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n. See Alan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander. ] To injure one's good name; to slander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flemish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting. ] [ Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter. ] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. [ 1913 Webster ]

You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. “If you've got it, flaunt it.” [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Anything displayed for show. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flaunting way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. gul-önd. ] An arctic sea bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance. ] A balance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Lant, the fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lancegaye. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Launched p. pr. & vb. n. Launching. ] [ OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See Lance. ] [ Written also lanch. ] 1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship,
And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise. [ 1913 Webster ]

All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke v. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Spenser ] launches out into very flowery paths. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of launching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Sp. lancha. ] (Naut.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a device capable of launching a rocket.
Syn. -- rocket launcher. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier; -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain it in flight when taking off.
Syn. -- catapult. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the act of moving a newly-built vessel into the water for the first time. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the act of beginning something new.
Syn. -- debut, first appearance, unveiling, introduction, entry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the act of propelling with force.
Syn. -- launch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Rocketry) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.
Syn. -- launching pad, launch pad, launch area, pad. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Lawn of grass. ] A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In a laund upon an hill of flowers. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through this laund anon the deer will come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave. ] 1. A washerwoman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Laundered p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering. ] 1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lave; to wet. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who follows the business of laundering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act as a laundress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman whose employment is laundering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Laundries [ OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder. ] 1. A laundering; a washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place or room where laundering is done; a laundry room. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee. [ PJC ]

4. A collection of items such as articles of clothing or bed linens that need to be laundered, or have just been laundered; as, put the dirty laundry in the basket and take it downstairs; hang the laundry out to dry. [ PJC ]

coin laundry A business establishment with washing and drying machines operated by coins, where items such as articles of clothing may be laundered and dried by the customer. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Laundrymen A man who follows the business of laundering. [ 1913 Webster ]