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‖ lorica|ləˈraɪkə|
[L. lōrīca, f. lōrum strap.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A cuirass or corslet of leather.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lorica, a Coat of Mail, a piece of Armour worn in old Times. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 295 The Roman lorica was made like a shirt. 1840Fosbrooke Encycl. Antiq. 858 At the time of Trajan, the lorica was shortened, being cut straight round above the hips.
†2. The coping or protecting head of a wall.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lorica,..the Coping or Head of a Wall, made to cast off the Rain.
3. Old Chem. A kind of lute or paste with which vessels were coated before being subjected to heat.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Lorica, a name given..to a peculiar lute made for the coating over vessels, which are to bear a very vehement fire. 1855in Ogilvie, Suppl.
4. Zool. The protective case or sheath of some infusorians and rotifers; also applied to the carapace of crustaceans.
1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 46 Animal⁓cules enclosed in a membranous lorica or calcareous test. 1870Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 301 Lorica, the protective case with which certain Infusoria are provided. 1896Hartog Rotifers (Camb. Nat. Hist.) 205 The cuticle..in the Loricata firm and of definite shape, constituting a lorica.
5. Bot. The integument or hard external casing of vegetable seeds.
1839Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 244 The testa, called also lorica by Mirbel. |