, in the old obsolete language, signifies high; and untuh , a governor; from which they say, by corruption, was derived Laputa, from Lapuntuh . But I do not approve of this derivation, which seems to be a little strained. I ventured to offer to the learned among them a conjecture of my own, that Laputa was quasi lap outed ; lap , signifying properly, the dancing of the sunbeams in the sea, and outed , a wing; which, however, I shall not obtrude, but submit to the judicious reader.