Definition of "lait" []

• Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash. (noun)
• To seek; search for; inquire. (verb)

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• "I put water on to boil and go searching for a coffee cup; instead I find a stack of porcelain bowls and am reminded that the French still drink their café-au-lait from a bol* just as they still eat their cake with a spoon and not a fork."
• "TAKING A SIP OF his café au lait, Field Agent Richard Purcell folded back the front page of the Times-Picayune and scanned the headlines."
• "And like that, I sipped my café-au-lait and watched Jean-Claude point out rosy details in the old, dark photos."