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lapis

[ lap-is, ley-pis ]

noun

, plural lap·i·des [lap, -i-deez].
  1. (italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)


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He wore the official political uniform: a dark suit, a lapis blue tie and a white shirt—and, of course, a flag-pin on his lapel.

“When we come back next month all the trees there will be gone,” Lapis says.

At Rome lime and volcanic ashes (lapis Puteolnus) were used with pieces of stone as large or larger than the fist.

Hunc gestant ulnis angeli,Ne lapis officiat pedi;Ne luce timor occupet,Aut nocte pestis incubet.

It is formed of two pieces joined by a hinge, and is decorated with figures in repouss on a ground inlaid with lapis lazuli.

To the centre is suspended by a small ring a scarabaeus of solid gold inlaid with lapis lazuli.

Once he desired pig, and Mrs. Turner put into it lapis costitus (lunar caustic).

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