Lace-winged
Lace"-winged`
, a. (Zol.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.[1913 Webster]
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Lach"es
(lsh"z),Lache
(lsh), } n. [OF. lachesse, fr. lache lax, indolent, F. lche, ultimately fr. L. laxus loose, lax. See Lax.] (Law) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to adjuducation of the claim by a court.[1913 Webster]
It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.Macaulay.
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