n. A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park. [Alteration of Middle English launde, glade, from Old French, heath, pasture, wooded area; see lendh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. A light, finely woven, cotton or linen fabric. [Middle English laun, after Laon, a city of northern France.] |
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