Definition of lady

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Lady (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

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Ladybird :: Ladybird (n.) Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella..
Annunciation :: Annunciation (n.) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day..
Dress :: Dress (n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress..
Maidmarian :: Maidmarian (n.) The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes..
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
Domina :: Domina (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Lady-killing :: Lady-killing (n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
Boudoir :: Boudoir (n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Bug :: Bug (n.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle..
Padelion :: Padelion (n.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
Mistressship :: Mistressship (n.) Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun..
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law..
Ladylike :: Ladylike (a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners..
Lady''s Looking-glass :: Lady's looking-glass () See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato..
Lady :: Lady (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
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