lakyadj.1
/ˈleɪki/ Of or pertaining to a lake; lake-like.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective]
laky1611
lacustrine1830
lacustral1843
lakish1872
glaciolacustrine1910
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lacustre, lakie, belonging to a lake.
1808 W. Scott Marmion v. Introd. 229 By..flanking towers, and laky flood, Guarded and garrisoned she stood.
1826 W. Elliott Nun 43 And all the Italian glory of the day, seems sweetly sleeping in each laky ray.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
lakyadj.2
/ˈleɪki/ Of or pertaining to lake; of the colour of lake; spec. of the blood, when the red corpuscles are acted upon by some solvent.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson
blood-redeOE
purpleOE
bloodyOE
purpurine1300
sanguinea1382
tuly1398
crimsonc1400
murreyc1400
purpurec1400
sanguinolentc1450
cramoisy1480
ruby-redc1487
rubya1500
sanguineousc1520
sanguine-coloured1552
blood-coloured1567
rubine1576
purple-red1578
rubied?1594
incarnadine1605
Tyrian?1614
rubiousa1616
murrey-coloured1657
haematine1658
vinaceous1688
carmine1737
claret-coloured1779
ensanguined1785
peony1810
sanguinaceous1816
gory1822
crimsony1830
vinous1834
laky1849
grenat1851
madder1852
wine-dark1855
pigeon's blood1870
poppy crimson1879
claret1882
vinous1894
alizarin1923
wine1950
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective] > red
redOE
purple1590
florid1638
red-blooded1794
laky1898
1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 420 The gray stones..are of a delicate hue, blue intermingling with pale greenish and lakey tints.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxi. 457 (note) The hæmoglobin has become diffused and the blood lakey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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