(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.

(law) A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.

simple past tense of lay siege

A type of incandescent lamp using a ceramic rod, used as a source of infrared radiation.

(sociolinguistics) A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most "correct" or neutral variety; used by a population for public and formal purposes.

(poetic) Heaven.

Alternative form of dark lantern

A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source.

(idiomatic) The survival of the fittest, strongest, or most cunning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, law. / (law) Illegal; forbidden by law.