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1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into the water, especially the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built Homer v. The Lady of the Ocean, 70 Me. 352. 2. A boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; an open boat of large size used in any service; a lighter. … [Read more...] about LAUNCH

This word has been held to have "a very large retrospect as we say 'lately deceased' of one dead ten or twenty years." Per. Cur. 2 Show. 294. … [Read more...] about LATELY

Lat. In the civil law and old English practice. A lying hid; lurking, or concealment of the person. Dig. 42, 4, 7, 5; Bract fol. 126. … [Read more...] about LATITATIO

Small vessels employed to carry the cargo of a large one to and from the shore; lighters. 2. The goods on board of a launch are at the risk of the insurers till landed. 5 N. S. 887. The duties and rights of the master of a launch are the same as those of the master of a lighter. … [Read more...] about LAUNCHES

Latin: Latent; hidden; not apparent. See AMBIGUITAS. … [Read more...] about LATENS