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Lar

 (lär)
n. pl. Lar·es (lâr′ēz, lär′-) Roman Mythology
A tutelary deity or spirit of an ancient Roman household.

[Latin Lār, probably of Etruscan origin.]
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lar

(lɑː)
n
the singular of lares. See lares and penates

lar

(lɑː)
n
dialect Northern English a boy or young man

LAR

abbreviation for
(Automotive Engineering) Libya (international car registration)
[from L(ibyan) A(rab) R(epublic)]
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Lar

(lɑr)

n., pl. Lar•es (ˈlɛər iz, ˈleɪ riz)
for 1, lars for 2.
1. any of a class of ancient Roman tutelary, esp. household, deities.
2. (l.c.) a gibbon, Hylobates lar, with white hands and feet.
[1580–90; < Latin]
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References in classic literature ?
"If you couldn't get it anywhere else, you could get it in the workhuss, a nice 'ot bowl of soup called skilly, and bread better'n any one knows 'ow to make now, reg'lar WHITE bread, gov'ment bread."
I remember my lars' customer, the very lars' customer that ever I
The vapor of the broiled fish arose like incense from the shrine of a barbarian idol, while the fragrance of the Mocha might have gratified the nostrils of a tutelary Lar, or whatever power has scope over a modern breakfast-table.
I had four hundred dol- lars in the bank and I gave her that.
"My dear, have you been questioned as to particu- lars?"
Some of 'em's worth twenty dol- lars apiece -- there ain't any, hardly, but's worth six bits or a dollar."
He can see the Tiber, and the locality of the bridge which Horatius kept "in the brave days of old" when Lars Porsena attempted to cross it with his invading host.
When, as happened once or twice I caught her at an elegant little wash-tub rubbing hard on white col lars, baby's socks, and Hermann's summer neck ties, she would blush in girlish confusion, and rais ing her wet hands greet me from afar with many friendly nods.
From the results the conclusions can be summerized as follows; the intercropping system (maize/soybean, maize/cowpea) positively affected the LAI, LAR and NAR of maize.
Expectations couldn't be higher for the band's debut long player, due out early next year, but Lar insists he and co-frontman Conor Adams aren't feeling the pressure from outside.
Assumindo uma leitura contextual-dialetica (Baltes e tal., 2006) do desenvolvimento e envelhecimento humano, parece-nos fundamental considerar o fenomeno casa-lar a partir de uma analise transacional que considere aspetos da pessoa/idoso (ex., a experiencia de vida previa, processo de tomada de decisao, nivel de controlo sobre a vida pessoal), do processo de transicao (ex., continuo, abrupto), e do ambiente lar de idosos (ex., caracteristicas fisicas, servicos disponibilizados e recursos humanos).
Results: Lecture LAR in phase I of the study ranged from 57% to 66% with phase LAR of 60.7%.