la

interj. [ Cf. Lo. ] 1. Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me! [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ From Laager, n. ] To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ D., also leger. Cf. 2d Leaguer, Lair. ] A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. [ South Africa ]
Syn. -- lager. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Wagons . . . can be readily formed into a laager, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A lace. See Lace. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. OD. labben to babble. ] To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A telltale; a prater; a blabber. [ Obs. ] “I am no lab.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ By truncation of laboratory. ] Laboratory. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to a laboratory; as, a lab bench. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians. [ 1913 Webster ]