Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lamb"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lamb
(1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year.
Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex.
29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the
New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of
Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and
on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3;
14:10-25).
(2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa.
65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the
type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3;
John 21:15).
The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38;
Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8).
Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great
sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num.
6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamb \Lamb\ (l[a^]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of the sheep.
2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
{Lamb of God}, {The Lamb} (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
allusion to the paschal lamb.
The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi.
14.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world. --John i. 29.
{Lamb's lettuce} (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
leaves ({Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad;
corn salad. [Written also {lamb lettuce}.]
{Lamb's tongue}, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
for making curved grooves. --Knight.
{Lamb's wool}.
(a) The wool of a lamb.
(b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamb \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lambed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lambing}.]
To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamb
n 1: young sheep
2: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: {Lamb}, {Charles Lamb}, {Elia}]
3: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial
matters)
4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
[syn: {dear}]
5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
v : give birth to a lamb, of ewes
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