Lat, let; see Lete.
Late, adj. late, B 4. m 6. 11; tardy, B 4. p 4. 30; slowly revolving, B 4. m 5. 4; bet than never is late, G 1410; til now late, till it was already late, 3. 45.
Late, adv. lately, A 77, 690.
Late, -n, let; see Lete.
Lathe, s. barn (Northern), HF. 2140; A 4088. Icel. hlaða.
Latin, s. Latin, B 519.
Latis, s. lattice, T. ii. 615. (Many MSS. have gates; see note.)
Latitude, s. (1) breadth, A. i. 21. 27; (2) the breadth of a climate, or a line along which such breadth is measured, A. ii. 39. 19; (3) astronomical, the angular distance of any body from the ecliptic, measured along a great circle at right angles to the ecliptic, A. pr. 71; (4) terrestrial, the distance of a place N. or S. of the equator, A. ii. 39. 24; B 13, E 1797.
Latoun, s. latten, a compound metal, like pinchbeck, containing chiefly copper and zinc, A 699, 3251, C 351, F 1245; Laton, B 2067.
Latrede, adj. tardy, dawdling, I 718. A.S. latrǣde.