lampas noun1.
['lampǝs] LME.[In sense 1 prob. from Dutch lampers (now lamfer); in sense 2 from French lampas, -asse, which may be a different word.]1. A kind of crape.
LME-M16.2. An expensive patterned silk, originally imitating Indian painted and resist-dyed textiles, later imported from China, Iran (Persia), and France.
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lampas noun2.
['lampǝs] Also lampass; lampers
[-ǝz].
E16.[Old & mod. French, prob. from dial. l'ãpá throat, l'ãpé gums, from nasalized var. of Germanic base of LAP verb1.]Veterinary Medicine. A disease of horses, in which there is swelling of the fleshy lining of the roof of the mouth behind the front teeth.
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