Largo, It. In Music, a slow movement, one degree quicker than adagio.
Latch, O. E. A cross-bow.
Lateen Sail. A triangular mainsail on a tall sloping yard, which reaches down to the deck.
Later, R. A brick; the πλίνθος of the Greeks. Among the Romans bricks were of various forms; the largest was called pentadorum; the next size, tetradorum. Later coctus, coctilis was the term applied to a baked brick; later crudus was an unbaked brick, i. e. one dried in the sun. Pliny calls the brick-field Lateraria.
Latericium (opus), R. A structure built of bricks.
Laterna, Lanterna. A Lantern (q.v.).
Laton or Latten, O. E. An alloy of brass, of which candlesticks, sepulchral monuments, crosses, &c., were made in the Middle Ages. White Laton was a mixture of brass and tin.
Latrunculi, R. (Gr. πεσσοί). The ancient game of draughts. It is mentioned by Homer. The Romans often had twelve lines of squares (mandræ) on the draught-board. The number of pieces varied from five to twelve, and in later times the game was played with the tesseræ or dice.
Lattice, Arch. A trellis or cross-barred work; a network window.
Laura, Chr. The origin of the name is obscure. It signifies a collection of separate cells in a wilderness, where a community of monks lived each in his own cell, meeting together only during two days of the week. The most celebrated lauras were in Palestine.