LLANEROLla*ne"ro, n. Etym: [Sp. Amer.]
Defn: One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
LLANOLla"no, n.; pl. Llanos. Etym: [Sp., plain even, level. See Plain.]
Defn: An extensive plain with or without vegetation. [SpanishAmerica]
LLOYD'SLloyd's, n.
1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.
2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; — called also Lloyd's Rooms.
Note: The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association. Lloyd's agents, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. — Lloyd's list, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. Brande & C. — Lloyd's register, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.
LOLo, interj. Etym: [OE. lo, low; perh. akin to E. look, v.]
Defn: Look; see; behold; observe. " Lo, here is Christ." Matt. xxiv. 23. " Lo, we turn to the Gentiles." Acts xiii. 46.
LOACHLoach, n. Etym: [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
LOAD Load, n. Etym: [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]
1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. He might such a load To town with his ass carry. Gower.
2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." Ray. " Our life's a load." Dryden.
4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] Milton.
7. (Mach.)
Defn: The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
Syn.— Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.
LOAD Load, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. I strive all in vain to load the cart. Gascoigne. I have loaden me with many spoils. Shak. Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. Shak.
2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
3. To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior. Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.
LOADERLoad"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
LOADINGLoad"ing, n.
1. The act of putting a load on or into.
2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.
LOADMANAGE; LODEMANAGELoad"man*age, Lode"man*age, n.
Defn: Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOADSMAN; LODESMANLoads"man, Lodes"man, n. Etym: [Load, lode + man. See Lode.]
Defn: A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOADSTAR; LODESTARLoad"star`, Lode"star`, n. Etym: [Load, lode + star. See Lode.]
Defn: A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak. The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser.
LOADSTONE; LODESTONELoad"stone`, Lode"stone, n. Etym: [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.)
Defn: A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
LOAFLoaf, n.; pl. Loaves. Etym: [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlaf; akin to G. laib,OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas.Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
Defn: Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon. Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
LOAF Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.] Etym: [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.]
Defn: To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.
LOAFLoaf, v. t.
Defn: To spend in idleness; — with away; as, to loaf time away.
LOAFER Loaf"er, n. Etym: [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See Leap.]
Defn: One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.
LOAM Loam, n. Etym: [AS. lam; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime.]
1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.
2. (Founding)
Defn: A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern. Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2. — Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. — Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.
LOAMLoam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming.]
Defn: To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
LOAMYLoam"y, a.
Defn: Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.
LOANLoan, n. Etym: [See Lawn.]
Defn: A loanin. [Scot.]
LOANLoan, n. Etym: [OE. lone, lane, AS. lan, læn, fr. león to lend; akinto D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lan, G. leihen to lend,OHG. lihan, Icel. lji, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ric.Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.]
1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop.
LOANLoan, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.]
Defn: To lend; — sometimes with out. Kent.By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).
LOANABLELoan"a*ble, a.
Defn: Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; — used mostly in financial business and writings.
LOANIN; LOANINGLoan"in, Loan"ing, n. Etym: [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.]
Defn: An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
LOANMONGERLoan"mon`ger, n.
Defn: A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield.
LOATH Loath, a. Etym: [OE. looth, loth, AS. la hostile, odious; akin to OS. l, G. leid, Icel. lei, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. lidan to suffer, go, cf. AS. li to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.]
1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as,loath to part.Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer.Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. Shak.
LOATHELoathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] Etym:[AS. la to hate. See Loath.]
1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley.
2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. The secret which I loathe. Waller. She loathes the vital sir. Dryden.
Syn.— To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate.
LOATHELoathe, v. i.
Defn: To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
LOATHERLoath"er, n.
Defn: One who loathes.
LOATHFULLoath"ful, a.
1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. "Loathful eyes." Spenser.
2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting. Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust. Spenser.
LOATHINGLoath"ing, n.
Defn: Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, ordetestation.The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay.
LOATHINGLYLoath"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With loathing.
LOATHLINESSLoath"li*ness, n.
Defn: Loathsomeness. [Obs.]
LOATHLYLoath"ly, a. Etym: [AS. la.]
Defn: Loathsome. [Obs.] " Loathly mouth." Spenser.
LOATHLYLoath"ly, adv.
1. Unwillingly; reluctantly. This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne.
2. ( [Obs.] With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax.
LOATHNESSLoath"ness, n.
Defn: Unwillingness; reluctance.A general silence and loathness to speak. Bacon.
LOATHSOMELoath"some, a.
