Laʹbe (Queen).

The Circe of the Arabians, who, by her enchantments, transformed men into horses and other brute beasts. She is introduced into the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, where Beder, Prince of Persia, marries her, defeats her plots against him, and turns her into a mare. Being restored to her proper shape by her mother, she turns Beder into an owl; but the prince ultimately regains his own proper form.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

L.L. Whisky
L.S
L. S. D
La-de-da
La Garde Meurt ne se Rend pas
La Joyeuse
La Muette de Portici
La Roche
Labadists
Labarum
Labe (Queen)
Labour of Love (A)
Labourer is Worthy of his Hire
Labourers (The Statute of)
Labyrinth
Lac of Rupees
Lace
Laced
Lacedæmonian Letter (The)
Lacedæmonians (The)
Lachesis [Lak-ĕ-sis]