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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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.)…
  2. Lō'ca-tive, a.p. 783(Gram.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun.
  3. Lŏch, n.p. 783A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]
  4. Lōch, n.p. 783(Med.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture. [Written also loche, loboch, looch, and lough.]
  5. Lo-chā'ber-āx or Lo-chā'ber-āxe, n.p. 783A formidable weapon of war, consisting of a pole bearing an ax at its upper end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.
  6. Lōch'age, n.p. 783(Gr. Antiq.) An officer who commanded a cohort, the number of men in which is not certainly known. Mitford.
  7. Lŏch'an, n.p. 783A small lake; a pond. [Scot.] “A pond or lochan rather than a lake.” H. Miller.
  8. Lōche, n.p. 783See LOACH and LOCH.
  9. Lo-chi'ă or Lō'chi-ă, n.p. 783(Med.) The evacuations from the womb and vagina, which follow childbirth.
  10. Lō'chi-al, a.p. 783Pertaining to the lochia.
  11. Lŏck, n.p. 783Any thing that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, and the like, in which a movable bolt is projected by the action of a separate piece, called a key, but can not be…
  12. Lŏck, v. t.p. 783To fasten with a lock and key; as, to lock a door; to lock a trunk. 2. To fasten so as to impede motion; as, to lock a wheel. 3. To shut up or confine, as with a lock; as, to be locked in a prison.…
  13. Lŏck, v. i.p. 783To become fast; as, the door locks close. 2. To unite closely by mutual insertion; as, they lock into each other.
  14. Lŏck'age, n.p. 783Materials for locks in a canal. 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 lockage will be about fifty feet on each…
  15. Lŏck'-chām'ber, n.p. 783The inclosed space between lock-gates, into which boats enter in a canal.
  16. Lŏck'-down, n.p. 783A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting;—used by lumbermen. [U. S.]
  17. Lŏcked'-jaw, n.p. 783(Med.) A violent contraction of the muscles of the jaw, by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.
  18. Lŏck'er, n.p. 783A close place, as a drawer or an apartment in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain-locker (Naut.), a strong compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain-cables.—Shot-locker, a…
  19. Lŏck'et, n.p. 783A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament. 2. A little gold case worn as an ornament, often containing a lock of hair or a miniature.
  20. Lŏck'ist, n.p. 783An adherent of Locke, the philosopher.
  21. Lŏck'-jaw, n.p. 783See LOCKED-JAW.
  22. Lŏck'-kēep'er, n.p. 783One who attends the locks of a canal.
  23. Lŏck'less, a.p. 783Destitute of a lock.
  24. Löck'-nüt, n.p. 783See JAM-NUT.
  25. Lŏck'-păd'dle, n.p. 783A small sluice for the passage of water to fill an empty lock.
  26. Löck'ram, n.p. 783A sort of coarse linen.
  27. Löck'rand, n.p. 783(Arch.) A course of bond-stones.
  28. Lŏck'-sĭll, n.p. 783An angular piece of timber at the bottom of a lock, against which the gates shut.
  29. Löck'-smith, n.p. 783An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
  30. Lŏck'-stēp, n.p. 784A 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 and closely follows the corresponding leg of the person…
  31. Lōck's-stitch, n.p. 784A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in some sewing-machines.
  32. Lōck'-ŭp, n.p. 784A place where bailiffs temporarily confine persons under arrest; a watch-house.
  33. Lŏck'-wēir, n.p. 784A paddle-weir, in canals; an over-fall behind the upper gates, by which the waste water of the upper pond is let down through the paddle-holes into the chamber of the lock. 2. A weir having a lock.
  34. Lŏck'y, a.p. 784Having locks or tufts. [Obs.] Sherwood.
  35. Lō'co-de-scrip'tive, a.p. 784Describing a particular place or places.
  36. Lō'co-fō'co, n.p. 784A friction match. [U. S.] 2. A member of the Democratic party. [U. S.] The name was applied, in 1834, to the extreme portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York…
  37. Lō'co-mō'tion, n.p. 784The act of moving from place to place. 2. The power of moving from place to place; as, most animals possess locomotion; plants have life, but not locomotion.
  38. Lō'co-mō'tive, a.p. 784Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal. 2. Occupied in producing motion, or in moving from place to place; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
  39. Lō'co-mō'tive or Lō'co-mō'tive-ēn'ǵine, n.p. 784A wheel-carriage supporting and driven by a steam-boiler and one or more steam-engines, and used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons or railway cars. The cut shows the general…
  40. Lō'co-mō'tive-eār, n.p. 784A locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle.
  41. Lō'co-mō'tive-ness or Lō'co-mo-tiv'i-ty, n.p. 784The power of changing place.
  42. Lŏc'ū-la-ment, n.p. 784(Bot.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
  43. Lōc'ū-lar, a.p. 784(Bot.) Of, or relating to, the cell or compartment of an ovary, &c. (Gray).
  44. Lōc'ū-li-çi'dal, a.p. 784(Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell. (Gray.)
  45. Lōc'ŭ-lōse' or Lōc'ŭ-lōus, a.p. 784(Bot.) Divided by internal partitions into shells.
  46. Lō'cum-tē'nēns, n.p. 784A deputy or substitute filling a vacant office for a time.
  47. Lō'cus, n.p. 784(Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law.
  48. Lō'cust, n.p. 784(Entom.) A jumping orthopterous insect, like the grasshopper, from which it is distinguished by the shortness of its antennae, and by having only three joints in each foot, as seen from above. ☞ The…
  49. Lo-cūs'tă, n.p. 784(Bot.) The spikelet or flower-cluster of grasses. Gray.
  50. Lo-cŭs'tic, a.p. 784(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from the locust;—said of an acid resembling acetic acid in its properties.
  51. Lō'cust-tree, n.p. 784(Bot.) 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. ☞…
  52. Honey locust-treep. 784a tree of the genus Gleditschia (G. triacanthos), 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.
  53. Lo-cū'tion, n.p. 784Speech, or discourse. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. Marston.
  54. Lōc'ū-to-ry, n.p. 784A room for conversation; especially, such a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
  55. Lōde, n.p. 784(Mining.) A metallic vein, or any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not, but commonly a metallic vein. [Written also load.] 2. A cut or reach of water. Down that dark, long lode .... he and…
  56. Lōde'man·a·ge, n.p. 784Pilotage. Halliwell.
  57. Lōde'-ship, n.p. 784A small vessel. Halliwell.
  58. Lōde'stār, n.p. 784See LOADSTAR.
  59. Lōde'stōne, n.p. 784See LOADSTONE. 2. A kind of stone, called also tin-stone, a compound of stone and sand, of different kinds and colors;— so called among the Cornish miners.
  60. Lŏdge, v. t.p. 784(imp. & p. p. LODGED; p. pr. & vb. n. LODGING.) [O. Eng. logge, Fr. loger, O. Fr. logier, L. Lat. logiare, It. alloggiare, Sp. alojar. See infra.] 1. To set, lay, or deposit for keeping or…