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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lias (Dutch for sheaf or file; French: liasse ) is a biannual double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of learning and education in a very broad sense. It is subtitled Journal of Early Modern Intellectual Culture and its Sources .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lias \Li"as\ (l[imac]"as), n. [Cf. F. lias, fr. liais sort of limestone, OF. also liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. liach, leach, a stone, Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf. Cromlech .] (Geol.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England. 2 (alternative capitalization of Lias English)

Usage examples of lias.

En effet ce tiroir semblait appartenir au capitaine: sur plusieurs liasses le nom de Valentin etait ecrit de la main de Gaston, et sur une autre celui de Leontine.

It lias been a challenge to logic and to mathematics, an inspiration to neurophysiology and to the theory of automata.

Although, to my knowl edge, the matter lias never been investigated or even pub licly discussed, there is no doubt that tens of thousands o£ whales were killed by the men who hunted submarines with ships or planes.