Defn: Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. Macaulay.— Loath"some*ly. adv.— Loath"some*ness, n.
LOATHYLoath"y, a.
Defn: Loathsome. [Obs.] Spenser.
LOAVESLoaves, n.;
Defn: pl. of Loaf.
LOBLob, n. Etym: [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead.Cf. Looby, Lubber.]
1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs." Gauden.
2. Something thick and heavy.
LOBLob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.]
Defn: To let fall heavily or lazily.And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak.To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it upinto the air.
LOBLob, v. t. (Mining)
Defn: See Cob, v. t.
LOBLob, n. Etym: [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European pollock.
LOBARLo"bar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.
LOBATE; LOBATEDLo"bate, Lo"ba*ted, a. Etym: [See Lobe.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having lobes; — said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.
LOBATELYLo"bate*ly, adv.
Defn: As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.
LOBBISHLob"bish, a.
Defn: Like a lob; consisting of lobs. Sir. P. Sidney.
LOBBY Lob"by, n.; pl. Lobbies. Etym: [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency. [U.S.]
3. (Naut.)
Defn: An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
4. (Agric.)
Defn: A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
LOBBYLob"by, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lobbied; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbying.]
Defn: To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.[U.S.] Bartlett.
LOBBYLob"by, v. t.
Defn: To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.]
LOBBYISTLob"by*ist, n.
Defn: A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.]
LOBCOCKLob"cock`, n.
Defn: A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]
LOBELobe, n. Etym: [F. lobe, Gr.
Defn: Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as: (a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Gray. (b)(Zoöl.)
Defn: A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot. (c) (Anat.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain. (b) (Mach.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel. Lobe of the ear, the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below. See. Illust. of Ear.
LOBEDLobed, a.
Defn: Having lobes; lobate.
LOBEFOOTLobe"foot`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.
LOBE-FOOTEDLobe"-foot`ed, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Lobiped.
LOBELETLobe"let, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A small lobe; a lobule.
LOBELIALo*be"li*a, n. Etym: [NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to KingJames I.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
LOBELIACEOUSLo*be`li*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
LOBELINLo*be"lin, n. (Med.)
Defn: A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
LOBELINELo*be"line, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.
LOBIPEDLo"bi*ped, a. Etym: [Lobe + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having lobate toes, as a coot.
LOBLOLLYLob"lol`ly, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: Gruel; porridge; — so called among seamen. Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (G. Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea hæmatoxylon). — Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett. — Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, P. Bahamensis, of the West Indies. — Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.
LOBOSALo*bo"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Lobe.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.
LOBSCOUSE Lob"scouse`, n. Etym: [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] Etym: [Lob + course.] (Naut.)
Defn: A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.
LOBSIDEDLob"sid`ed, a.
Defn: See Lopsided.
LOBSPOUNDLobs"pound`, n. Etym: [Lob + pound a prison.]
Defn: A prison. [Obs.] Hudibras.
LOBSTERLob"ster, n. Etym: [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L.locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. Lobster caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); — so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zoöl.), a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
LOBULARLob"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lobulaire.]
Defn: Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
LOBULATE; LOBULATEDLob"u*late, Lob"u*la`ted, a.
Defn: Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
LOBULELob"ule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See Lobe.]
Defn: A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. Lobule of the ear.(Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear.
LOBULETTELob`u*lette", n. Etym: [Dim. of lobule.] (Anat.)
Defn: A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.
LOBWORMLob"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The lugworm.
LOCALLo"cal, a. Etym: [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. SeeLieu, Locus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Shak. Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; — distinguished from transitory actions. — Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. — Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. — Local battery (Teleg.), the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. — Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. — Local color. (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. — Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.
LOCALLo"cal, n.
1. (Railroad)
Defn: A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. [U.S.]
2. On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. [U.S.]
LOCALELo`cale", n. Etym: [F. local.]
1. A place, spot, or location.
2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
LOCALISMLo"cal*ism, n.
1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.
LOCALITY Lo*cal"i*ty, n.; pl. Localitiees (. Etym: [L. localitas: cf. F. localité.]
1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality. Glanvill.
2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. Blackstone.
4. (Phren.)
Defn: The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
LOCALIZATIONLo`cal*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. localisation.]
Defn: Act of localizing, or state of being localized. Cerebral localization (Physiol.), the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.
LOCALIZELo"cal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Localized; p. pr. & vb. n.Localizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. localiser. See Local.]
Defn: To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H.Spencer. Wordsworth.
