Lard

[Fr. lard.'] The fat of the hog after being separated from the flesh and melted. It is largely used for culinary purposes. Lard consists chiefly OF COMMON THINGS 9i they swell out to their full tone as the songster as¬ cends, and may be heard long after the bird has pa ed from the range of vision. The larks may be considered as especially birds of the fields and meadows, the nest being made of dry gra , in a hollow in the ground. [Gk. larynx.] The upper part of the windpipe or trachea forming the organ of voice. It is situated between the windpipe and the base of the tongue, at the upper and front part of the neck, and opens above into the throat (q. v.), and below into the windpipe. The skeleton of the larynx is composed of five principal car¬ tilages, and these are connected by ligaments known as vocal cords, the movements of the organ being regulated by two sets of muscles. so. [Span, lazo.] A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. A machine by which wood, ivory, metals, and other materials are turned and cut as they revolve by a tool held in the hand or fixed in a slide-rest. All the rounded parts of furniture, such as legs of tables, chairs, and stools, the balusters of staircases, tool handles, round rulers, etc., are made on the lathe. Billiard balls and che -men, and all the round parts of engines and other machines, are made on various kinds of lathes. Articles of irregular form, such as the stocks of guns and pistols, and hollow things, such as wooden bowls and dishes, bread platters and boxes, are also made on the turning-lathe. The name given to thin, narrow strips of wood, rarely longer than four feet, used for nail¬ ing to the uprights of partition walls, and to the rafters of ceilings. They are placed slightly apart to receive the plaster, which, by being pre ed into the spaces, is held firmly when it dries. Laths are now mostly sawn by machinery from. Baltic fir or Canadian deal. Distance from the equator north or south towards the poles. Lines of latitude are imaginary lines which surround the earth, parallel to the equator, diminishing in length until they reach the poles, where they vanish. [Fr. lattis, lath-work.] Any work made by cro ing laths, rods, or bars of wood or iron, and forming open squares like network; a window made in this way. [Llaurus.] The name given to a genus of plants, consisting of trees and shrubs, whose leaves and fruit are bitter, astringent, and aromatic, and were formerly much used in med i¬ cine. Laurel or bay leaves are now used for flavoring in cookery. The laurel or sweet bay is a small evergreen tree, found in the south of Europe and north of Africa. It has beautiful glo y leaves, and bears black berries about the size of wild cherries. This laurel is celebrated by poets, and used to decorate temples and the brows of victors. The victors in the Pythian games were crowned with the laurels of Apollo, and thus the laurel became the symbol of triumph in Greece and then in Rome. The American laurel is found almost all over the United States, 667 Encyclopedic Dictionary of Common Things