Livelihood, līv′li-hood,n.means of living: support—(obs.)Live′lihed. [A.S.líf. life,lád, a way.]
Lively, līv′li,adj.showing life: vigorous, active: sprightly: spirited: vivid.—adv.vivaciously, vigorously.—adv.Līve′lily.—n.Līve′liness.
Liver, liv′ėr,n.the largest gland in the body, which secretes the bile.—adjs.Liv′er-col′our, of the colour of the liver: dark-red;Liv′ered, in compounds, aswhite-livered,lily-livered=cowardly.—n.Liver-fluke, a trematoid worm (Distoma hepatica).—adj.Liv′er-grown, having a swelled liver.—n.Liverwort, any plant of the cryptogamic familyHepaticæ, allied to mosses.—adj.Liv′ery, resembling the liver. [A.S.lifer; Ger.leber, Ice.lifr.]
Livery, liv′ėr-i,n.the dress or uniform worn by servants, esp. men-servants: a dress peculiar to certain persons or things, as in the trade-guilds of London: any characteristic dress: the being kept and fed at a certain rate, as horses at livery: the whole body of liverymen in London: (orig.) the distinctive dress worn by the household of a king or nobleman, so called because delivered or given at regular periods.—adj.Liv′eried, clothed in livery.—ns.Liv′ery-com′pany, a guild of the city of London;Liv′eryman, a man who wears a livery: a freeman of the city of London entitled to wear the livery and enjoy other privileges of his company;Liv′ery-ser′vant, a servant who wears a livery;Liv′ery-stā′ble, a stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire.—Sue one's livery(Shak.), to ask for the writ delivering a freehold into the possession of its heir. [Fr.livrée—livrer—L.liberāre, to free.]
Lives, līvz,n.plural oflife.
Livid, liv′id,adj.black and blue: of a lead colour: discoloured.—ns.Livid′ity,Liv′idness. [Fr.,—L.lividus—livēre, to be of a lead colour.]
Living, liv′ing,adj.having life: active, lively: producing action or vigour: running or flowing, as opposed to stagnant.—n.means of subsistence: manner of life: a property: the benefice of a clergyman.—Living rock, rock in its native state or location;Living room, a sitting-room for general family use;Living wage, a wage on which it is possible for a workman and his family to live fairly.—The living, those alive.
Livraison, lē-vrā-zon′,n.a number of a book published in parts. [Fr.]
Livre, lē′vr,n.an old French coin, about the value of a franc, by which it was superseded in 1795: the ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 lb. avoirdupois. [Fr.,—L.libra, a pound.]
Lixiviation, liks-iv-i-ā′shun,n.the process of washing or steeping certain substances in a fluid, for the purpose of dissolving a portion of their ingredients, and so separating them from the insoluble residue.—adjs.Lixiv′ial,Lixiv′ious.—v.t.Lixiv′iate.—n.Lixiv′ium, lye. [L.lixivium, lye.]
Lizard, liz′ard,n.a family of four-footed scaly reptiles, a saurian or lacertilian.—n.Liz′ard-stone, a Cornish serpentine. [Fr.lézard—L.lacerta.]
Llama, lä′ma, or lā′ma,n.a South American ruminant of the camel family, used for transport in the Andes.
Llano, lä′nō, or lyä′nō,n.one of the vast steppes or plains in the northern part of South America:—pl.Lla′nos.—n.Llanero(lya-nā′rō),an inhabitant of the llanos. [Sp.,—L.planus, plain.]
Lloyd's, loidz,n.a part of the London Royal Exchange frequented by ship-owners, underwriters, &c. to obtain shipping intelligence and transact marine insurance.—Lloyd's Register, a list of sea-going vessels classified according to seaworthiness (as A1, &c.), annually prepared by an association of members of Lloyd's. [From their originally meeting in the coffee-house in Tower Street kept by EdwardLloydin the 17th century.]
Lo, lō,interj.look! see! behold! [A.S.lá; imit.]
Loach,Loche, lōch,n.a small river-fish.—AlsoBeardie. [Fr.loche, Sp.loja.]
Load, lōd,v.t.to lade or burden: to put on as much as can be carried: to heap on: to put on overmuch: to confer or give in great abundance: to weigh down, to oppress: to weight by something specially added: to charge, as a gun: to make heavy, as a thin wine: to mix with white: to lay on colour in masses.—v.i.to put or take on a load: to charge a gun: to become loaded or burdened.—n.a lading or burden: as much as can be carried at once: freight or cargo: a measure: any large quantity borne: a quantity sustained with difficulty: that which burdens or grieves: a weight or encumbrance.—Load′en, oldpa.p.of load.—ns.Load′er, one who, or that which, loads;Load′ing, the act of lading: a charge, cargo, or lading;Load′ing-machine′, a contrivance for loading cartridge-shells;Load′ing-tray, an iron frame on which a shot or shell is placed and brought forward into the opening in the breech of a gun;Load′-line, a line along the ship's side to mark the depth to which her proper cargo causes her to sink—alsoPlimsoll's mark.—Load a cane,whip, to weight it with lead, &c.;Load dice, to make one side heavier than the other, for purposes of cheating;Load wine, to falsify by mixing it with distilled liquor, sugar, &c. [A.S.hladan, pa.t.hlód, to load.]
Loadstar. Same asLodestar.
Loadstone. Same asLodestone.
Loaf, lōf,n.a regularly shaped mass of bread: a mass of sugar: any lump:—pl.Loaves(lōvz).—n.Loaf′-sug′ar, refined sugar in the form of a cone.—Loaves and fishes, temporal benefits, the main chance for one's self—from John, vi. 26. [A.S.hláf.]
