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Definition of Lames

Lames
Lames Lames (l[.a]mz), n. pl. [F. lame a thin plate, L. lamina.] (Armor) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
Lame
Lame Lame, a. [Compar. Lamer; superl. Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. ``Lame of one leg.' --Arbuthnot. ``Lame in both his feet.' --2 Sam. ix. 13. ``He fell, and became lame.' --2 Sam. iv. 4. 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. ``A lame endeavor.' --Barrow. O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. Lame duck (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]
Lame
Lame Lame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Laming.] To make lame. If you happen to let child fall and lame it. --Swift.

Meaning of Lames from wikipedia

- Look up lame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lame or LAME may refer to: Lame (song) by The Beaches (band) "Lame" (song) by Unwritten Law Lame (album)...
- contact the lamé. Lamés generally consist of a polyester jacket overlain with a thin, interwoven metal, usually steel or copper. This gives the lamés a metallic...
- LAME is a software encoder that converts digital audio into the MP3 audio coding format. LAME is a free software project that was first released in 1998...
- Western Europe from about 1370. They consist of overlapping horizontal lames of metal, articulated for flexibility, that form an apron-like skirt in...
- Look up lamé in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lamé may refer to: Lamé (fabric), a clothing fabric with metallic strands Lamé (fencing), a jacket used...
- Valencia, Spain, is an example of a plate armor made of lames. The t****ets are composed of three lames, with the inner edge of each turned out at right angles...
- industries are liquid lamé, tissue lamé, hologram lamé, and pearl lamé. Lamé is used in the sport of fencing to make the jackets (called lamés) that facilitate...
- Gijsbert Hendrik Lamers [de] (1834–1903), Dutch theologian Ine Lamers (born 1954), Dutch photographer and video installation artist Karl A. Lamers (born 1951)...
- In continuum mechanics, Lamé parameters (also called the Lamé coefficients, Lamé constants or Lamé moduli) are two material-dependent quantities denoted...
- Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what they were doing. Today...