(Australia, obsolete) The laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.

Nitrous oxide, especially when used as an anaesthetic.

A common European gull (Xema ridibundus). / An American gull (Leucophaeus atricilla); in summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black.

An owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry.

A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

(transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like). / (rare) To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.

(obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. / (obsolete) To lave; to wet. / (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

A South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.