Lake \Lake\, n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac.]
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually
by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with
aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow
lake, etc.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Lake \Lake\, v. i. [AS. l[=a]can, l[ae]can, to spring, jump,
l[=a]c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both
akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [root]120. Cf. Knowledge.]
To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. ? pond, tank. Cf. Loch,
Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Arch[ae]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.
Lake fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
dipterous flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they
resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[ae]
live in lakes.
Lake herring (Zo["o]l.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zo["o]l.), a sturgeon (Acipenser
rubicundus), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes
and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of trout
and salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout (S. fontinalis),
inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake
trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zo["o]l.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zo["o]l.), an American whitefish (Coregonus
Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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