lanadye

[LANA.] lăn'-ark-ite, s. [Named from Lan arks hire, Scotland, where first found; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: A monoclinic mineral, occuring in crystals aggregated lengthways. Cleavage perfect in one direction, le so in another; lamine flexible; hard ne , 2-2-5; specific gravity, 6'3-64; luster, cleavage face pearly, elsewhere adamantine to resinous; color, greenish-white or pale-yellow. Cor a position: formerly regarded as PbSO4+PbCO3, but recent analyses prove the absence of carbonic acid, the composition being PbSO5, which requires sulphate of lead, 576; oxide of lead, 42.4. lā-na-rỹ, s . [Lat. lanaria =& wool-store, from lanarius = pertaining to wool; lana = wool.] A wool-store. lā-nāte, la-nāt-ed, a. [Latin lanatus , from lana =wool.] Ord. Lang . & Bot . Woolly. Lăn-ca-shire, s. & a. [See definition.] A. As subst.: One of the most important counties of England, situated in the northwest. B. As adj .: Of or belonging to the county de scribed under A. Lancashire-asphodel, s. Bot.: Narthecium o ifragum. [BOG-ASPHODEL.] Lancashire-boiler, s . A form of steam boiler, having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend the entire length of the boiler. Lăn-cas-ter, s. [The name of the inventor.] Lancaster-gun, s. Ordn.: A cannon with a twisting, slightly oval bore and conoidal projectile. Mr. Lancaster's plan was adopted in 1854, and several Lancaster guns were employed at the siege of Sebastopol. 2464 Lancaster-rifle, s . A rifle with an elliptic rifling, the bore being slightly oval in section. The twist is one turn in 32 inches, which is the length of the barrel; bore, 498 inch; eccentricity, 01 in half an inch. The lateral expansion of the bullet causes it to fill the bore. Length of bullet, 21⁄2 diameters with a windage of To, and has a paper patch; the first of its kind. Lăn-căs-tër-I-an, a. [See def.] Of or belonging to Joseph Lancaster, a member of the Society of Friends. He was born in 1771. He traveled as an advocate for education from 1807 to 1811. Becoming insolvent he removed in 1818 to the United States, where he died on Oct. 23, 1838. He was the author of the monitorial system of education. [MONITORIAL.] Lancaster i an-schools, s. pl. Schools set up under the auspices of the British and Foreign School Society on the system of Joseph Lancaster. lăn-cas-ter-ite, s . [Named by Silliman, jr., from the place where found, Lancaster Co., Penn sylvan i a; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A mineral, once supposed to be a distinct species, but now shown to be a mixture of brucite and hydro magnesite. (See these words.) Lăn-căs-tri-an, a. [Sco def.] Hist.: A follower of Henry IV., son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. [ Wars of the Roses , under ROSE.]