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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Lady

Lady (lady)
n.(l1913 webster dictionary"d)
La"dy
; pl. Ladies (-d***ibreve]z). [OE. ladi, læfdi, AS. hl***aemacr]fdige, hl***aemacr]fdie; AS. hl1913 webster dictionaryf loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E.
  1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

    Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).

  2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
    "Lord or lady of high degree." Lowell.

    Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . .
    We make thee lady.
    Shak.

  3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

    The soldier here his wasted store supplies,
    And takes new valor from his lady's eyes.
    Waller.

  4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
  5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
  6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
    Goldsmith.
  7. 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.

    Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies. -- Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. Shipley. -- Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. -- Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor. -- Lady crab (Zoöl.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States. -- Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. of Fern. -- Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen. -- Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. Shipley. Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord. Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. Thackeray. -- Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.


Lady

Lady (lady)
a.
La"dy
  1. Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

    "Some lady trifles." Shak.














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