A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
verb
(Britain, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
(slang, Britain) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
(slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
lapm
limp
limp
adj
(of a man) not having an erect penis
(of a penis) not erect
flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
lacking stiffness; flimsy
physically weak
noun
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
phrase
(historical) Acronym of Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of Wales. (a code-word among Jacobites)
verb
(intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
(intransitive, figurative) To move or proceed irregularly.
(intransitive, figurative, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
(intransitive, stative) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
(obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
(obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
(poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
limping verses
lump
lump
noun
(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
(obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
A dull or lazy person.
A group, set, or unit.
A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
verb
(intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
(transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
(transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
(transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
(transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
palm
palm
noun
(Scouting) Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.
(figurative, by extension) Triumph; victory.
(historical) Any of various units of length notionally derived from the length of the palm from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
(historical) Synonym of hand, any of various units of length notionally derived from the breadth of the palm, formalized in England as 4 inches and now chiefly used for the height of horses
(nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
(sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
verb
To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
To move something with the palm of the hand.
pilm
pilm
noun
(dialect) dust
verb
(dialect, impersonal) To have dust blow about
plim
plim
adj
(chiefly South Wales) plump; full
verb
(chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
plum
plum
adj
(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
(not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
Plumb
adv
Completely; utterly.
noun
(derogatory, chiefly UK) A fool, an idiot.
(now rare) A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.
(now rare, archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune.
(slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc.
A stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour.
Prunus americana (American plum)
Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw plum or sand plum)
Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum or myrobalan)
Prunus hortulana (hortulan plum)
Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.