Definitions
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- noun A
household or ancestralgod in ancient Rome - noun A species of
gibbon (Hylobates lar), found inBurma . Called also the common or white-handed gibbon.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lake Mälar is unique in its way, being made up of a succession of narrow fiords, bays, and inlets.
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The word laró (Tagalog, to play) is not the equivalent of the word sunni.
The Indolence of the Filipino Jos�� Rizal 1878
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We just don’t know whether its use, in particular, is particularly responsible for the obesity epidemic.
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I had written lu out of this older program called lar which was written out of an even older program that came out of the unix world called archive.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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As the dragons 'calmer words penetrated F'lar's fury, he stopped shaking Lessa.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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The pain of stinging blows on her face made her angrily aware of F'lar's disturbing proximity.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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"This was such a graceful Hall," the Lady Gemma murmured for F'lar's ears alone.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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A nagging worry intruded on F'lar's waking ruminations.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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As a group, the dragonmen rose at F'lar's entrance.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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Mnementh's manyfaceted eyes, on a level with F'lar's head, fastened with disconcerting interest on the approaching party.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
yarb commented on the word lar
Sometimes when he remembered the small lost objects, those lares and penates left behind, as not worth removing, the old wheelbarrow, the watering cans, the bookcase he'd made of orange boxes...
- Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry to Gabriola
July 30, 2008