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Lamb
Lamb
,Noun.
[AS.
lamb
; akin to D. & Dan. lam
, G. & Sw. lamm
, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb
.] 1.
(Zool.)
The young of the sheep.
2.
Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
3.
A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
Lamb of God
,
The Lamb
(Script.)
, the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.
The twelve apostles of
– the Lamb
. Rev. xxi. 14.
Lamb’s lettuce
(Bot.)
, an annual plant with small obovate leaves (
Valerianella olitoria
), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also
– lamb lettuce
.] Lamb's tongue
, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.
Knight.
– Lamb's wool
. (a)
The wool of a lamb.
(b)
Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; – probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.
[Obs.]
Goldsmith.
Lamb
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lambed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lambing
.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.