Lake
Definition of Lake
Pronunciation:
lāk
n.
1.
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
.
1.
A
kind
of
fine
white
linen
,
formerly
in
use
.
v. i.
1.
To
play
;
to
sport
.
n.
1.
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
.
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
(Archæol.)
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
(Zool.)
any
one
of
numerous
species
of
dipterous
flies
of
the
genus
Chironomus
.
In
form
they
resemble
mosquitoes
,
but
they
do
not
bite
.
The
larvæ
live
in
lakes
.
Lake herring
(Zool.)
the
cisco
(
Coregonus
Artedii
).
Lake poets
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
(Zool.)
a
sturgeon
(
Acipenser
rubicundus
),
of
moderate
size
,
found
in
the
Great
Lakes
and
the
Mississippi
River
.
It
is
used
as
food
.
Lake trout
(Zool.)
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
(
Salvelinus
fontinalis
),
inhabiting
many
lakes
in
New
England
,
is
also
called
lake trout
.
See
Namaycush
.
Lake whitefish
(Zool.)
See
Whitefish
.
Lake whiting
(Zool.)
an
American
whitefish
(
Coregonus
Labradoricus
),
found
in
many
lakes
in
the
Northern
United
States
and
Canada
.
It
is
more
slender
than
the
common
whitefish
.
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