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-killing :: Lady-killing (n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
Lady''s Traces :: Lady's traces () Alt. of Ladies' tresse.
Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law..
Fluting :: Fluting (n.) Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle..
Dress :: Dress (n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress..
Tab :: Tab (n.) A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border..
Squire :: Squire (n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau..
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady..
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..
Illness :: Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness..
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
Dame :: Dame (n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady..
Malady :: Malady (n.) Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder..
Kerchief :: Kerchief (n.) A lady who wears a kerchief.
Vivacity :: Vivacity (n.) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance..
Lady''s Thumb :: Lady's thumb () An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.
Landlady :: Landlady (n.) The mistress of an inn or lodging house.
Carmelite :: Carmelite (n.) A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Prioress :: Prioress (n.) A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess..
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