lamb

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lambed p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing. ] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A feast at the time of shearing lambs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as lambaste. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Lam + baste to beat. ] To beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. [ Low ] Nares.
Syn. -- cane, flog, lambaste. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.
Syn. -- rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew out, chew up, have words with, lambast. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lambere to lick. See Lambent. ] Taken by licking with the tongue. “Sirups and lambative medicines.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. la`mbda. ] 1. The name of the Greek letter Λ, λ, corresponding with the English letter L, l. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Phys.) A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion. MW10 [ PJC ]

Lambda moth (Zool.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda (Λ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lambdacismus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. la`mbda the letter lambda (Λ). ] 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American. [ 1913 Webster ]