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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Lady :: Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Lady''s Bower :: Lady's bower () A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).
Paletot :: Paletot (n.) A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion..
Escort :: Escort (n.) To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
Bower :: Bower (n.) Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment..
Evil :: Evil (n.) malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula..
Kerchief :: Kerchief (n.) A lady who wears a kerchief.
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..
Persicaria :: Persicaria (n.) See Lady's thumb.
Baroness :: Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts..
Grief :: Grief (a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato..
Lady-killer :: Lady-killer (n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
Doncella :: Doncella (n.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
Bonefish :: Bonefish (n.) See Ladyfish.
Lady''s Looking-glass :: Lady's looking-glass () See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus..
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..
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