Loaf, lōf,v.i.to loiter, pass time idly.—n.Loaf′er.—adj.Loaf′erish. [Prob. directly Ger.läufer, a runner,laufen, to run about.]
Loam, lōm,n.a muddy soil, of clay, sand, and animal and vegetable matter.—v.t.to cover with loam.—adj.Loam′y. [A.S.lám; Ger.lehm; cf.lime.]
Loan, lōn,n.a lane: an open space for passage left between fields of corn: a place for milking cows.—AlsoLoan′ing. [Lane.]
Loan, lōn,n.anything lent: the act of lending: permission to use: money lent for interest.—v.t.to lend.—adj.Loan′able.—ns.Loan′-off′ice, a public office at which loans are negotiated, a pawnbroker's shop;Loan′-socī′ety, a society organised to lend money to be repaid with interest by instalments;Loan′-word, one taken into one language from another—likeLoaferabove. [A.S.lǽn; Ice.lán, Dan.laan, cf. Ger.lehen, a fief.]
Loath,Loth, lōth,adj.disliking: reluctant, unwilling.—adv.Loath′ly.—n.Loath′ness. [A.S.láð, hateful—líðan, to travel; Ger.leiden, suffer.]
Loathe, lōth,v.t.to dislike greatly, to feel disgust at.—adj.Loath′ful, full of loathing, hate, or abhorrence: exciting loathing or disgust.—n.Loath′ing, extreme hate or disgust: abhorrence.—adj.hating.—adv.Loath′ingly.—adjs.Loath′ly,Loath′y(obs.), loathsome;Loath′some, exciting loathing or abhorrence: detestable.—adv.Loath′somely.—n.Loath′someness. [A.S.láðian—láð; cf.loath.]
Lob, lob,n.a clumsy person, the last in a race: a lobworm: the coal-fish: at cricket, a long slow ball: something thick and heavy.—v.t.to throw gently, slowly, or with underhand delivery: at lawn-tennis, to strike the ball high over an opponent's head into the end of the court: to hang wearily down.—n.Lobs′pound, a prison.—Lob lie by the fire, Milton'slubber-fiend, a brownie who works by night for his bowl of cream. [W.llob; cf.Lubber.]
Lobby, lob′i,n.a small hall or waiting-room: a passage serving as a common entrance to several apartments: the ante-chamber of a legislative hall, frequented by outsiders for the purpose of influencing votes.—ns.Lobb′ying, frequenting the lobby to collect political intelligence, &c.;Lobb′yist,Lobb′y-mem′ber, a journalist, &c., who frequents a lobby in the interest of some cause or of a newspaper. [Low L.lobia—Middle High Ger.loube(Ger.laube), a portico, arbour—laub, a leaf.]
Lobe, lōb,n.the lower part of the ear: (anat.) a division of the lungs, brain, &c.: (bot.) a division of a leaf.—adjs.Lob′ar,Lob′āte,Lobed,Lob′ose;Lobe′-foot′ed,Lō′biped, having lobate feet, as a coot, grebe, or phalarope.—ns.Lobe′let,Lob′ule, a small lobe.—adjs.Lob′ular,Lob′ulāted.—ns.Lob′ulus, any small lobe or lobe-like structure:—pl.Lob′ulī;Lō′bus, a lobe:—pl.Lō′bī.—Lobar pneumonia, inflammation of a whole lobe of the lungs, as distinguished fromLobular pneumonia, which attacks the lungs in patches. [Fr., prob. through Low L. from Gr.lobos, lobe; cf.lap, to fold.]
Lobelia, lob-ē′li-a,n.an ornamental flower, its roots medicinal. [Lobel, a Flemish botanist.]
Loblolly, lob′lol-i,n.a loutish person: medicine.—n.Lob′lolly-boy, a ship-surgeon's attendant.
Lobscouse, lob′skows,n.a stew or hash with vegetables, a dish used at sea. [Origin dub.]
Lobster, lob′stėr,n.a shellfish with large claws, used for food: (slang) a British soldier. [A.S.loppestre,lopust—L.locusta, a lobster.]
Lobworm, lob′wurm,n.a large worm used as bait. [Perh.lob—W.llob, a dull fellow, and worm.]
Local, lō′kal,adj.of or belonging to a place: confined to a spot or district.—ns.Locale(lō-käl′),a locality: the scene of some event;Localisā′tion.—v.t.Lō′calise, to assign to a place: to refer a sensation in perception to some part of the body.—ns.Lō′calism, the state of being local: affection for a place: provincialism;Local′ity, existence in a place: position: district.—adv.Lō′cally.—v.t.Locāte′, to place: to set in a particular position: to designate the place of.—n.Locā′tion, act of locating or placing: situation: (law) a leasing on rent.—adj.Lō′cātive(gram.), indicating place.—Local Government Acts, a series of enactments instituting local self-government of the various counties of Great Britain and of a large number of boroughs;Local Option, a phrase first used by Mr Gladstone in a letter in 1868 for the determination by vote of the people of a town or district as to whether licenses to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted or not. [Fr.,—Low L.localis—locus, a place.]
Loch, loh,n.a lake or arm of the sea.—ns.Lochaber axe(loh-ä′bėraks), a battle-axe used by the Scottish Highlanders, having a narrow blade, but very long towards the shaft, and generally with a hook at the end of the staff;Loch′an(Scot.), a pond. [Gael.loch; cf.Lake.]
Loche,n.SeeLoach.
Lochia, lō′ki-a,n.pl.the evacuations from the womb after childbirth.—adj.Lō′chial. [Gr.]
