Lamb
[læm]
Definition
(noun.) young sheep.
(noun.) the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food.
(noun.) a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child).
(noun.) a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters).
(noun.) English essayist (1775-1834).
(verb.) give birth to a lamb; 'the ewe lambed'.
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Definition
(n.) The young of the sheep.
(n.) Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
(n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
(v. i.) To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
Editor: Orville
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Young sheep.
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Definition
n. the young of a sheep: the flesh of the young sheep: one innocent and gentle as a lamb: the Saviour of the world.—v.i. to bring forth young as sheep.—ns. Lamb′-ale a feast at the time of lamb-shearing; Lamb′kin Lamb′ling Lamb′ie (Scot.) a little lamb.—adj. Lamb′-like like a lamb: gentle.—ns. Lamb′skin the skin of a lamb dressed with the wool on for mats &c.: the skin of a lamb dressed for gloves: a kind of woollen cloth resembling this; Lamb's′-lett′uce (same as Corn-salad); Lamb's′-wool fine wool: a wholesome old English beverage composed of ale and the pulp of roasted apples with sugar and spices.—The Lamb Lamb of God the Saviour typified by the paschal lamb.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of lambs frolicing{sic} in green pastures, betokens chaste friendships and joys. Bounteous and profitable crops to the farmers, and increase of possessions for others. To see a dead lamb, signifies sadness and desolation. Blood showing on the white fleece of a lamb, denotes that innocent ones will suffer from betrayal through the wrong doing of others. A lost lamb, denotes that wayward people will be under your influence, and you should be careful of your conduct. To see lamb skins, denotes comfort and pleasure usurped from others. To slaughter a lamb for domestic uses, prosperity will be gained through the sacrifice of pleasure and contentment. To eat lamb chops, denotes illness, and much anxiety over the welfare of children. To see lambs taking nourishment from their mothers, denotes happiness through pleasant and intelligent home companions, and many lovable and beautiful children. To dream that dogs, or wolves devour lambs, innocent people will suffer at the hands of insinuating and designing villains. To hear the bleating of lambs, your generosity will be appealed to. To see them in a winter storm, or rain, denotes disappointment in expected enjoyment and betterment of fortune. To own lambs in your dreams, signifies that your environments will be pleasant and profitable. If you carry lambs in your arms, you will be encumbered with happy cares upon which you will lavish a wealth of devotion, and no expense will be regretted in responding to appeals from the objects of your affection. To shear lambs, shows that you will be cold and mercenary. You will be honest, but inhumane. For a woman to dream that she is peeling the skin from a lamb, and while doing so, she discovers that it is her child, denotes that she will cause others sorrow which will also rebound to her grief and loss. ??????????``Fair prototype of innocence, ???????????????Sleep upon thy emerald bed, ??????????No coming evil vents ???????????????A shade above thy head.'' See Sheep.
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Examples
- George Lamb and Elliston together, after they had listened to a page or two, with one voice exclaimed, Very stupid. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I asked George Lamb if he had heard Mr. Livius's new piece. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- That he may let me know how you behave, answered Frederick Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I can't help it--There's no getting on with Fred Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb,' etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I told you Munden's day was over, and that he would not fill the house, before you engaged him for to-night, said George Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The price of an ox, reckoned at ten guineas, is about three score times the price of a lamb, reckoned at 3s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I could not lay a finger anywhere but I was pricked; and now I seem to have gathered up a stray lamb in my arms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Think what it is to be a mother, there's a dear young lamb do. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The next day, being of course deeply affected with Fred Lamb's absence, I went to call on Julia, _pour me distraire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Like a lamb,' rejoined Nancy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We were soon joined by my own faithful Frederick's brother, the honourable George Lamb, to whom I was presented by Livius. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- George Lamb begged leave to differ in opinion; because he wanted his supper. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fred Lamb, I thought, must know that these resources cannot last for ever; therefore I am determined not to speak to him on the subject. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Wot is it, lambs, as they ketches in seas, rivers, lakes, and ponds? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They entered into general combinations to eat no more lamb; and very few lambs were killed last year. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Wot's the diwisions of water, my lambs? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Leastways, lambs,' said Riderhood, observing him out of the corners of his eyes, 'that's wot I my own self sometimes ketches in rivers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But wot else is it, my lambs, as they sometimes ketches in rivers? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Being here and having met with your kind attention, Master, might I, afore I go, ask a question of these here young lambs of yourn? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Try to be sociable at the Lambs'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She knows what our real objects are, and she don't have any more alarms or suspicions about us, than if we was so many lambs. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Abel has done well with the lambs this year. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here's a lovely flock of lambs all lying down, says Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- For strike me blind, my lambs, if I didn't ketch in a river the wery bundle under my arm! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- See if the Lambs don't say, 'What a lively, nice creature that Jo March is! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Parchment manufactured from the skins of young calves, kids, lambs, sheep, and goats, was an early rival of papyrus, and was known and used in Europe before papyrus was there introduced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There is also a process called tawing, which is employed chiefly in the preparation of the skins of sheep, lambs, goats and kids. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are perhaps some little calves, some little new-yeaned lambs--it may be twins, whose mothers have rejected them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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