a. [f. LAKE sb.4 + -LESS.] Having no lakes.

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1853.  Martinsburg Gaz., 27 July, 1/3.

        Eventide is stealing softly
  O’er the tranquil, lakeless breast;
All around is sinking slowly,
  Into deep and peaceful rest.

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1882.  C. Allen, Colin Clout’s Calendar (1883), 216. Relatively hilly and lakeless Europe.

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1893.  Daily News, 17 Nov., 5/4. In respect of equability of flow … the Thames is probably superior to all other lakeless rivers in this country.

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