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Webster 1913 Edition
Loricate
Lor′i-cate
(lŏr′ĭ-kāt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loricated
(lŏr′ĭ-kātˊĕd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loricating
(lŏr′ĭ-kāˊtĭng)
.] [L.
loricatus
, p. p. of loricare
to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica
a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum
thong.] To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{1}, a crust, coating, or plates.
Lor′i-cate
(lŏr′ĭ-kā̍t)
, Adj.
[See ]
Loricate
, Verb.
Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
Lor′i-cate
,Noun.
(Zool.)
An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Loricate
LOR'ICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To plate over; to spread over, as a plate for defense.Nature hath loricated the sides of the tympanum in animals with ear-wax.
2.
To cover with a crust, as a chimical vessel, for resisting fire.