1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

3. (v. i.) To play; to sport.

4. (n.) 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.

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