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(las’biirk), n. 1. A small tree of the lacerated. Eneyc. Brit., XXII. 682. West Indies, the Lagetta lintearia, natural order 2. Figuratively, to torture; harrow: as, to la- Thymeleacee, so called from the texture of its cerate one’s feelings. inner bark, which consists of numerous concen- This second weaning, needle as it is, trie layers of fibers interlacing in all directions. How does it lac’rate both your heart and his! It is made into sleeves, collars, purses, ete.—2, Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 558. In New South Wales, Sterculia acer i folia, the lacerate (las’e-rat), a. [= F. laceré,