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Webster 1913 Edition
Lar
Lar
(lär)
, Noun.
pl.
Lares
(#)
, sometimes Lars
(#)
. [L.]
(Rom. Myth.)
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods.
Hence,
(Fig.)
: Hearth or dwelling house.
Nor will she her dear
Victorious by his benefit.
Lar
forget,Victorious by his benefit.
Lovelace.
The
Lars
and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.
Looking backward in vain toward their
Lares
and lands. Longfellow.
Lar
(lär)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A species of gibbon (
Hylobates lar
), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lar
L'AR
,Noun.
plu.