lagscrew

A flat-headed screw used to attach lags to band-drums. lăg, v. i. & t. [LAG, a.] A. Intransitive: 1. To loiter; to stay behind; to move slowly. 2. To be slow to advance; to hold or draw back. 3. To remain behind or beyond one's time. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fåll, IMG:content-0323.png:[blocks in formation] lagonite prevent radiation of heat. lā-gan, 8. [LIGAN.] *la-gar-tō, s . [Sp.,=lizard.] [ALLIGATOR.] The form in which the word alligator first appeared in the English language. "We saw in it [the Orinocco] divers sorts of strange fishes of marvelous bigne , but for lagartos it excelled." -Raleigh: Discovery of Guiana. la-ge-na, s. [Lat., from Gr. lagēnos, lagunos a flask.] 1. Zoology : (1) A genus of Foraminifera, having the tail somewhat flask-shaped. It is the typical one of the family Lagenide (q. v.). (2) A sub-genus of Mollusks, genus Turbinella. 2. Palæont .: The genus [(1)] has existed from the Carboniferous period till now. lăg-e-när-i-a, s. [LAGENA.] Bot.: A genus of Cucurbitaceae, containing but one species, the Bottle, Club, or Trumpet-gourd ( Lagenaria vulgar is ). It is monœcio us, with a campanulate calyx and a white corolla. It is wild in India, the Moluccas and Aby in i a. In that state it is poisonous, but when cultivated its delete rio us properties disappear. Anglo-Indians boil the fruit when young and use it as vegetable marrow. Natives of India slice and eat it as a curry. The young shoots and leaves are also eaten. The fruit, which is sometimes six feet long, is often used by Indian beggars as a bottle. The seeds yield an oil which is used as an application in headaches. The flesh of the fruit is deemed to be diuretic, refrigerant and antibilious. It is bitter and purgative; it is occasionally used in India as a poultice, and applied to the shaved head in delirium. It is cultivated in the warmer parts of the eastern hemisphere. la-gen-i-dæ, la-ģēn'-I-da, s. pl. [Lat.lagen(a); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ, -ida.] 1. Zool .: A family of Perforated Foraminifera. It consists of microscopic animals contained within curious flask-like shells, with a neck and sometimes with a tube continued from it into the cavity of the shell. They are marine, living attached to fuci, stones, . Genera, Lagena and Entoselenia. 2. Palæont.: The family exists from the Carboniferous rocks upward.