Lake

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

II. Lake ·vi To Play; to Sport.

III. Lake ·noun A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.

IV. Lake ·noun A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, ·esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, ·etc.

Related Words

lake
1) to play ; from the Saxon LAIKAN. 2) to pour gently, to cast a little water on. Perhaps to leak. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
lake
A large inland expanse of water, with or without communication with the sea. A lake, strictly consid...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Capria Lake
CAPRIA LAKE[ASPENNDUS.] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Lake-dweller
·noun ·see Lake dwellers, under <<Lake>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lake-trout
n. a Tasmanian fish, Galaxiasauratus, family Galaxidae. See Mountain-Trout. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
lake lawyer
(Genus, amia. Linnæus.) The Western Mud-fish. It is found in Lakes Erie and Ontario, where it is kno...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lake-wake
watching a dead body. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
french lake
A soubriquet for the Mediterranean. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
lake-lawyer
A voracious fish in the lakes of America, called also the mud-fish. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sea-lake
Synonymous with lagoon (which see). ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
stream-lake
One which communicates with, the sea by means of a river. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book