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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.
Definition 2024
làr
làr
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
làr m (genitive singular làir, plural làir)
- The ground, earth
- nèamh is làr ― heaven and earth
- do thùineadh mu làr ― thy dwelling underground
- The floor
- air làr ― on the ground, on the floor
- The ground floor
- A centre
- Low ground
- Applied to the floor of any room when formed of stone, clay or earth
Derived terms
Terms derived from làr
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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