'The Lamb' definitions:
Definition of 'The Lamb'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Words containing 'The Lamb'
- Lamb,
- Lambed,
- Lambing,
- Grass lamb,
- Lamb County,
- Lamb of God,
- Lamb's lettuce,
- Lamb's tongue,
- Lamb's wool,
- Lamb, TX,
- Lambs Grove,
- Scythian lamb,
- Tartarian lamb,
- breast of lamb,
- charles lamb,
- cut of lamb,
- lamb chop,
- lamb curry,
- lamb kill,
- lamb lettuce,
- lamb roast,
- lamb succory,
- lamb's tail,
- leg of lamb,
- loin of lamb,
- paschal lamb,
- persian lamb,
- rack of lamb,
- roast lamb,
- saddle of lamb,
- Lamb County, TX,
- Lamb's-quarters,
- Lambs Grove, IA,
- baa-lamb,
- lamb's-quarter,
- lamb-chop