lainer, v.a., to tease, to teasel (wool).

lainerie (lè-n-rî), n.f., woolen goods; woolens; place for shearing sheep; woolen-trade; wool-market; teaseling-shop.

laineu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., teaseler. f., gig (machine for teaseling wool).

laineu-x, -se, adj., woolly, fleecy; (bot.) downy, woolly; lanate, lanated.

laini-er, -ère, adj., of wool, woolen.

lainier, n.m., wool-stapler; wool-comber, wool-sorter.

laïque, n.m. and adj., layman; lay, laic, laical. Les —s; the laity.

lais, n.m., standard-tree; standard; alluvion; accretion.

laisse, n.f., string; leash; slip; (hawking) lune. — de lévriers; leash of greyhounds. Mener quelqu’un en —; to hold any one in leading-strings, to lead any one by the nose. En —; in leash, leashed.

laissées, n.f.pl., dung (of bears, wild boars).