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llama
(ˈlɑːmə, Sp. ˈʎama)
Also 7–9 lama, 8 glama.
[a. Sp. llama, quoted as a Peruvian name of the animal in 1535 (Oviedo Hist. Peru ed. 1851 I. 418); in Dom. de S. Thomas Lexicon de la Lengua del Perú (1560) it is given (along with paco, guanaco, and vicuña) as a rendering of oveja (sheep).]
a. A South American ruminant quadruped, Auchenia llama, closely allied to the camel, but smaller, humpless, and woolly-haired; used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 735 An Indian boy driuing 8. Llamas or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xli. 319 There is nothing at Peru of greater riches and profit than the cattell of the country, which our men call Indian sheep, and the Indians in their generall language call them Lama. 1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 574 The glama..is an extremely singular animal. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 413 The lama, which may be considered the camel of the new world. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. viii. (1852) 166 The guanaco or wild Llama, is the characteristic quadruped of the plains of Patagonia. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Courage Wks. (Bohn) III. 110 The llama that will carry a load if you caress him, will refuse food and die if he is scourged.
b. The wool of the llama or a material made from this.
1864‘P. Paterson’ Glimpses Real Life xxv. 244 The hosier's bill is {pstlg}70—all kinds of stockings, silk,..embroidered, striped, llama,..and otherwise. 1882World 21 June 18/1 A pink llama was made with a wide flounce of coarse white lace coming from under the scarf. 1887Tuer & Fagan First Year Silken Reign iv. 69 Her [the Lady Mayoress's] petticoat was of llama and gold.
c. attrib. as llama-cloth, llama-driver, llama-stuff, llama-wool.
1809Campbell Gertr. Wyom. ii. xvi, The lama-driver on Peruvia's peak. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 1055 Embroidered Llama stuff. Ibid. 1083 Llama wool shawls. 1871W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 109 The coca-bag..was made of llama cloth, dyed red and blue. |