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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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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.Lōp'sīd-ed, a. p. 783See LAPSĪDED.Lōb's-pound, n. p. 783A prison. Hudibras.Lōb'ster, n. p. 783(Zoöl.) A large, long tailed crustacean, used for food. The American lobster is a species of the genus Homarus; the European, of the genus Palinurus, have no large claws. The fresh-water lobsters are…Lŏb'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 783Having small lobed divisions.Lŏb'ūle, n. p. 783A small lobe.Lŏb'-worm, n. p. 783See LUG-WORM.Lō'cal, a. p. 783Pertaining to a particular place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space; as, local circumstances. 2. Limited or confined to a spot, place, or definite district; as, a local custom. — Gives to…Lo-cāle', n. p. 783A place, spot, or location. 2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.Lō'cal-ism, n. p. 783The state of being local; affection for a place. 2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.Lo-căl'i-ty, n. p. 783Existence in a place, or in a certain portion of space. It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality. Glanville.…Lō'cal-i-zā'tion, n. p. 783The act of localizing.]Lō'cal-īze, v. t. p. 783To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. “As Fancy localizes powers we love.” Wordsworth.Lō'cal-ly, adv. p. 783With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.Lō'cāte, v. t. p. 783To place; to set in a particular spot or position. 2. To designate the site or place of; as, to locate a public building, a church, &c. 3. To select or determine the bounds or place of; as, to locate…Lō-cā′tion, n. p. 783The act of placing, or of designating a place. 2. The place where something spoken of is located or permanently fixed. 3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. 4. (Law.) (a.)…Lō'ca-tive, a. p. 783(Gram.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun.