Lax

·noun A looseness; diarrhea.

II. Lax ·vt Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

III. Lax ·vt Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

IV. Lax ·vt Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

lax
lax [cf. Gr. λέχρις; Lat.: licinus, luxus], fraud, deception : lacit decipiendo inducit. Lax eteni...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lax
A term for salmon when ascending a river, on the north coast of Scotland. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
lax-fisher
A taker of salmon in their passage from the sea. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book