Labeo – Lady Day
Labeo
a genus of fishes, family thick and fleshy lips.
Laboratory
a building or workshop designed for investigation and experiment in chemistry, physics, etc. It may be for special research and analyses, or for quite general work. Το the former class belong the laboratories which are attached to d dyeworks, color works, chemical, and similar works.
Laboratories are also attached to mining and metallurgical schools, mints, arsenals, etc.
Lac
or LAK, from the Sanskrit lakshâ or laksha, that is, 100,000. In the East Indies it is applied to the computation of money. Thus, a lac of rupees is 100,000.
Lackawanna
a river which runs and flows into the Susquehanna at Pittsthrough the N. E. part of Pennsylvania ton; length about 50 miles. Great quanof the best anthracite coal are mined in the valleys adjacent to this river.
Lacretelle
JEAN CHARLES DOMINIQUE DE (lö-kru-tel'), territory in ancient French journalist and historian; born in LACONIA, Greece. See SPARTA.
Lacroix
JULES French poet, dramatist, and novelist; (lä-krwä'), brother of P. Lacroix; born in Paris, May 7, 1809. He wrote numerous romances; a volume of poetry "Les Pervenches" (The Periwinkles: 1838); several dramas; and "The Year of Infamy" (1872), a collection of patriotic poems.
He died Nov. 10, 1887.
JACOB, BIBLIOPHILE, a French miscellane-
Lactantius
FIRMIANUS (laktan'shi-us fur-mi-a'nus), LUCIUS CE-
Ladislas
LADISLAUS,
Lancelot
King of Naples, called the Liberal and Victorious; born in 1376.
He succeeded his father, Charles Duras, in 1386. He was previously Count of Provence and King of Hungary. He obtained the latter crown in 1403 during the imprisonment of Sigismund, who compelled him to return to Italy. On
Ladas
Alexander's messenger, noted the death of his father he was opposed for his swiftness of foot.
Lady Chapel
a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, frequently attached to a large church. In churches built LADY'S SLIPPER before 1200 the lady chapel was usually an independent or additional building.
Lady Day
one of the regular quarter days in England and Ireland, on which rent is generally made payable.
It is March 25 in each year; but in some districts Old Lady Day (April 6) is still observed as the term day.