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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Lix·iv'i·üm, n. p. 782Water impregnated with alkaline salts imbibed from wood-ashes; — sometimes applied to other extracts.Liz'ard, n. p. 782(Zoöl.) A four-footed reptile, having an elongate, round body, without a dorsal crest, with scales above, and with broad transverse scales below, a very long, round tail, a head covered with…Lĭz'ard-tāil, n. p. 782(Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the…Llā'mā, n. p. 782(Zoöl.) An ungulate ruminating mammal (the llama, or Auchenia glama), allied to the camel, from which it differs in the separation of its toes, in having claws, in being smaller in size, and having…Lloyd’s, n. p. 782A society, or establishment of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, and certifying of vessels, and the…Lō, interj. p. 782Look; see; behold; observe. “Lo, here is Christ.” Matt. xxiv. 23. “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles.” Acts xiii. 46.Lōach, n. p. 782(lŏth.) A small fish, allied to the minnow, of the genus Cobitis (C. barbatula), inhabiting small, clear streams, and esteemed dainty food. [Written also loche.] Walton.Lōad, n. p. 782A burden; that which is laid on or put in any thing for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. Jove lightened of its load The enormous mass. Pope. 2. The amount or…Lōad, v. t. p. 782To lay a burden on; to cause to bear; to charge with a load; to make heavy; to furnish with a lading or cargo; as, to load a camel or a horse; to load a cart or wagon. 2. Hence, to weigh down, either…Loading-turn p. 782the successive rotation or order in which vessels take in their cargoes.Lōad'er, n. p. 782One who loads.Lōad'ing, n. p. 782A cargo; a burden; also, any thing that makes part of a load.Lōad'man-age, n. p. 782Pilotage; skill of a pilot. [Obs.]Lōad's'măn, n. p. 782A pilot. [Obs.]Lōad'stär, n. p. 782The star that leads; the polestar; the cynosure. [Written also lodestar.] “Your eyes are lodestars.” Shak.Lōad'stōne, n. p. 782(Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle: the ore is very abundant, and all of it is attractable by a magnet, but only occasional masses have polarity. [Written…Lōaf, n. p. 782Any thick lump or mass; especially a large, regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.Lōaf, v. i. p. 782To spend time in idleness; to lounge; to loiter. Bartlett.Lōaf, v. t. p. 782To pass or spend in idleness; to waste lazily; as, to loaf away time.Lōaf'er, n. p. 782An idle man; a vagrant who seeks his living by sponging or expedients.Lōaf'-sug-ar, n. p. 782Sugar refined and formed into a conical mass.Lōam, n. p. 782A soil chiefly composed of silicious sand, clay, and carbonate of lime, with more or less of oxide of iron, magnesia, and various salts, and also decayed vegetable and animal matter, giving…Lōam, v. t. p. 782To cover with loam.Lōam'-mōld'ing or Lōam'-mōuld'ing, n. p. 782(Founding.) (a.) The act of making a mold by sweeps, without a pattern. (b.) The mold thus made. See SWEEP.Lōam'y, a. p. 782Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam, or resembling it.Lōan, n. p. 782The act of lending; a lending. 2. That which is lent; any thing furnished for temporary use to a person at his request, on condition that the specific thing shall be returned, or its equivalent in…Lōan, v. t. p. 782To lend; to deliver to another for temporary use, without reward, on condition that the thing shall be returned, as a book; or to deliver for use, on condition that an equivalent in kind shall be…Lōan, v. t. p. 782To lend money or other valuable property; to negotiate a loan;—said of the lender.Lōan'a-ble, a. p. 782Capable of being loaned.Lōath, a. p. 782Filled with disgust or aversion; unwilling; backward; reluctant. See LOTH.Lōathe, v. t. p. 782To feel disgust at; especially, to have an extreme aversion of the appetite to food or drink. Loathing the honeyed cakes, I longed for bread. Cowley. 2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate. “Not to…Lōathe, v. i. p. 782To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]L'ōath'er, n. p. 782One who loathes or abhors.Lōath'ful, a. p. 782Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. “Loathful eyes.” Hubbard. 2. Awakening or exciting loathing or disgust; disgusting. “Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust.” Spenser.Lōath'ing, n. p. 782Extreme disgust; abhorrence; detestation. “The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.” Macaulay.Lōath'ing-ly, adv. p. 782With extreme disgust or abhorrence; in a fastidious manner.Lōath'-li-ness, n. p. 782The state or quality of being loathly; loath-someness. [Obs.]Lōath'ly, a. p. 782Loathsome. “Some fast like loathly toads.” Spenser.Lōath'ly, adv. p. 782Unwillingly; reluctantly. This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne. 2. In a loathsome manner; filthily. With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax.Lōath'ness, n. p. 782Unwillingness; reluctance. There grew among them a general silence and loathness to speak. Bacon.Lōath’sōme, a. p. 782Causing to loathe; exciting disgust; disgusting. “In defiance of the most loathsome and deadly forms of infection.” Macaulay. 2. Exciting hatred or abhorrence; detestable; odious; as, loathsome sloth.Lōath'sōme-ly, adv. p. 782In a loathsome manner; offensively.Lōath'sōme-ness, n. p. 782The quality of exciting extreme disgust or abhorrence.Lōath’y, a. p. 782Loathsome. [Obs.] Spenser.Lōaves, n. p. 782pl. of loaf.Lōb, n. p. 782A dull, heavy, sluggish person. 2. Something thick and heavy. 3. A lob-worm. See LUG-WORM.Lŏb, v. t. p. 782To let fall heavily or lazily. And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak.Lō'bate or Lō'bā-ted, a. p. 783(Nat. Hist.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.Lōb'by, n. p. 783(Arch.) An inclosed place surrounding or communicating with one or more apartments; also, a small hall or waiting-room, or an entrance into a principal apartment when there is a considerable space…Lŏb'by, v. i. p. 783To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere away from the House, with a view to influence their votes. This is practiced by persons not belonging to the legislature.…Lōb'-cōck, n. p. 783A sluggish, stupid, inactive person; a lob.Lōbe, n. p. 783Any projection or division, especially of a somewhat rounded form; as, (a.) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Gray. (b.) (Anat.) A round, projecting part of an organ, as of the…Lōbed, a. p. 783Having lobes; lobate.Lōbe'let, n. p. 783(Bot.) A small lobe; a lobule.Lo-bē'li-ā, n. p. 783(Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. L. inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous, white, viscid juice, of an acrid…Lŏb'lol-ly, n. p. 783Water-gruel, or spoon-meat;—so called among seamen.Lōb'lol-ly-bāy, n. p. 783(Bot.) An elegant, ornamental, 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.Lōb'lol-ly-boy, n. p. 783A surgeon’s attendant on shipboard.Lōb'lol-ly-tree, n. p. 783(Bot.) A West Indian tree of the genus Varronia (V. alba), growing to the height of about thirty feet, and producing a fruit which is sometimes eaten.Lŏb'scouse, n. p. 783(Naut.) A hash of meat with vegetables of various kinds; an olio.