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lake

/leɪk/ noun C2
  1. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant. (countable, uncountable)
  2. In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors. (countable, uncountable)

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And tree and house, and hill and lake,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 12 · C1
I shall call it--let me see--the Lake of Shining Waters.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 26 · C1
Good night, dear Lake of Shining Waters.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 27 · C1
If I hadn’t seen the White Way of Delight and the Lake of Shining Waters it wouldn’t be so hard.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 32 · C1

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