LOCALLYLo"cal*ly, adv.
Defn: With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
LOCATELo"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.]Etym: [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. SeeLocal.]
1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position. The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.
2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
LOCATELo"cate, v. i.
Defn: To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.[Colloq.]
LOCATIONLo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. locatio, fr. locare.]
1. The act or process of locating.
2. Situation; place; locality. Locke.
3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.]
4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law)
Defn: The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.
LOCATIVELoc"a*tive, a. (Gram.)
Defn: Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun. — n.
Defn: The locative case.
LOCATORLo"ca*tor, n.
Defn: One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. [U.S.]
LOCELLATE Lo*cel"late, a. Etym: [L. locellus a compartment, dim. of locus a place.] (Bot.)
Defn: Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.
LOCHLoch, n. Etym: [Gael. & Olr. loch. See Lake of water.]
Defn: A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]
LOCH Loch, n. Etym: [F. looch, Ar. la', an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la' to lick.] (Med.)
Defn: A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
LOCHABER AX; LOCHABER AXELoch*a"ber ax", Loch*a"ber axe". Etym: [So called from Lochaber, inScotland.]
Defn: A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.
LOCHAGELoch"age, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford.
LOCHANLoch"an, n. Etym: [Gael. See 1st Loch.]
Defn: A small lake; a pond. [Scot.]A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller.
LOCHELoche, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Loach.
LOCHIALo*chi"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Med.)
Defn: The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
LOCHIALLo"chi*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lochial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the lochia.
LOCK Lock, n. Etym: [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr.
Defn: A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair. These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak.
LOCK Lock, n. Etym: [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. lucan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. lukan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. luhhan, Icel. l, Goth. lukan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. Locket.]
1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. De Quincey.
3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. Dryden.
4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; — called also lift lock.
6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
8. A grapple in wrestling. Milton. Detector lock, a lock containing acontrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with.— Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.— Lock chamber, the inclosed space between the gates of a canallock.— Lock nut. See Check nut, under Check.— Lock plate, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock isattached.— Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearestthe lock. Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. Knight.— Mortise lock, a door lock inserted in a mortise.— Rim lock, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differingfrom a mortise lock.
LOCKLock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locked; p. pr. & vb. n. Locking.]
1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; — often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out — often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. " Lock hand in hand." Shak.
5. (Canals)
Defn: To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
6. (Fencing)
Defn: To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
LOCKLock, v. i.
Defn: To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as,the door locks close.When it locked none might through it pass. Spenser.To lock into, to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each other.Boyle.
LOCKAGELock"age, n.
1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.
2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal. The entire lock will be about fifty feet. De Witt Clinton.
LOCK-DOWNLock"-down`, n.
Defn: A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; — used by lumbermen. [U.S.]
LOCKED-JAWLocked"-jaw`, n.
Defn: See Lockjaw.
LOCKENLock"en, obs. p. p.
Defn: of Lock. Chaucer.
LOCKENLock"en, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The globeflower (Trollius).
LOCKERLock"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, locks.
2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. — Davy Jones's locker, or Davy's locker. See Davy Jones. — Shot locker, a compartment where shot are deposited. Totten.
LOCKETLock"et, n. Etym: [F. loquet latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; ofGerman origin. See Lock a fastening.]
1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
LOCK HOSPITALLock" hos"pi*tal
Defn: . A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]
LOCKJAWLock"jaw`, n. (Med.)
Defn: A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.
LOCKLESSLock"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a lock.
LOCKMANLock"man, n.
Defn: A public executioner. [Scot.]
LOCKOUTLock"out`, n.
Defn: The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
LOCKRAMLock"ram, n. Etym: [F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, inBrittany, where it is said to have been made.]
Defn: A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.
LOCKSMITHLock"smith`, n.
Defn: An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
LOCK STEPLock" step`
Defn: . A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.
LOCK STITCHLock" stitch`
Defn: . A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.
LOCKUPLock"up`, n.
Defn: A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
LOCK-WEIRLock"-weir`, n.
Defn: A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
LOCKYLock"y, a.
Defn: Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood.
LOCOLo"co, adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.
LOCOLo"co, n. Etym: [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
LOCO DISEASELoco disease. (Veter.)
Defn: A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation.
LOCOFOCO Lo`co*fo"co, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving.]
1. A friction match. [U.S.]
2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]
Note: The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.
LOCOMOTION Lo`co*mo"tion, n. Etym: [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See Local, and Motion.]
