh, a!\rin–

genlla!le : in tbeEdioburgh pharmacopreil, a tioau,e

is dirdled 10 be made ....ilh (piril of fcufl'y

gr.fs.

The

principal ufe of bc among us is io certain mechaoie art!

as a colonring

dru~,

and for making fcaling

\Vay..

LACE, iu comlllerce, a work eo¡npofcd of many threadl

of golJ, filver or filk , inlcrwQven lhe one with lhe o·

the,.

,¡n,1

WOI ked t, poo apillol'! Wilh fpindlcs, accord–

ing 10 lhe pattern ddigl1cd. The open work beiog

f0'

tncd \\ ilh pins, whicn are place.! aoddiCplaced as Ihe

fpiooles a'rt mOl·ed.

'l he i:nportalior. of gold aod fit.'cr lace is prohibi.

ted.

EOllc

LHE,

a lace

0l3d~

of fioe lineo thread or filk ,

Oluch in ,he faOle ounocr as Ihat of gold aod filv(r.

The pltteTII of Ihe hce is fi¡¡ed upon a1.lIge round ptl–

low, aod pins l>cing fl'K:k ioto theholes

oropenio~s

io the

pmero, tbe

re.ds

are

iot~n\ ov 'n

by mc os of a

oumber of bobbio; nllde of bOlle or ivory, eael. of

which coolaios a fmlll quaoluy of fine lhread, io lúe!l

a nlloocr as 10 make Ihe lace exaaly rdeOlble Ihepat–

tero . T here are fel'cral tOIVOSio Engl4nd, 40d par–

ticularly in.13uckinghamnlirc, thal carry 00 Ihis manu–

faaure; but 1'3!\ quaolilies

01'

Ihe ¡ioefl laces have beco

illlported from Flaoders.

LACEDEMON, the aocicnt oame of MiGthra. Sce

MIS IT HRA.

LACERTA, the lizard, in zoology, a geous of amphi

bious animals l>dong¡og to Ihe order of reptilia, the

charaaers of wbich are Ihefe: The body is oaked,

wilh four feel, aod a lail. There are

Cpecies,

vi:.

l .

The erocodylus, or croeodile, has a compre/red

jagged tail, fi,'e toes on Ihe fore·feet, and four On the

hiod·(eet. T his is tbe largell animal of the lizard kiod,

Ooe thal was dilfetled al Siam, ao aecouot of whieh

lOas (ent 10 the RoY,tl Acade01Y al Paris, was eigh–

leeo feel and a half loog, of wlllch the tail \Vas 00 leCs

thao five feet aod a half, aod

th~

head anel oeck above

two aod a balf. He was four feet and nioe ioches in

circumfereoce where thickc!\.

T he hioder legs, includiog Ihe thigh and thc paw,

were twOfeet and two ioehes long ; lhe paws, from

the jóiot to tbe extremilY of the longefl claws, \Vere

above nioe inches. They were divided iOlo four toes ;

of wbieb three were armed wilh large claws, theloog–

eJl of which was an inch aod a Ralf, aod (even lincs

and a half broad at the root. The fourth toe was

withoul a nail, and of a eooical figure

bUI was co–

\'ered wilh a Ihick Ikin Jike fl,:tgreen léather. Thefe

toes were uoited wlIh

m(m~rao,s ]'k~

lhofe of dueks,

bUI mU 'h thicker.

T he Eore.legs had the fame pam and cOhformation

as the arms of aman, bo'h wilhin and wi!houl

but

Ihey lOere fomewhat fhorter than Ihofc behiod. The

hands had five fingers, the 111'0 lal! of whieh had no.

nails, and were of a conieal figure, likc the fourth toe

on the hiod paws. T he head \Vas loog, and had alil–

tle rifiog at the 10p

but Ihe reO was flat, and efpeei.

a1!y towards the extTt01ity of the jaws.

was co–

vercd IVith a Ikin, whieh adhered firmly to tbe Ikull

and to the jall's. TJle lkulllVa! rough aod uoequal io

feveral places; and aboul the middle of the forehead

there were twO booy erenl, about two io;hes higb.

They were nOI quile par.]lel, but fcparated fromeolcD

olher in proponioo as they mouoted upwards.

T he eye was very fmall io proportion to the refl of

me body, aod was fo placed withio il! orbit, that the

outward paTl, wheo fhut, was only a linle aboye an

ioch in leogth, aod ruo paralld to Ihe opeoiog of !he

jaws.

T he nofe was plaeed io the middle of thc upper

jaw, ocar an ioeh fro01 ilS extre01ity, and was pcrfe(1ly

round and flat, beiog tViO ioches in di,mmr, of a

black, fofl, fpuogy

fubnar.ce

, 001 uolike Ihe ooCe of a

dogo The ooOrils were in the form of a Greek c.tpil.1

and Ihere were t\Vo earuocles \ hieh filled and

clofe.! ,hem very exaélly, ao.1 whieh opeocd as Ofl'.

"he brcJlhed Ihrollgh the nofc.

1llé

j'ws (cemeJ 10

OlUI ooe WlIblO lnolher

means of

\w.1

aroph) fes,

\\ llIch