Meaning of lamia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. lamia (a monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent)
   feminine
2. iron rim or tyre of a cart's wheel
   feminine
3. dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
   feminine
4. plate
   feminine

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Examples

“Demays lançaron lámeas trauesas grandes de ferro enna porta do dito thesouro con clauos que passauan da outra parte, en tal maneyra, que os enssarraron enno dito thesouro; et en todo aquel dia non les leixaron dar nen auer pan, nen vino, nen outra vianda nihua”

And also they nailed large crossed iron plates on that treasury's door, with nails that pierced through the door, so that they were shut up in the mentioned treasury; and throughout that day they didn't let them have bread, nor wine, nor any other viand whatsoever

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