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Found 8 hits - Term: lamb, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lamb \lamb\, n. as. lamb; akin to d.  dan. lam, g.  sw. lamm,
   os., goth.,  icel. lamb.
   1. zool. the young of the sheep.
      1913 webster

   2. any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
      1913 webster

   3. a simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the stock
      exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
      1913 webster

   lamb of god, the lamb script., the jesus christ, in
      allusion to the paschal lamb.
      1913 webster

            the twelve apostles of the lamb.      --rev. xxi.
                                                  14.
      1913 webster

            behold the lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of
            the world.                            --john i. 29.

   lamb's lettuce bot., an annual plant with small obovate
      leaves valerianella olitoria, often used as a salad;
      corn salad. written also lamb lettuce.

   lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
      for making curved grooves. --knight.

   lamb's wool.
      a the wool of a lamb.
      b ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
          from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
          lamb's wool. obs. --goldsmith.
          1913 webster
see also:
lamb of god the lamb lamb's lettuce valerianella olitoria lamb lettuce lamb's tongue 
lamb's wool 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lamb \lamb\, v. i. imp.  p. p. lambed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   lambing.
   to bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
   1913 webster
see also:
lambed lambing 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lamb
     n 1: young sheep
     2: english essayist 1775-1834 syn: charles lamb, elia
     3: a person easily deceived or cheated especially in financial
        matters
     4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person especially a child
        syn: dear
     5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
     v : give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
see also:
charles lamb elia dear 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
114 moby thesaurus words for "lamb":
   agneau, angel, babe, baby, baby-doll, bairn, bellwether, birdling,
   breast of lamb, buttercup, calf, catling, cherub, chick,
   chickabiddy, chickling, chicky, child, child of nature, chit, colt,
   cub, darling, dear, deary, dogie, doll, dove, duck, duckling, dupe,
   ewe, ewe lamb, fawn, fledgling, foal, fryer, gigot, gosling, hick,
   hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, infant, ingenue, innocent,
   jambe de mouton, jumbuck, kid, kit, kitten, lambkin, leg of lamb,
   leg of mutton, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy,
   little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, lout, love,
   lover, mere child, mite, mouton, mutton, nest, nestling,
   newborn babe, nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, peewee, pet,
   petkins, piglet, pigling, polliwog, precious, precious heart,
   pullet, pup, puppy, ram, rube, saddle of mutton, shaver, sheep,
   shoat, simple soul, snookums, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie,
   sweetkins, sweets, tad, tadpole, teg, tot, tup, unsophisticate,
   weaner, wee tot, wether, whelp, yeanling, yokel




[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
lamb
   1. heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year.
   offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice ex.
   29:38-42, on the sabbath day num. 28:9, at the feast of the
   new moon 28:11, of trumpets 29:2, of tabernacles 13-40, of
   pentecost lev. 23:18-20, and of the passover ex. 12:5, and
   on many other occasions 1 chr. 29:21; 2 chr. 29:21; lev. 9:3;
   14:10-25.
   
     2. heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb 1 sam. 7:9; isa.
   65:25. in the symbolical language of scripture the lamb is the
   type of meekness and innocence isa. 11:6; 65:25; luke 10:3;
   john 21:15.
   
     the lamb was a symbol of christ gen. 4:4; ex. 12:3; 29:38;
   isa. 16:1; 53:7; john 1:36; rev. 13:8.
   
     christ is called the lamb of god john 1:29, 36, as the great
   sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types num.
   6:12; lev. 14:12-17; isa. 53:7; 1 cor. 5:7.
   

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
lamb. a ram, sheep or ewe, under the age of one year. 4 car.  p. 216; s. c. 
19 eng. com. law rep. 351. 



[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
lamb, ky
  zip codes: 42155

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
lamb -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    14709
   housing units 2000: 6294
   land area 2000:     1016.212703 sq. miles 2631.978707 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.517990 sq. miles 3.931575 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1017.730693 sq. miles 2635.910282 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             34.057561 n, 102.357212 w
   headwords:
    lamb
    lamb, tx
    lamb county
    lamb county, tx



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