lampas

American  

[lam-puhs] / ˈlæm pəs /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. congestion of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses.

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lampas ¹ British  

/ ˈlæmpəs, ˈlæmpəz /

noun

1. a swelling of the mucous membrane of the hard palate of horses

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lampas ² British  

/ ˈlæmpəs /

noun

1. an ornate damask-like cloth of cotton or silk and cotton, used in upholstery

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Etymology

Origin of lampas

1515–25; < Middle French: disease of horses, Old French: disease (of men) with great thirst as symptom

Example Sentences

O tua, in his, quanto lampas formosior iret!

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

The bed was hung with yellow lampas, spotted over with large white flowers.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

"Are sent to Perkin's Red Rover, sir; but I believe some of them are in calf already by Bullfinch—and I have cut Peter for the lampas."

From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael

In fact whenever a horse fails to eat, and if he does not exhibit very marked symptoms of a severe illness, they say at once "he has the lampas."

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The material is very thick, dark silk, a sort of lampas.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various