Vocabulary : Lapstrake to Lar
Lapstrake : Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.Lapstreak : Alt. of Lapstrake
Laputan : Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.
Lap-welded : Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.
Lapwing : A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.
