(lam) noun
1. A young sheep; also, its flesh.
2. Any gentle or innocent person.
3. An unsophisticated person; simpleton.
4. An inexperienced and gullible speculator in stocks.
—the Lamb Christ.
—v.i. To give birth: said of sheep. [OE]
—lamb′like′, lamb′ish adjective

(lam), Charles,
1775–1834, English essayist and critic: pen name Elia.
—Mary,
1764–1847, sister of Charles; co–author with him of Tales from Shakespeare.
—William
See MELBOURNE, VISCOUNT.