~ LAMBAST    denoted LAME      see> LIMB
             hx> THE LOMBARDS or
                 LONGOBARDI or
             LONG BEARDS
             MOSTLY SOLD LUMBER or
             TIMBER
             note
  LUMBER     id+ | COARSE |    sug> LIMP
             id+ | FOREST TREES |
  LUMBERING  id+ | WALKING CLUMSILY |
~ LAME       id+ | FALTER |  sug> LABILE
             id+ | FALL |
             id+ | TO HOBBLE |
  old eng LYMPEN = TO FALL SHORT    sug> LABILE
  lat     LABI     TO GLIDE  SLIDE
  skt     LAMBATE  HANG DOWN
  id+ | CRIPPLED or DISABLED | thus
  id+ | SLOW | implies AFFECTED LIMB mostly
       LEG or FOOT
  implies UNSOUND as in DEFECT  INJURY  STIFF or
          INEFFECTUAL   IMPERFECT as in vern
  "LAME DUCK"
  when applicable to the UPPER LIMB or ARM or HAND
  lat MANCUS  LACK OF HAND or
  sp  MANCO   same  also implies in
  lat         DEBILIS or INHABILIS for
              WEAKENED   DISABLE
  eng MAIMED  MANGLED  MUTILATED  DISMEMBERED  CRIPPLE
  hx> Miguel de Saavedra CERVANTES [#] 1547-1616
      LOST THE USE OF ONE HAND IN THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO
  WHERE THE TURKS WERE DEFEATED  AN EVENT FORESHADOWING
  THE WANING OF TURKISH POWER OVER EUROPE
  BECAUSE OF HIS INJURY CERVANTES IS OFTEN CALLED
  THE " MANCO OF LEPANTO "
  myth> VULCAN WAS LAME OF A LEG


~ LAMIA  myth> MONSTER WITH A HEAD AND CHEST OF A WOMAN AND A
               BODY OF A SNAKE WHO FED ON HUMANS
  biol> name used to denote VAMPIRE       also see> LEMUR <see
        note ins LAMIIDAE  rept LAMIASAURUS  mamm LAMICTIS
  art> a well known plate showing a LAMIA is by Edward TOPSELL [#]
       who drew a FOUR LEGGED ANIMAL WITH A HEAD OF A WOMAN
  A FELINE BODY COVERED WITH SCALES AND HUMAN BREASTS AND
  MALE GENITALIA  the plate is part of "The Histoire of Four Footed
  Beastes" published in London in 1607 held by the Newberry Library
  in Chicago.

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