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(lk), n.[F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac.] A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc. Lake n.[Cf. G. laken.] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lake (lk), v. i.[AS. lcan, lcan, to spring, jump, lc play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. 120. Cf. Knowledge.] To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.] Lake n.[AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. lgr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la°kkos pond, tank. Cf. Loch, Lough.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. Lake dwellings (Archol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See Crannog. Lake fly (Zol.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus スポンサード リンク
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