a. [f. LAMINA + -AR.] Cf. F. laminaire.] Consisting of or arranged in laminæ, thin plates, or layers.
1811. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 220. Laminar pitch-stone, in thin horizontal layers.
1845. Petrie, Round Towers Irel., II. iii. 210. Bracteati—by which is understood, thin laminar pieces, usually of silver.
1854. Woodward, Mollusca, II. 214. Discina and Lingula consist almost entirely of a horny animal substance, which is laminar.
1875. Blake, Zool., 202. Gills laminar, with a small proportion of the border free.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med. (ed. 6), 75. Soft laminar crystals.