1. The act of moving from place to place. " Animal locomotion." Milton.
2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.
LOCOMOTIVELo"co*mo`tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. locomotif. See Locomotion.]
1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
LOCOMOTIVELo"co*mo`tive, n.
Defn: A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, — used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. — Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] — Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above. — Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.
LOCOMOTIVENESS; LOCOMOTIVITY Lo"co*mo`tive*ness, Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. locomotivité.]
Defn: The power of changing place.
LOCOMOTORLo`co*mo"tor, a. Etym: [See Locomotion.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion. Locomotor ataxia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.
LOCULAMENT Loc"u*la*ment, n. Etym: [L. loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a compartment, dim. of locus place.] (Bot.)
Defn: The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
LOCULARLoc"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. locularis.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.
LOCULATELoc"u*late, a. Etym: [L. loculatus.] (Bot.)
Defn: Divided into compartments.
LOCULELoc"ule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. locule. See Loculus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A little hollow; a loculus.
LOCULICIDAL Loc"u*li*ci`dal, a. Etym: [L. loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F. loculicide.] (Bot.)
Defn: Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; — said of capsules.
LOCULOSE; LOCULOUSLoc"u*lose`, Loc"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. loculosus. See Loculament.](Bot.)
Defn: Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.
LOCULUSLoc"u*lus, n.; pl. Loculi. Etym: [L., little place, a compartment.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
LOCUM TENENS Lo"cum te"nens. Etym: [L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant.]
Defn: A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
LOCUSLo"cus, n.; pl. Loci, & Loca. Etym: [L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch,Lieu, Local.]
1. A place; a locality.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. — Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
LOCUSTLo"cust, n. Etym: [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. Locust beetle (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. — Locust bird (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. — Locust hunter (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
2. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.
LOCUSTALo*cus"ta, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. locuste.] (Bot.)
Defn: The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray.
LOCUSTELLALo`cus*tel"la, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. locusta a locust.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European cricket warbler.
LOCUSTICLo*cus"tic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; — formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
LOCUSTINGLo"cust*ing, p. a.
Defn: Swarming and devastating like locusts. [R.] Tennyson.
LOCUST TREELo"cust tree`. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R.Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant,papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree.In England it is called acacia.
Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G. triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; — so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. — Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
LOCUTION Lo*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ]
Defn: Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. "Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot.I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced byceremony. Marston.
LOCUTORYLoc"u*to*ry, n.
Defn: A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
LODDELod"de, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The capelin.
LODE Lode, n. Etym: [AS. lad way, journey, fr. li\'eban to go. See Lead to guide, and cf. Load a burden.]
1. A water course or way; a reach of water. Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his brother skated home in triumph. C. Kingsley.
2. (Mining)
Defn: A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.
LODEMANAGELode"man*age, n. Etym: [OE. lodemenage. Chaucer.]
Defn: Pilotage. [Obs.]
LODE-SHIPLode"-*ship`, n.
Defn: An old name for a pilot boat.
LODESMANLodes"man, n.
Defn: Same as Loadsman. [Obs.]
LODESTARLode"star`, n.
Defn: Same as Loadstar.
LODESTONELode"stone`, n. (Min.)
Defn: Same as Loadstone.
LODGE Lodge, n. Etym: [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. Chaucer. Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. Robert of Brunne. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! Cowper.
(b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
2. (Mining)
Defn: The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; — called also platt. Raymond.
3. A collection of objects lodged together. The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. De Foe.
4. A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, — as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).
LODGELodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging.]
1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. Chaucer. Stay and lodge by me this night. Shak. Something holy lodges in that breast. Milton .
2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. Mortimer.
3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
LODGELodge, v. t. Etym: [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ]
1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. Every house was proud to lodge a knight. Dryden. The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. Cheyne.
2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. Addison.
3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. Addison.
5. To lay down; to prostrate. Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. Shak. To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.
LODGEABLELodge"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. logeable.]
1. That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.
2. Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. [R.] " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.
LODGEDLodged, a. (Her.)
Defn: Lying down; — used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey.
LODGEMENTLodge"ment, n.
Defn: See Lodgment.
LODGERLodg"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
LODGINGLodg"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; — often in the plural with a singular meaning. Gower. Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow. Pope.
3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. Spenser.Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.— Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.
LODGMENTLodg"ment, n. [Written also lodgement.] Etym: [Cf. F. logement. SeeLodge, v.]
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. Paley.
2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.)
