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[a.],
1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.
  
2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
  
3. Of or pertaining to woods; sylvan.

[a.],
1. Having two feet; two-footed.

[n.],
1. The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

[v. t.],
1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
  
2. To act against with equal power; to balance.

[n.],
1. A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.
  
2. A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

[imp.],
1. of Thring