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Lady [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A woman of distinction. Originally, the title of lady was given to the daughters of earls and others in high rank, but by custom, the title belongs to any woman of genteel education.

2. A word of complaisance; used of women.

3. Mistress; the female who presides or has authority over a manor or a family.

Lady Webster's Dictionary 1913

The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.

Lady [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

Lady [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.

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

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.

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.

Lady day Encyclopedia Britannica

LADY DAY, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. See Annunciation.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 200
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Lady's bedstraw Webster's Dictionary 1913

The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.

Lady's bower Webster's Dictionary 1913

A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).

Lady's comb Webster's Dictionary 1913

An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.

Lady's cushion Webster's Dictionary 1913

An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).

Lady's finger Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The kidney vetch.

2. A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

3. A long, slender variety of the potato.

4. One of the branchiae of the lobster.

Lady's garters Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ribbon grass.

Lady's hair Webster's Dictionary 1913

A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

Lady's laces Webster's Dictionary 1913

A slender climbing plant; dodder.

Lady's looking-glass Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

Lady's mantle Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.

Lady's seal Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).

2. The black bryony (Tamus communis).

Lady's slipper Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).

Lady's smock Webster's Dictionary 1913

A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.

Lady's thimble Webster's Dictionary 1913

The harebell.

Lady's thumb Webster's Dictionary 1913

An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.

Lady's traces Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Ladies' tresses

Lady-bird [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A small red vaginopennous or sheath-winged insect.

2. A coleopterous insect of the genus Coccinella.( Linne )

Lady-bug [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A small red vaginopennous or sheath-winged insect.

2. A coleopterous insect of the genus Coccinella.( Linne )