Obs. rare. Also 6 laserte. [ad. L. lacerta or lacertus, in the same sense.] A lizard.
1389. Wyclif, Levit. xi. 30. A lacert, that is a serpent that is clepid a liserd.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, IV. 44. A muscle … of the likenes of the little beast called a Laserte.
1585. H. Lloyd, Treas. Health, B ij. Sprynkle it ouer with the Ashes of a grene Lacerte burnt.
1610. J. Denton, Acc. Estates in Cumberld. (1887), 128. His seal was a griphon eating a lacert.
1696. Phillips, Lacert,… a Lizard.
