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Lasso

ˈlæsoʊ
WordNet
Two hunters swing a lasso and one hunter points his rifle at a herd of bison.
Two hunters swing a lasso and one hunter points his rifle at a herd of bison.
  1. (v) lasso
    catch with a lasso "rope cows"
  2. (n) lasso
    a long noosed rope used to catch animals
  3. (n) Lasso
    Belgian composer (1532-1594)
Illustrations
Running white man chased by Native Americans, one on horseback with a lasso. Possibly a design for a print.
Running white man chased by Native Americans, one on horseback with a lasso. Possibly a design for a print.
Earthenware plate with black transfer decoration. In the center a rider with a lasso, trying to catch a horse. On the edge four cartouches with hunting men and horses. Between the cartouches bandwork, leaf motifs and fencing.
Earthenware plate with black transfer decoration. In the center a rider with a lasso, trying to catch a horse. On the edge four cartouches with hunting men and horses. Between the cartouches bandwork, leaf motifs and fencing.
Bust to the right of the Italian composer Orlando di Lasso at the age of 67. His portrait is surrounded by an ornamental frame with a Latin edge inscription about the person portrayed. Left and right a winged figure with a laurel wreath and a burning candle.
Bust to the right of the Italian composer Orlando di Lasso at the age of 67. His portrait is surrounded by an ornamental frame with a Latin edge inscription about the person portrayed. Left and right a winged figure with a laurel wreath and a burning candle.
Portrait of the composer Orlando di Lasso at the age of 61. Di Lasso was the choirmaster at the court of William of Bavaria. Bust to the left. Wide chain around his neck. Dedication to Lassus in 6 lines below the portrait. Caption: Pour repor travail. Top left his age: AETAT. SUAE LXI.
Portrait of the composer Orlando di Lasso at the age of 61. Di Lasso was the choirmaster at the court of William of Bavaria. Bust to the left. Wide chain around his neck. Dedication to Lassus in 6 lines below the portrait. Caption: Pour repor travail. Top left his age: AETAT. SUAE LXI.
A wild bull is hunted by hunters. They cast lassos on its legs and horns and kill the beast with spears. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about hunting scenes.
A wild bull is hunted by hunters. They cast lassos on its legs and horns and kill the beast with spears. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about hunting scenes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The national sport of Nauru, a small Pacific island, is lassoing flying birds.
  1. Lasso
    A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
  2. Lasso
    To catch with a lasso.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) lasso
    A long rope or cord of hide (from 60 to 100 feet), having a running noose at one end, used especially in the Spanish (or originally Spanish or Portuguese) parts of America for catching horses and wild cattle. The noose is thrown with a whirl from horseback over the head or horns of the chased animal while in full career. See lariat.
  2. lasso
    To catch or capture by means of a lasso.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Lasso
    las′ō a long rope with a running noose for catching wild horses, &c.
  2. (v.t) Lasso
    to catch with the lasso:—pr.p. lass′ōing; pa.p. lass′ōed
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Sp. lazo, L. laqueus,. See Lace

Usage in the news

Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) have reintroduced legislation this Congress that would lasso railroad pricing power. utu.org

Dan Boorse Lassos Cash In Single-File Chili Bowl. nationalspeedsportnews.com

String Bean Software Furthers iSCSI SAN Solution New Data Protection Company for SMBs Formed Arkivio, NetApp Combine Capabilities to Improve ILM Offering Lasso Introduces CDP Solution Broadcom Acquires Siliquent Technologies. eweek.com

News from Broadcom, NetApp, Arkivio, String Bean Software, SafeData, Lasso Logic. eweek.com

Newton's loose wallaby lassoed in Las Vegas. amarillo.com

VEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico — When heavy rains begin to pelt a flood-prone neighborhood along Puerto Rico's north coast, people start sharpening their knives and preparing their lassoes. greenfieldreporter.com

Lassoed With A Decorative Tongue. mauitime.com

California Highway Patrol officer Tony Lassos has been credited with preventing a suicide by a 34-year-old Mariposa County resident on Nov 6. sierrastar.com

When heavy rains begin to pelt a flood-prone neighborhood along Puerto Rico's north coast, people start sharpening their knives and preparing their lassoes. nbc4.com

We sing, we shop, we go crazy trying to lasso that holiday spirit that is so precious yet also elusive. aceweekly.com

How to tackle Cam Newton (Bring a lasso, maybe?). gntv.trb.com

Lasso your registration for the 2011 Southeast (Fla.) Region Turf Rodeo . northstarpubs.com

Warriors try to lasso Colts for the right to play in the state championships. ruidosonews.com

GWP lassos lineman rodeo trophies. courant.com

Her favorite dog tale , however, was the story of Lasso, a K-9 dog she drew in September for a woman at the nursing home who wanted a picture for her father, Officer William Lynn of the Williamsport Bureau of Police. sungazette.com

Usage in scientific papers

One of the common properties of the Lasso and the Dantzig selector is: for an appropriately chosen λn , for a vector
Restricted Eigenvalue Conditions on Subgaussian Random Matrices

In Section 3, we show the convergence rate on ℓp for p = 1, 2 for both the Lasso and the Dantzig selector under this condition for the purpose of completeness.
Restricted Eigenvalue Conditions on Subgaussian Random Matrices

Finally, we show rate of convergence results for the Lasso and the Dantzig selector given such random matrices.
Restricted Eigenvalue Conditions on Subgaussian Random Matrices

Proving both Theorem 3.1 and Theorem 3.2 involves first showing that the optimal solutions to both the Lasso and the Dantzig selector satisfy the cone constraint as in (1.4) for I = supp β , for some k0 > 0.
Restricted Eigenvalue Conditions on Subgaussian Random Matrices

We then state two propositions for the Lasso estimator and the Dantzig selector respectively under Ta , where a > 0 and 1 > θ > 0.
Restricted Eigenvalue Conditions on Subgaussian Random Matrices

Usage in literature

You're a Rocky Mountain girl and the only way to make you notice, is to use ranch methods to lasso you. "Polly's Business Venture" by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Sumichrast hastened to bring me a lasso, which I let down to our daring companion. "Adventures of a Young Naturalist" by Lucien Biart

The great horse was doomed to run into living flame or the whirling noose of a lasso. "The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories" by Various

Lasso him quick before he gets away! "The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch" by Edward Stratemeyer

Then the patrol leader saw that the fellow had been lassoed, caught about the neck by a running noose in a slender rope. "Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone" by G. Harvey Ralphson

Then making a loop at one end he stood under the opening and threw it up as he would a lasso. "A Cousin's Conspiracy" by Horatio Alger

Jopp was bound to a chair by a lasso. "Northern Lights" by Gilbert Parker

The Indian then explained the manner in which the lasso was thrown, and under his tuition I became somewhat of an adept in this novel art. "Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches" by Edwin Eastman

The work of Torres Rubio, already mentioned, was reprinted in Lima by Francisco Lasso in 1619. "Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854" by Various

A lasso is a long rope, sometimes made of leather. "Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California" by Mary Evarts Anderson

Usage in poetry
And scenes of old again are born,
The woodbine lassoing the thorn,
And drooping Ruth-like in the corn
The poppies weep the dew.
"Behind the Closed Eye" by Francis Ledwidge Author object (214)
Flung from her eyes of purest blue,
A lasso, with its leaping chain,
Light as a loop of larkspurs, flew
O'er sense and spirit, heart and brain.
"The Last Blossom" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Author object (518)
I see the Brazilian vaquero;
I see the Bolivian ascending Mount Sorata;
I see the Wacho crossing the plains—I see the incomparable rider of
horses with his lasso on his arm;
"Salut Au Monde" by Walt Whitman Author object (680)
With a lasso coiled to my saddle tied,
With my trusty weapons by my side,
Once o'er the plains I love to go,
Chasing the wild horse and buffalo.
But the romance all has faded away,
So hasten, good steed, no longer delay.
"Farewell To The Plains" by Frank Maynard
How gladly would I wander through some strange and savage land,
The lasso at my saddle-bow, the rifle in my hand,
A leash of gallant mastifs bounding by my side,
And, for a friend to love, the noble horse on which I ride!
"Adventure" by Martin Farquhar Tupper