[1850â55; probably < Shelta mÅ­nnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Irish ainm name)] - Originally meant a mark left by a tramp on a building or fence to indicate he/she had been there; therefore, a tramp's moniker identified him/her like a signature.
Define laccolith: a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strata a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strataâ¦ See the full definition
Lactate. 1  To excrete milk from one's nipples. ( 2 verb) to produce milk from mammary glands (breasts); the production of breastmilk caused by the release of the hormone oxytocin through either (1)the excess stimulation of the nipples by pumping (2) the labor of a pregnant woman or (3) the sucking of a baby.