Lambert pine
(Lam"bert pine`) [So called from Lambert, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

Lambkin
(Lamb"kin) n. A small lamb.

Lamblike
(Lamb"like) a. Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

Lamboys
(Lam"boys) n. pl. [Cf. F. lambeau. Cf. Label.] (Anc. Armor) Same as Base, n., 19.

Lambrequin
(Lam"bre*quin) n. [F. Cf. Lamboys, Label.]

1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.

Lambskin
(Lamb"skin`) n.

1. The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.

2. A kind of woolen.

Lambskinnet
(Lamb"skin`net") n. See Lansquenet.


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