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lafayette |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lafayette \La`fa`yette"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a The dollar fish. b A market fish, the goody, or spot ({Liostomus xanthurus}), of the southern coast of the United States. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to eject from the mouth, and cf {Spatter}.] 1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Out damned spot! Out I say! --Shak. 2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. Yet Chloe, sure was formed without a spot. --Pope. 3. A small part of a different color from the main part or from the ground upon which it is as the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. 4. A small extent of space; a place any particular place ``Fixed to one spot.'' --Otway. That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton. ``A jolly place,'' said he ``in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.'' --Wordsworth. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. 6. (Zo["o]l.) a A sci[ae]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette}, {masooka}, and {old wife}. b The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}. 7. pl Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] {Crescent spot} (Zo["o]l.), any butterfly of the family {Melit[ae]id[ae]} having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings. {Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}. {Spot rump} (Zo["o]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa h[ae]mastica}). {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}. {On}, or {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving without changing place It was determined upon the spot. --Swift. Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place site; locality. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dollar \Dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder LG dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St Joachim in Bohemia. See {Dale}.] 1. a A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is having a total weight of 412.5 grains. b A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. 2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. 3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. {Chop dollar}. See under 9th {Chop}. {Dollar fish} (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the United States coast ({Stromateus triacanthus}), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also {butterfish}, and {Lafayette}. See {Butterfish}. {Trade dollar}, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy. From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: LaFayette, KY (city, FIPS 43444) Location: 36.66012 N, 87.65815 W Population (1990): 106 (55 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Lafayette, AL (city, FIPS 40672) Location: 32.89954 N, 85.40085 W Population (1990): 3151 (1236 housing units) Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36862 Lafayette, CA (city, FIPS 39122) Location: 37.89383 N, 122.11791 W Population (1990): 23501 (9270 housing units) Area: 39.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94549 Lafayette, CO (city, FIPS 41835) Location: 39.99430 N, 105.09799 W Population (1990): 14548 (5775 housing units) Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80026 Lafayette, IN (city, FIPS 40788) Location: 40.41085 N, 86.87068 W Population (1990): 43764 (19259 housing units) Area: 34.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47901, 47904, 47905 Lafayette, LA (city, FIPS 40735) Location: 30.21525 N, 92.02950 W Population (1990): 94440 (40379 housing units) Area: 106.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70501, 70503, 70506, 70507, 70508 Lafayette, MN (city, FIPS 33920) Location: 44.44828 N, 94.39329 W Population (1990): 462 (198 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56054 Lafayette, MS Zip code(s): 38655 Lafayette, NJ Zip code(s): 07848 Lafayette, OH (village, FIPS 41118) Location: 40.75859 N, 83.94955 W Population (1990): 449 (167 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lafayette, OR (city, FIPS 40300) Location: 45.24613 N, 123.11042 W Population (1990): 1292 (463 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97127 Lafayette, TN (city, FIPS 40160) Location: 36.52448 N, 86.03093 W Population (1990): 3641 (1695 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37083
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