Lock, lok,n.a device to fasten doors, &c.: an enclosure in a canal for raising or lowering boats: the part of a firearm by which it is discharged: a grapple in wrestling: a state of being immovable: any narrow, confined place.—v.t.to fasten with a lock: to fasten so as to impede motion: to shut up: to close fast: to embrace closely: to furnish with locks.—v.i.to become fast: to unite closely.—ns.Lock′age, the locks of a canal: the difference in their levels, the materials used for them, and the tolls paid for passing through them;Lock′-chain, a chain for fastening the wheels of a vehicle by tying the rims to some part which does not rotate;Lock′er, any closed place that may be locked;Lock′et, a little ornamental case of gold or silver, usually containing a miniature.—adj.Lock′fast, firmly fastened by locks.—ns.Lock′gate, a gate for opening or closing a lock in a canal or river;Lock′-hos′pital(seeHospital);Lock′house, the lock-keeper's house;Lock′-jaw,Locked′-jaw, a contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended;Lock′-keep′er, one who keeps or attends the locks of a canal;Lock′out, the act of locking out, esp. used of the locking out of a teacher by the pupils orvice versâ, or of the refusal of an employer to admit his workmen within the works as a means of coercion;Locks′man, a turnkey;Lock′smith, a smith who makes and mends locks;Lock′stitch, a stitch formed by the locking of two threads together;Lock′up, a place for locking up or confining persons for a short time.—Not a shot in the locker(naut.), not a penny in the pocket. [A.S.loca, a lock; Ice.loka, a bolt, Ger.loch, a dungeon.]
Lock, lok,n.a tuft or ringlet of hair: a small quantity, as of hay: (Scots law) a quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant: (Shak.) a love-lock—n.Lock′man, an officer in the Isle of Man who acts as a kind of under-sheriff to the governor. [A.S.locc; Ice.lokkr, Ger.locke, a lock.]
Lockian, lok′i-an,adj.pertaining to the philosophy of JohnLocke(1632-1704).—ns.Lock′ian,Lock′ist.
Lockram, lok′ram,n.a kind of coarse linen—fromLocrenan, in Brittany, where made.
Locofoco, lō-kō-fō′kō,n.(U.S.) a friction match: the extreme section of the Democratic party of 1835, known as the Equal Rights Party, or any adherent of it. [L.locus, a place,focus, a hearth.]
Locomotive, lō-ko-mō′tiv,adj.moving from place to place: capable of, or assisting in, locomotion.—n.a locomotive machine: a railway engine.—ns.Locomō′tion;Locomotiv′ity;Locomō′tor.—adj.Locomō′tory.—Locomotor ataxy(seeAtaxia). [L.locus, a place,movēre,motum, to move.]
Locorestive, lō-kō-res′tiv,adj.staying in one place.
Loculus, lok′ū-lus,n.(bot.,anat.,zool.) a small compartment or cell: in ancient catacombs, a small recess for holding an urn:—pl.Loc′ulī.—n.Loc′ulament(bot.), loculus.—adjs.Loc′ular,Loc′ulāte,Loc′ulose,Loc′ulous. [Dim. of L.locus, a place.]
Locum-tenens, lō′kum-tēn′enz,n.a deputy or substitute.—n.Lō′cum-tēn′ency, the holding by a temporary substitute of a post. [L.locus, a place,tenēre, to hold.]
Locus, lō′kus,n.(math.) the curve described by a point, or the surface generated by a line, moving in a given manner: a passage in a writing:—pl.Loci(lō′sī),a collection of passages, esp. from sacred and ancient writings, arranged with special reference to some particular theme.—Locus classicus(pl.Loci classici), a standard passage, esp. in an ancient author: that passage which is the accepted authority for some particular subject or for the use of some special or disputed word;Locus standi(law), right of place in court: recognised place or position. [L.]
Locust, lō′kust,n.a migratory winged insect, in shape like the grasshopper, highly destructive to vegetation.—v.i.(rare) to lay waste like locusts. [L.locusta.]
Locust, lō′kust,n.a tree with thorny branches and dense clusters of white, heavily-scented flowers, found in the U.S.: the carob-tree.—ns.Locus′ta, the spikelet of grasses:—pl.Locus′tæ;Lō′cust-bean, the sweet pod of the carob-tree.
Locution, lō-kū′shun,n.the act of speaking: form of speaking, phraseology, a phrase.—n.Loc′utory, a room for conversation, esp. in monastic establishments. [L.locution-em—loqui,locutus, to speak.]
Lode, lōd,n.a vein containing metallic ore: a reach of water: an open ditch.—ns.Lodes′man, a pilot;Lode′star, the star that guides, the pole-star—often used figuratively;Lode′stone, a stone or ore of iron that attracts other pieces of iron. [A.S.lád, a course—líðan, to travel.]
Lodge, loj,n.a small house in a park: a hut: the cottage of a gatekeeper: a retreat: a secret association, also the place of meeting.—v.t.to furnish with a temporary dwelling: place, deposit: to infix, to settle: to drive to covert: to lay flat, as grain.—v.i.to reside: to rest: to dwell for a time: to pass the night: to lie flat, as grain.—ns.Lodg′er, one who lodges or lives at board or in a hired room;Lodg′ing, temporary habitation: a room or rooms hired in the house of another (often inpl.): harbour;Lodg′ing-house, a house where lodgings are let, a house other than a hotel where travellers lodge;Lodg′ment, act of lodging, or state of being lodged: accumulation of something that remains at rest: (mil.) the occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.—Lodger franchise, a right to vote conferred on persons occupying lodgings.—Grand Lodge, the principal lodge of Freemasons, presided over by the Grand-master. [O. Fr.loge—Old High Ger.loubā, an arbour.]
Loess, lės, or lō′es,n.a loamy deposit of Pleistocene age, in the valleys of the Rhine, Danube, and Rhone.—AlsoLöss. [Ger.löss.]
