See Also: laager(1)(dictionary)
laager(2)(dictionary)
mime(medicine)
mime(dictionary)
mime and pantomime(encyclopedia)
mime 1, noun(dictionary)
mime 2, verb(dictionary)

laager(1) (iou) and mime (medicine)


laager(1) (iou)



laager noun. M19.
[Afrikaans = German Lager, Dutch leger: see LEAGUER noun1.]
A camp, an encampment; S. Afr. History a Boer camp marked out and protected by a circle of wagons; transf. & fig. a defensive position, esp. one protected by armoured vehicles; an entrenched policy, viewpoint, etc., under attack from opponents.
Armed Forces Syrian commandos staged a night attack on an Israeli vehicle laager. attrib.: Economist Sanctions might create a laager mentality.

mime (medicine)


mime
Facial expression. (NOT: mimicry = adaptation for survival in which an organism takes on the semblance another organism or a nonliving object.)