Jack. - Horntip

Lammas.
LAMMAS. AT LATER LAMMAS, phr
(common).—Never; at the GREEK
KALENDS (q.v.); at TUB'S EVE
(q.v.).
1576. GASCOIGNE, Steele Glas (ed.
ARBER), 55. Courtiers thrive at LATTER
LAMMAS DAY.
1670. RAY, Proverbs [BoHN (18931,
168]. AT LATER LAMMAS, ad Grcecas
Calendas, i.e., never.
LAMMERMOOR LION, subs. phr.
(Scots'). —A sheep : cf. CoTswoLD
LION, and ESSEX LION.
LAMMIE TODD! phr. (tailors').—
I would if I could '.
LAMMI KIN, subs. (old).—.A blow.
1622. R. HAWKINS, Observations
[Hackluyt Soc. 1878, p. 2281 Wi h a
truncheon which I had in mine hand, I gave
the Indians three or four good LAMMIKINS.
LAMMING, subs. (old).—A beating;
cf. LAMB. For synonyms see TAN-
NING.
1619. BEAUNIONT and FLETCHER,
King and no King, v. Bes. Gentlemen,
you hear my lord is sorry. Bac. Not that
I have beaten you, but beaten one that
will be beaten ; one whose dull body will
require a LAMMING, as surfeits do the
diet spring and fall.
LAMMY, subs. (nautical). —A blanket:
originally a thick quilted frock,
or short jumper made of flannel
or blanket cloth, worn by sailors
as an outside garment in cold
weather.— Gentlemen's Magazine
(1866, Oct., p. 390).
LAMP, subs. (common).—i. See
quot. 1811 ; and (2) in pl. =
spectacles; G-IGLAMPS (q.v.). For
synonyms see PEEPERS.
1811. Lex. Bal., S.V. LAMP, the
cove has a queer LAMP, the man has a
blind or squinting eye.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
149 Lamp of Life.
1888. SiScrting Die, 15 Dec. Why,
bruise me ef 'e ain't got his LAMPS shut.
1892. MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads, 49.
I lifted my LAMPS and saw Billy.
To SMELL OF THE LAMP, verb.
phr. (colloquial).—To show signs
of labour or study.
1615. BRETON, Characters u2hon
Essates [GROSART (1879), ii. q. 4. 1. 3,
ad authoreni]. He that shall read thy
character. . . they must say they are well
written. They TASTE THE LAMPE.
1625. JoNsoN, Stafile of News, Prol.
A work not SMELLING OF THE LAMP tonight.
1647-80. ROCHESTER, Wks. (1793),
p. 16. Though he be very correct, and has
spared no pains to dress the Satires of
Horace in good French, yet it SMELLS
WO much OF THE LAMP.
LAM P- POST,SUbS. (common).—A tall,
or lanky person.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. Clothes-
prop ; daddy-longlegs, Duke of
Lankester ; Duke of Limbs ; gawk ;
gas-pipe ; lath-legs ; long-ghost;
Long-shanks; long-'un ; rasher-ofwind
; sky-scraper ; sky-topper;
spindle-shanks ; split-up ; tongs ;
matches.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Une as-
perge monte'e (popular); une brin-
de (popular : of women only); un
grand caclavre (popular : of men
only); un faucheux (thieves' = a
field spider) ; une planche a pain
(military) ; une canne a peche
(= fishing rod) ; une perche
houblon (= hop-pole).
SPANISH SYNONYMS. Cigue-
n- o ; filisteo ; varal ; zanguayo ;
zano-arullon.
ITALIAN SYNONYM. Longo-
ne (FLomo).
LAMP OF LIFE, subs. phr. (venery).—
The penis. For synonyms see
CREAMSTICK and PRICK.