LAYSTALL
Lay"stall`, n.
1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.[Obs.] B. Jonson. Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and filth. Bacon.
2. A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged. [Obs.]
LAZAR
La"zar, n. Etym: [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.]
Defn: A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a
leper. Chaucer.
Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser.
Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.
LAZARET; LAZARETTO Laz`a*ret", Laz`a*ret"to, n. Etym: [F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See Lazar.]
Defn: A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
LAZARET FEVER
Lazaret fever. (Med.)
Defn: Typhus fever.
LAZARIST; LAZARITE
Laz"a*rist, Laz"a*rite, n. (R. C. Ch.)