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Lorica [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.

2. Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.

3. The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.

Loricae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Loricata [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.

2. The crocodilia.

Loricate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To plate over; to spread over, as a plate for defense.

2. Nature hath loricated the sides of the tympanum in animals with ear-wax.

3. To cover with a crust, as a chimical vessel, for resisting fire.

Loricate [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

Loricate [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.

Loricate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

Loricated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covered or plated over; encrusted.

Loricated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Loricating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covering over with a plate or crust.

Loricating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Lorication [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act or operation of covering any thing with a plate or crust for defense; as the lorication of a chimical vessel, to enable it to resist the action of fire, and sustain a high degree of heat.

Lorication [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.