Loft, loft,n.the room or space immediately under a roof: a gallery in a hall or church: an upper room.—v.t.to furnish with a loft: (golf) to strike the ball up by means of a club called theLoft′er.—adv.Loft′ily.—n.Loft′iness.—adj.Loft′y, high in position, character, sentiment, or diction: stately: haughty.—Lofted house(Scot.), a house of more than one story.—Cock of the loft, the head or chief of a set. [Ice.lopt(loft), the sky, an upper room; A.S.lyft, Ger.luft, the air.]
Log, log,n.a Hebrew liquid measure, believed to be very nearly an English pint. [Heb.lōgh.]
Log, log,n.a bulky piece of wood: a heavy, stupid, or sluggish person.—adj.consisting of logs.—ns.Log′-cab′in,-house,-hut, a cabin or hut built of hewn or unhewn logs, common in new American settlements;Log′gat, a small log or piece of wood: an old game somewhat like nine-pins;Log′gerhead, a blockhead: a dunce: (naut.) a round piece of timber, in a whale-boat, over which the line is passed: a species of sea-turtle: a round mass of iron with a long handle, heated for various purposes.—adj.Log′gerheaded.—ns.Log′-head, a blockhead;Log′-man(Shak.), a man who carries logs: (U.S.) one whose occupation is to cut and remove logs—alsoLog′ger.—v.t.Log′-roll, to engage in log-rolling.—ns.Log′-roll′er;Log′-roll′ing, a combination for facilitating the collection of logs after the clearing of a piece of land, or for rolling logs into a stream: mutual aid given by politicians for carrying out individual schemes: a system of literary criticism conducted on the lines of mutual admiration or adulation;Log′wood, the dark-red heart-wood ofHæmatoxylon campechianum, a native of Mexico and Central America, whence it is exported in logs.—At loggerheads, at issue, quarrelling about differences of opinion, &c. [Ice.lág, a felled tree,liggja, to lie. Cf.LieandLog.]
Log, log,n.a piece of wood with a line for measuring the speed of a ship: the record of a ship's progress.—v.t.to exhibit by the indication of the log: to enter in the logbook.—ns.Log′board;Log′book, the official record of the proceedings on board ship: a book kept by the head-master of a board-school for recording attendances and other matters connected with the school;Log′-chip, the board, in the form of a quadrant, attached to a logline;Log′-glass, a 14- or 28-second sand-glass, used with the logline to ascertain the speed of a ship;Log′line, the line fastened to the log, and marked for finding the speed of a vessel;Log′-reel, a reel on which the logline is wound;Log′-slate, a double slate, marked and ruled in the inside, for recording the log.—Heave the log, to learn the speed of a ship by logline and glass. [Sw.logg, a ship's log, a piece of wood that lies in the water.]
Logan, log′an,n.a rocking-stone.—AlsoLog′ging-rock. [Prob. cog. with Dan.logre, to wag the tail.]
Logaœdic, log-a-ē′dik,adj.(ancient prosody) pertaining to a variety of trochaic or iambic verse, where dactyls are combined with trochees or anapæsts with iambi. [Gr.logos, prose,aoidē, song.]
Logarithm, log′a-rithm,n.(of a number) the power to which another given number must be raised in order that it may equal the former number: one of a series of numbers having a certain relation to the series of natural numbers by means of which many arithmetical operations are simplified.—adjs.Logarith′mic,-al, pertaining to, or consisting of, logarithms.—adv.Logarith′mically. [Gr.logos, ratio,arithmos, number.]
Loggia, loj′a,n.an open arcade enclosing a passage or open apartment, common in Italy:—pl.Logg′ie(-e). [It.; cf.Lodge.]
Logia, log′i-a,n.pl.oracles, sayings, a supposed primitive collection of the sayings and discourses of Jesus, largely drawn upon by the writers of the first and third gospels for much of what they have in common with each other apart from Mark. [Gr.]
Logic, loj′ik,n.the science and art of reasoning correctly: the science of the necessary laws of thought.—adj.Log′ical, according to the rules of logic: skilled in logic: discriminating.—ns.Logical′ity,Log′icalness.—adv.Log′ically.—n.Logic′ian, one skilled in logic.—v.i.Log′icise, to argue.—Chop logic(seeChop);Deductive logic, logic independent of probability or quantitative considerations;Formal logic, logic regarded as a distinct science, independent of matters of fact;Inductive logic, the logic of scientific reasoning;Material logic, logic which takes into account natural fact or phenomena, as distinct fromformal logic;Natural logic, the natural faculty of distinguishing the true from the false: the logical doctrine applicable to natural things as opposed to thelogic of faith;Pure logic, the general laws of thought. [Gr.logikē, fromlogos, speech.]
Logistic,-al, loj-is′tik, -al,adj.skilled in calculating: proportional.—n.Logis′tic, the art of calculation, sexagesimal arithmetic: (pl.) that branch of military science relating to the movement and supplying of armies. [Gr.logistēs, a calculator—logizesthai, to compute.]
Logodædaly, log-o-dē′da-li,n.verbal legerdemain.
Logogram, log′o-gram,n.a sign which represents a word: a puzzle in which from an original word, by combinations of all or some of its letters, other words are formed, which again are concealed under synonymous expressions in a series of verses. [Gr.logos, word,gramma, letter.]
Logographer, lo-gog′ra-fėr,n.in Greek literature, one of the earliest annalists, esp. those before Herodotus.—adjs.Logograph′ic,-al.—adv.Logograph′ically.—ns.Logog′raphy, a method of printing with whole words cast in a single type;Log′otype, a type containing two or more letters. [Gr.,—logos, word,graphein, to write.]
