Defn: See Tearpit.
LAROID
La"roid, a. Etym: [Larus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or belonging to the Gull family (Laridæ).
LARRIKIN Lar"ri*kin, n. [Cf. E. dial. larrikin a mischievous or frolicsome youth, larrick lively, careless, larack to trolic, to romp.]
Defn: A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; — variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youth given to horse-play, etc. [Australia & Eng.] — a.
Defn: Rowdy; rough; disorderly. [Australia & Eng.]
Mobs of unruly larrikins.
Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Larrikin is often popularly explained by the following anecdote (which is without foundation): An Irish policeman at Melbourne, on bringing a notorious rough into court, was asked by the magistrate what the prisoner had been doing, and replied, "He was a-larrikin' [i. e., a-larking] about the streets."
LARRUP
Lar"rup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Larruped; p. pr. & vb. n. Larruping.]
Etym: [Perh, a corrupt. of lee rope, used by sailors in beating the
boys; but cf. D. larpen to thresh, larp a whip, blow.]
Defn: To beat or flog soundly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby.