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laquearian
laquearian, a. (lækwiːˈɛərɪən) [f. L. laqueāri-us (see next) + -an.] Of a gladiator: Armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist.1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxlii. note, Whether the wonderful statue which suggested this image be a laquearian gladiator.
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▪ I. † ˈlaqueary, n. Obs. rare—0. [app. ad. L. laqueāria (pl. of laquear), treated as sing.] = laquear.1656–81 Blount Glossogr., Laqueary, the roof of a chamber. 1658–96 in Phillips.▪ II. † ˈlaqueary, a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. laqueārius, f. laqueus noose.] = laquearian.1682 Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i....
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