Logogriph, log′ō-grif,n.a riddle. [Gr.logos, word,griphos, a riddle.]
Logomachy, lo-gom′a-ki,n.contention about words or in words merely.—n.Logom′achist. [Gr.logomachia—logos, word,machē, fight.]
Logomania, log-o-mā′ni-a,n.disease of the faculty of language. [Gr.logos, speech, andmania.]
Logometer, lō-gom′e-tėr,n.a logarithmic scale: a scale for measuring chemical equivalents.
Logos, log′os,n.in the Stoic philosophy, the active principle living in and determining the world: (theol.) the Word of God incarnate. [Gr.]
Loimic, loi′mik,adj.relating to the plague.—ns.Loimog′raphy;Loimol′ogy.
Loin, loin,n.the back of a beast cut for food: (pl.) the reins, or the lower part of the back.—n.Loin′-cloth, a piece of cloth for wearing round the loins.—Gird up the loins, to prepare for energetic action—the clothes tucked up before running, &c. [O. Fr.logne—L.lumbus, loin.]
Loiter, loi′tėr,v.i.to delay: to be slow in moving: to linger.—n.Loi′terer.—adv.Loi′teringly. [Dut.leuteren, to trifle; Ger. prov.lottern, to waver.]
Loki, lō′ki,n.an evil giant-god in Norse mythology.
Loligo, lō-lī′go,n.the typical genus ofLoliginidæ, embracing the common European squid. [L.]
Lolium, lō′li-um,n.a genus of grasses of the tribe Hordeeæ. [L., darnel, 'tares.']
Loll, lol,v.i.to lie lazily about, to lounge: to hang out from the mouth.—v.t.to thrust out (the tongue).—n.Loll′er.—adv.Loll′ingly.—v.i.Loll′op, to lounge, idle: (coll.) to be moved heavily about. [Old Dut.lollen, to sit over the fire; cf.Lull.]
Lollards, lol′ards,n.pl.the followers of Wycliffe in England: a society founded in Antwerp (1300A.D.) for the burial of the dead and the care of the sick.—ns.Loll′ardy,Loll′ardism, the doctrines of the Lollards. [Old Dut.Lollaerd, from their peculiar hum in singing—lollen, to sing softly; but confused with M. E.loller, an idler; cf.Loll.]
Lolly, lol′i,n.a lump.—n.Loll′ypop, a sweetmeat made with sugar and treacle: (pl.) sweets.
Loma, lō′ma,n.a lobe, flap, or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
Lombard, lom′bard,n.an inhabitant ofLombardyin Italy: one of the Lombards or Langobardi, a Germanic tribe, which founded a kingdom in Lombardy (568), overthrown by Charlemagne (774): (obs.) a banker or money-lender, so called from the number of Lombard bankers in London.—adjs.Lom′bard,Lombar′dic.—Lombard architecture, the style used by the Lombards, derived from the base Roman style they found in the country, superseded by the Pointed Style imported from France (13th century);Lombard Street, the chief centre of the banking interest in London. [O. Fr.,—L.Langobardus, from Old Teut.lang, long,bart, beard.]
Loment, lō′ment,n.(bot.) an indehiscent legume, with constrictions or transverse articulations between the seeds—alsoLomen′tum.—adj.Lomentā′ceous.
Londoner, lun′dun-ėr,n.a native or citizen of London.—adj.Londonese′, pertaining to London: cockney.—n.English as spoken in London: cockney speech.—v.t.andv.i.Lon′donise.—n.Lon′donism, a mode of speech, &c., peculiar to London.—London clay, a geological formation in south-eastern England, belonging to the lower division of the Eocene Tertiary;London pride, a hardy perennial cultivated in cottage-gardens—alsoNone-so-prettyandSt Patrick's cabbage.
Lone, lōn,Lonely,lōn′li,adj.alone: solitary: retired: standing by itself.—ns.Lone′liness,Lone′ness.—adj.Lone′some, solitary: dismal.—adv.Lone′somely.—n.Lone′someness. [Alone.]
Long, long,conj.by means (of), owing (to). [Along.]
Long, long,v.i.(Spens.) to belong.
Long, long,adj.(comp.Long′er;superl.Long′est) extended: not short: extended in time: slow in coming: tedious: far-reaching.—n.(prosody) a long time or syllable: (coll.) the long summer vacation at the English universities, termed 'the Long.'—adv.to a great extent in space or time: through the whole: all along.—v.i.to desire earnestly.—adv.Long′-agō′, in the far past.—n.the far past.—n.Longanim′ity, long-suffering, endurance.—adj.Longan′imous.—ns.Long′boat, the largest and strongest boat of a ship;Long′-bow, a bow bent by the hand in shooting, called long as distinguished from the cross-bow.—adj.Long′-breathed, able to continue violent exercise of the lungs for a long time.—n.pl.Long′-coats, long clothes, worn by infants.—adj.Long′-descend′ed, of ancient lineage.—n.Long′-doz′en, thirteen.—adjs.Long′-drawn, prolonged;Longeval,Longevous(-jē′-),of long or great age.—ns.Longevity(-jev′-);Long′-field(cricket), a fielder placed near the boundary on the bowler's side;Long′-firm, the name given to a company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment to do the like elsewhere;Long′hand, writing of the ordinary kind.—adj.Long′-head′ed, having good intellectual powers: sagacious.—ns.Long′-head′edness;Long′-hun′dred, a hundred and twenty.—adjs.Lon′gicorn(-ji-), having long antennæ;Longimanous(-jim′-),long-handed;Longimet′ric.—ns.Longimetry(-jim′-),the art of measuring distances;Long′ing, an eager desire, craving, esp. of the whimsical desires sometimes felt in pregnancy.—adv.Long′ingly.—n.Longinquity(-jinq′-),greatness of distance.—adj.Longipen′nate(-ji-), long-winged, as gulls.—n.Longiros′ter(-ji-), one of a family of birds having a long, slender bill, as the snipe.—adjs.Longiros′tral,Longiros′trate(-ji-), having a long bill or beak;Long′ish.—n.Lon′gitude(-ji-), distance of a place east or west of a given meridian: distance in degrees from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic—adj.Longitud′inal, pertaining to longitude or length: extending lengthwise.—adv.Longitud′inally.—n.Long′-leg(cricket), seeLeg.—adj.Long′-legged, having long legs.—n.Long′legs, an insect with long legs, as the common crane-fly.—adj.Long′-lived, having a long life.—adv.Long′ly(Shak.), longingly.—ns.Long′-meas′ure, lineal measure;Long′-off,Long′-on(cricket), the fielders in the long-field to the left and right of the bowler respectively;Long′-prim′er, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois;Long′-pur′ples, the manorchis.—adj.Long′-range, able to reach or hit from a considerable distance.—n.pl.Longs′-and-shorts′, verses.—adj.Long′shore, existing or employed along the shore.—n.Long′shoreman, a stevedore: one who makes a living along shores by oyster-fishing, &c.—adj.Long′-sight′ed, able to see far but not close at hand: sagacious.—ns.Long′-sight′edness;Long′-slip(cricket), a fielder some distance behind on the right of the batsman.—adjs.Long′some, long and tedious;Long′-spun, long-drawn, tedious;Long′-stā′ple, having a long fibre.—n.Long′-stop(cricket), one who stands behind the wicket-keeper and stops balls missed by him.—v.i.to field at long-stop.—adj.Long′-suff′ering, enduring long.—n.long endurance or patience.—n.Long′-tail, an animal, esp. a dog, with uncut tail—alsoadj.—adjs.Long′-tongued, talkative, babbling;Long′-vis′aged, having a long face, of rueful countenance;Long′-waist′ed, having a long waist, long from the armpits to the hips;Long′-wind′ed, long-breathed: tedious.—n.Long′-wind′edness.—adv.Long′wise, lengthwise.—Long home, the grave;Long Tom(seeTom).—A long figure(slang), a high price or rate;Before long,Ere long, soon;Draw the long-bow, to exaggerate, to tell incredible stories;For long, for a considerable period of time;In the long-run(seeRun);Make a long arm(prov.), to help one's self liberally at table;The long and the short, the sum of the matter in a few words. [A.S.lang; Ger.lang, Ice.langr.]
Loo, lōō,n.a game at cards.—v.t.to beat in the game of loo:—pr.p.lōō′ing;pa.p.lōōed.—n.Loo′-tā′ble, a table for loo. [Formerlylanterloo—Dut.lanterlu. Cf. Dut.lanterfant, an idler.]
Looby, lōōb′i,n.a clumsy, clownish fellow.—adv.Loob′ily. [From root oflob.]
Loof, lōōf,n.the after-part of a ship's bow where the planks begin to curve in towards the cut-water. [Dut.loef, the weather-gauge, luff, orig. a paddle for steering; perh. conn. withloof, palm.]
Loof, lōōf,n.(Scot) the palm of the hand. [Ice.lófi.]
Loofa. SeeLuffa.
Look, lōōk,v.i.to turn the eye toward so as to see; to direct the attention to: to watch: to seem: to face, as a house: (B.) to expect.—v.t.to express by a look: to influence by look.—n.the act of looking or seeing: sight: air of the face: appearance.—imp.orinterj.see: behold.—ns.Look′er, one who looks;Look′er-on, one that looks on, a mere spectator;Look′ing, seeing: search or searching;Look′ing-for(B.), expectation;Look′ing-glass, a glass which reflects the image of the person looking into it, a mirror;Look′out, a careful watching for: an elevated place from which to observe: one engaged in watching.—Look about, to be on the watch;Look after, to attend to or take care of: (B.) to expect;Look alive(coll.), to bestir one's self;Look down on, to treat with indifference, to despise;Look for, to search for, to expect;Look into, to inspect closely;Look on, to regard, view, think;Look out, to watch: to select;Look over, to examine cursorily: to overlook or pass over anything;Look through, to penetrate with the eye or the understanding;Look to, to take care of: to depend on;Look up, to search for: (coll.) to call upon, visit.—Have a look in(slang), to have a chance. [A.S.lócian, to look.]
Loom, lōōm,n.a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into a fabric, by the crossing of threads calledchainorwarp, running lengthwise, with others calledweft,woof, orfilling; the handle of an oar, or the part within the rowlock.—n.Jac′quard-loom, a famous apparatus devised by Joseph MarieJacquard(1752-1834), invaluable in weaving the finer kinds of figured silk fabrics. [A.S.gelóma, a tool.]
Loom, lōōm,v.i.to appear above the horizon, or larger than the real size: to show large in darkness, &c.: to stand out prominently in the future.—n.Loom′ing, a mirage. [O. Fr.lumer—L.lumināre.]
Loon, lōōn,n.a low fellow: a rascal: (Scot.) a lad. [Old Dut.loen, a stupid fellow,lome, slow.]
Loon, lōōn,n.a genus of web-footed aquatic birds, the Divers, with short wings, and legs placed very far back—alsoLoom.—n.Loon′ing, the cry of a loon, like the howl of a wolf, ominous of evil. [Ice.lómr, prob. influenced byloon, as above, from their awkward walk on land.]
Loop, lōōp,n.a doubling of a cord, chain, &c., through which another may pass: an ornamental doubling in fringes.—v.t.to fasten or ornament with loops.—n.pl.Loop′ers, the caterpillars of certain moths, which move by drawing up the hindpart of their body to the head.—n.Loop′-line, a branch from a main line of railway, returning to it after making a detour. [Prob. Celt.; Gael.lub, a bend.]
Loop, lōōp,Loophole,lōōp′hōl,n.a small hole in a wall, &c., through which small-arms may be fired: a means of escape.—adjs.Looped(Shak.), full of small openings;Loop′holed.—n.Loop′-light, a small narrow window. [O. Fr.loup.]
Loord, lōōrd,n.(Spens.) a lout. [Fr.lourd, heavy.]
Loos, lōōs,n.(Spens.) praise. [L.laus, praise.]
Loose, lōōs,adj.slack, free: unbound: not confined: not compact: indefinite: vague: not strict: unrestrained: lax in principle: licentious: inattentive.—adj.Loose′-bod′ied, flowing.—n.Loose′-kir′tle, a wanton.—adv.Loose′ly.—ns.Loos′ener, a laxative;Loose′ness, the state of being loose: diarrhœa.—Loose box, a part of a stable where horses are kept untied.—Break loose, to escape from confinement;Give a loose to, to give free vent to;Let loose, to set at liberty. [A.S.leás, loose; from the same root asloose(v.t.) andlose, seen also in Goth.laus, Ger.los; more prob. due to Ice.lauss.]
Loose, lōōs,v.t.to free from any fastening: to release: to relax: (Spens.) to solve.—v.i.(B.) to set sail.—v.t.Loos′en, to make loose: to relax anything tied or rigid: to make less dense; to open, as the bowels.—v.i.to become loose: to become less tight. [A.S.lósian; Ger.lösen, Goth.lausjan, to loose.]
Loosestrife, lōōs′strīf,n.the popular name for a plant of the natural orderLythraceæ(q.v.).
Loot, lōōt,n.act of plundering, esp. in a conquered city: plunder.—v.t.orv.i.to plunder, ransack. [Hindilūt—Sans.lotra,loptra, stolen goods.]
Lop, lop,v.i.to hang down loosely.—adjs.Lop′-eared, having ears which hang downwards;Lop′sided, heavier on one side than the other, as a ship.
Lop, lop,v.t.to cut off the top or ends of, esp. of a tree: to curtail by cutting away superfluous parts:—pr.p.lop′ping;pa.t.andpa.p.lopped.—n.twigs of trees cut off—ns.Lop′per;Lop′ping, a cutting off: that which is cut off. [Cf. Dut.lubben, to cut; perh. conn. withleaf.]
Lope, lōp,v.i.to leap: to run with a long stride.
Lophobranch, lō′fō-brangk,adj.having tufted gills.—AlsoLophobran′chiate. [Gr.lophos, a crest,brachia, gills.]
Loquacious, lo-kwā′shus,adj.talkative.—adv.Loquā′ciously.—ns.Loquā′ciousness,Loquac′ity, talkativeness. [L.loquax,-acis—loqui, to speak.]
Loquat, lō′kwat,n.an esteemed Chinese and Japanese fruit, yellowish, flavouring tarts. [Chinese.]
Lorate, lōr′āt,adj.(bot.) resembling a thong or strap. [L.loratus—lorum, a thong.]
Lorcha, lor′cha,n.a light vessel of European build, but rigged like a Chinese junk.
Lord, lawrd,n.a master: a superior: a husband: a ruler: the proprietor of a manor: a baron: a peer of the realm: the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl: a bishop, esp. if a member of parliament: (B.) the Supreme Being, Jehovah (when printed in capitals): a name also applied to Christ.—v.t.to raise to the peerage.—v.i.to act the lord: to tyrannise.—ns.Lord′liness;Lord′ling, a little lord: a would-be lord—alsoLord′ing,Lord′kin.—adj.Lord′ly, like, becoming, or pertaining to a lord: dignified: haughty: tyrannical—alsoadv.—ns.Lordol′atry, excessive worship of nobility;Lords′-and-lā′dies, a popular name for the common arum (q.v.);Lord's′-day, the first day of the week;Lord′ship, state or condition of being a lord: the territory belonging to a lord: dominion: authority;Lord's′-sup′per, the sacrament of the communion, instituted at our Lord's last supper.—Lord-lieutenant of a county(seeLieutenant);Lord-lieutenant Of Ireland, a viceroy or deputy of the sovereign to whom the government of Ireland is nominally committed;Lord of misrule(seeMisrule);Lords of Session, the judges of the Scotch Court of Session;Lords Ordinary, the five judges forming the outer house of the Court of Session;Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops in the House of Lords—opp. toLords temporal, the peers proper.—House of Lords, the upper house in the two branches of the British parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. [M. E.loverd,laverd—A.S.hláford—hláf, a loaf, bread,weard, warder.]
Lordosis, lor-dō′sis,n.abnormal curvature of the spinal column, the convexity towards the front.
Lore, lōr,n.that which is learned: doctrine: learning.—n.Lor′ing(Spens.), learning. [A.S.lár.]
Lore, lōr,n.(Spens.) something like a thong: (ornith.) the side of the head between the eye and the base of the upper mandible.
Lorel, lor′el,n.(Spens.) an idle fellow. [Losel.]
Lorette, lō-ret′,n.a showy strumpet. [Fr.]
Lorgnette, lōr-nyet′,n.an opera-glass.—n.Lor′gnon, an eye-glass with a handle. [Fr.]
Lorica, lo-rī′ka,n.in ancient Rome, a cuirass made of thongs—alsoLor′ic(Browning).—v.t.Lor′icāte, to furnish with a coat-of-mail: to plate or coat over.—adj.covered with defensive armour: imbricated.—n.Loricā′tion, a coating or crusting over, as with plates of mail. [L.,—lorum, a thong.]
Lorikeet, lor-i-kēt′,n.a small parrot, a kind of lory.
Lorimer, lor′i-mėr,n.a maker of horse-furniture.—AlsoLor′iner. [Fr.lormier—L.lorum, a thong.]
Loriot, lō′ri-ut,n.the oriole. [Fr.le, the,oriol—L.aureolus, dim. ofaureus, golden—aurum, gold.]
Loris, lō′ris,n.the slender lemur of Ceylon.
Lorn, lorn,adj.(Spens.) lost, forsaken. [A.S.loren, pa.p. ofleósan, to lose.]
Lorry, lor′i,n.a four-wheeled wagon without sides. [Perh. from prov. Eng.lurry, to pull.]
Lory, lō′ri,n.a common name for the members of a family of Australian parrots. [Malay.]
Lose, lōōz,v.t.to be deprived of: to cease to have: to mislay: to waste, as time: to miss: to bewilder: to cause to perish: to ruin.—v.i.to fail, to be unsuccessful: to suffer waste:—pr.p.los′ing;pa.t.andpa.p.lost.—adj.Los′able.—n.Los′er.—adj.Los′ing, causing loss.—adv.Los′ingly.—n.Loss, the act of losing: injury: destruction: defeat: that which is lost: waste.—adj.Lost, parted with: no longer possessed: missing: thrown away: squandered: ruined.—Lose one's self, to lose one's way, to become bewildered;Lost to, insensible to;Lost tribes, the tribes of Israel which never returned from captivity.—At a loss, in uncertainty. [A.S.losian—leósan; cog. with Ger.ver-lieren, to lose.]
Losel, lō′zel,n.a sorry, worthless fellow: a scamp.—adj.slothful: wasteful—n.Lō′selism, worthlessness, worthless fellows collectively. [Prob.lose.]
Löss. SeeLoess.
Lot, lot,n.one's fate in the future: destiny: that which falls to any one as his fortune: that which decides by chance: a separate portion.—v.t.to allot: to separate into lots: to catalogue:—pr.p.lot′ting;pa.p.lot′ted.—Cast, orDraw, lots, to determine an event by some arrangement of chances. [A.S.hlot,hlýt, a lot—hleótan, to cast lots.]
Lotah, lō′ta,n.a Hindu small brass or copper pot.
Lote. SeeLotus.
Loth, lōth,adj.Same asLoathful,Loathly.
Lothario, lō-thā′ri-ō,n.a libertine, rake. [FromLothario, in Rowe's play,The Fair Penitent.]
Lotion, lō′shun,n.a liquid preparation for healing or cleansing any diseased or bruised part. [Fr.,—L.,—lavāre lotum, to wash.]
Lottery, lot′ėr-i,n.a distribution of prizes by lot or chance: a game of chance.
Lotto, lot′ō,n.a game played with numbered discs and cards.—AlsoLot′o. [It.]
Lotus, lō′tus,n.the water-lily of Egypt: a tree in North Africa, whose fruit made strangers forget their home: a genus of leguminous plants—alsoLote,Lō′tos.—ns.pl.Lotō′phagi,Lō′tus-eat′ers, a people who ate the fruit of the lotus, among whom Ulysses lived for a time.—ns.Lō′tus-eat′er, an eater of the lotus: one given up to sloth;Lō′tus-land, the country of the lotus-eaters. [Gr.]
Loud, lowd,adj.making a great sound: noisy: showy.—advs.Loud,Loud′ly.—adj.Loud′-lunged, vociferous.—n.Loud′ness.—adj.Loud′-voiced, stentorian. [A.S,hlúd; Ger.laut, sound; L.inclytus, renowned, Gr.klytos, heard.]
Lough, loh,n.the Irish form ofloch.
Louis, lōō′i,n.a French gold coin superseded in 1795 by the 20-franc piece—alsoLou′is-d'or.—adjs.Lou′is-Quatorze′, characteristic of the reign ofLouis XIV. (1643-1715), in architecture and decoration;Lou′is-Quinze, of that of Louis XV. (1715-74);Lou′is-Seize, of that of Louis XVI. (1774-92);Lou′is-Treize, of that of Louis XIII. (1610-43).
Lounder, lown′dėr,v.t.(Scot.) to beat.—n.a heavy blow.—n.Loun′dering, a beating.
Lounge, lownj,v.i.to recline at one's ease: to move about listlessly.—n.the act or state of lounging: an idle stroll: a place for lounging: a kind of sofa.—n.Loung′er. [Fr.longis, one that is long in doing anything, formed (but with a pun on L.longus, long) from L.LongiusorLonginus, the legendary name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ.]
Loup, lōōp,n.(Spens.) loop.
Loup, lowp,v.i.(Scot.) to leap.—ns.Loup′ing-ill, a disease causing sheep to spring up in walking;Loup′ing-on′-stane, a stone from which to mount a horse;Loup′-the-dyke′, runaway.
Lour, lowr,v.i.Same aslower, to frown.
Louse, lows,n.a common wingless parasitic insect, with a flat body, and short legs furnished with claws:—pl.Lice(līs).—v.t.(obs.) to remove lice from.—n.Lous′iness.—adj.Lous′y, swarming with lice. [A.S.lús, pl.lýs; Ger.laus; from the root of Goth.liusan, to destroy.]
Lout, lowt,n.a clown, awkward fellow.—v.t.to treat as a lout.—v.i.to bend.—adj.Lout′ish, clownish: awkward and clumsy.—adv.Lout′ishly.—n.Lout′ishness. [A.S.lútan, to stoop.]