Lazy

lā′zi, adj. disinclined to exertion: averse to labour: sluggish: tedious.— v.i. Laze , to be lazy.— adv. Lā′zily .— ns. Lā′zine , state or quality of being lazy; Lā′zy-bed , a bed for growing potatoes, the seed being laid on the surface and covered with earth dug out of trenches along both sides; Lā′zybones ( coll. ), a lazy person, an idler; Lā′zy-jack , a jack constructed of compound levers pivoted together; Lā′zy-pin′ion (see Idle-wheel ).— n.pl. Lā′zy-tongs , tongs consisting of a series of diagonal levers pivoted together at the middle and ends, capable of being extended by a movement of the sci ors-like handles so as to pick up objects at a distance. [M. E. lasche —O. Fr. lasche (Fr. lâche ), slack, weak, base—L. lax us , loose.]