Defn: The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
LODICULE Lod"i*cule, n. Etym: [L. lodicula. dim, of lodix, lodicis, a coverlet: cf. F. lodicule.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.
LOELLINGITELoel"ling*ite, n. Etym: [So called from Lölling, in Austria.] (Min.)
Defn: A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.
LOESSLoess, n. Etym: [G. löss.] (Geol.)
Defn: A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
LOEVEN'S LARVALoev"en's lar"va. Etym: [Named after the Swedish zoölogist, S. F.Löven, who discovered it.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.
LOFFELoffe, v. i.
Defn: To laugh. [Obs.] Shak.
LOFT Loft, n. Etym: [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
Defn: That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9. On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOFTLoft, a.
Defn: Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] Surrey.
LOFTERLoft"er, n. (Golf)
Defn: An iron club used in lofting the ball; — called also lofting iron.
LOFTILYLoft"i*ly, adv. Etym: [From Lofty.]
Defn: In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
LOFTINESSLoft"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being lofty.
LOFTING IRONLoft"ing iron. (Golf)
Defn: Same as Lofter.
LOFTYLoft"y, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.] Etym: [From Loft.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope.
2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. Shak. Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. Milton.
Syn. — Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
LOGLog, n. Etym: [Heb. log.]
Defn: A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward.
LOG Log, n. Etym: [Icel. lag a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.]
1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
2. Etym: [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.)
Defn: An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate.
3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
5. (Mining)
Defn: A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead. — Log book, or Logbook (Naut.), a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board. Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs. — Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. — Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. — Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log, n., 2. — Log perch (Zoöl.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina caprodes); — called also hogfish and rockfish. — Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. — Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above). — Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. — Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. — To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.
LOGLog, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Logged; p. pr. & vb. n. Logging.] (Naut.)
Defn: , To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J.F. Cooper.
LOGLog, v. i.
1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.]
2. To move to and fro; to rock. [Obs.]
LOGANLog"an, n.
Defn: A rocking or balanced stone. Gwill.
LOGAOEDICLog`a*oed"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Pros.)
Defn: Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.
LOGARITHMLog"a*rithm, n. Etym: [Gr. logarithme.] (Math.)
Defn: One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.
Note: The relation of logarithms to common numbers is that of numbers in an arithmetical series to corresponding numbers in a geometrical series, so that sums and differences of the former indicate respectively products and quotients of the latter; thus 0 1 2 3 4 Indices or logarithms 1 10 100 1000 10,000 Numbers in geometrical progression Hence, the logarithm of any given number is the exponent of a power to which another given invariable number, called the base, must be raised in order to produce that given number. Thus, let 10 be the base, then 2 is the logarithm of 100, because 102 = 100, and 3 is the logarithm of 1,000, because 103 = 1,000. Arithmetical complement of a logarithm, the difference between a logarithm and the number ten. — Binary logarithms. See under Binary. — Common logarithms, or Brigg's logarithms, logarithms of which the base is 10; — so called from Henry Briggs, who invented them. — Gauss's logarithms, tables of logarithms constructed for facilitating the operation of finding the logarithm of the sum of difference of two quantities from the logarithms of the quantities, one entry of those tables and two additions or subtractions answering the purpose of three entries of the common tables and one addition or subtraction. They were suggested by the celebrated German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss (died in 1855), and are of great service in many astronomical computations. — Hyperbolic, or Napierian, logarithms, those logarithms (devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the base is 2.7182818; — so called from Napier, the inventor of logarithms. — Logistic or Proportionallogarithms., See under Logistic.
LOGARITHMETIC; LOGARITHMETICALLog`a*rith*met"ic, Log"a*rith*met"ic*al, a.
Defn: See Logarithmic.
LOGARITHMETICALLYLog`a*rith*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Logarithmically.
LOGARITHMIC; LOGARITHMICALLog`a*rith"mic, Log`a*rith"mic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. logarithmique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. Logarithmic curve (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. — Logarithmic spiral, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See Spiral.
LOGARITHMICALLYLog`a*rith"mic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By the use of logarithms.
LOG-CHIPLog"-chip`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; — called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.
LOGCOCKLog"cock`, n.
Defn: The pileated woodpecker.
LOGELoge, n. Etym: [F. See Lodge.]
Defn: A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOGGANLog"gan, n.
Defn: See Logan.
LOGGATLog"gat, n. Etym: [Also written logget.]
1. A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. pl.
Defn: An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground. [Obs.] Shak.
LOGGELogge, n. & v.