\Lake\, n. [F. laque, fr. Per. See {Lac}.]
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually
by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with
aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow
lake, etc.

\Lake\, n. [Cf. G. laken.]
A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

\Lake\, v. i. [AS. l[=a]can, l[ae]can, to spring, jump,
l[=a]c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both
akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [root]120. Cf. {Knowledge}.]
To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]

\Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. ? pond, tank. Cf. {Loch},
{Lough}.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
      lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
      no outlet to the ocean.
{Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
   races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
   dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
   from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
   Switzerland.
{Lake dwellings} (Arch[ae]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,
   sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
   in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
   prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
   savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See
   {Crannog}.
{Lake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
   dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they
   resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[ae]
   live in lakes.
{Lake herring} (Zo["o]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}).
{Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally
   applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
   Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
   of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
   with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and
   {lakists}.
{Lake sturgeon} (Zo["o]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser
   rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes
   and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
{Lake trout} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of trout
   and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United
   States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes,
   and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
   Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}),
   inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake
   trout. See {Namaycush}.
{Lake whitefish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Whitefish}.
{Lake whiting} (Zo["o]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
   Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
   States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
   whitefish.