Lamina

n. The quality or state of being laminable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being split into laminæ or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a body can be readily extended in all directions under the hammer, it is said to be malleable; and when into fillets under the rolling press, it is said to be laminable. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. laminaire. See Lamina ] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lamina. ] (Bot.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lamina. ] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Laminar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To separate into laminae. [ 1913 Webster ]