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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
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.
lares. [L.] A household deity.

Definition 2024


làr

làr

See also: lar, lär, lár, lår, lár-, -lar, LAr, and LAR

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

làr m (genitive singular làir, plural làir)

  1. The ground, earth
    nèamh is làr ― heaven and earth
    do thùineadh mu làr ― thy dwelling underground
  2. The floor
    air làr ― on the ground, on the floor
  3. The ground floor
  4. A centre
  5. Low ground
  6. Applied to the floor of any room when formed of stone, clay or earth

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9