laniary

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English

Etymology

From Latin laniarium, from lanius (a butcher).

Adjective

laniary (not comparable)

  1. Lacerating or tearing
    the laniary canine teeth

Noun

laniary (plural laniaries)

  1. The shambles; a place of slaughter.
  2. (anatomy) A canine tooth.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laniary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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