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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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Lōop'er, n. p. 787(Entom.) The larvæ of certain species of moths, which forms a loop when crawling; geometer.Lōop'-hōle, n. p. 787(Mil.) A small opening in the walls of a fortification, or in the bulk-head of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons are discharged at an enemy. 2. A hole or aperture that gives a…Loop'-hōled, a. p. 787Provided with loop-holes.Lōōp'ie, a. p. 787Deceitful; cunning; sly. [Scot.]Lōop'ing, n. p. 787(Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.Lōōp'y, a. p. 787The same as LOOPIE. [Scot.]Lōord, n. p. 787A dull, stupid fellow; a drone. [Obs.] “A lazy loord.” Spenser.Lōōs, n. p. 787Praise. [Obs.] Spenser.Lōose, v. t. p. 787To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles of; to set free; to relieve. Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion? Job xxxviii. 31. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt…Lōōse, v. i. p. 788To set sail; to leave a port or harbor. Now, when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga, in Pamphylia. Acts xiii. 13.Lōōse, a. p. 788Unbound; untied; unsewed; not fastened or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. 2. Free from obligation; disengaged; not attached nor enslaved; unengaged;—with from or of. Their prevailing…Lōose, n. p. 788Freedom from restraint; liberty. [Obs.] He runs with an unbounded loose. Prior. 2. A letting go; discharge; impulse; shot. [Obs.] In throwing a dart or javelin we force back our arms, to make our…Lōōse'ly, adv. p. 788Not fast; not firmly; so as to be easily disengaged; as, things loosely connected. 2. Without confinement. Her golden locks, for haste, were loosely shed About her ears. Spencer. 3. Without order…Lōōs'en, v. t. p. 788To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; as, to loosen a string when tied, or a knot; to loosen a joint; to loosen a rock in the earth. 2. To render less dense or…Lōos'en, v. i. p. 788To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.Lōose'ness, n. p. 788The state of being loose or relaxed; as, the looseness of a cord; the looseness of the skin; the looseness of earth; looseness of morals or of principles; looseness of life; looseness of the bowels.Lōose'strīfe, n. p. 788(Bot.) (a.) A plant of several species of the genus Lysimachia, having small, star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. (b.) A plant of species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some…Lōōs'ish, a. p. 788Loose to a certain degree; somewhat loose. [Rare.]Lōōt, n. p. 788The act of plundering or thieving, especially in a conquered or sacked city; also, plunder. [Recent.]Loot, v. t. or i. p. 788To plunder; to carry off as plunder or prize lawfully obtained by war. [Recent.] “Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.” Oliphant.Lōōv'er, n. p. 788See LOUVER.Lŏp, v. t. p. 788To cut off, as the top or extreme part of any thing; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to separate, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. “With branches lopped in wood, or…Lōp, v. i. p. 788To fall or hang downward; to be pendent or pendulous.Lŏp, n. p. 788That which is cut off, as from trees. Why, we take From every tree lop, bark, and part o' the timber. Shak. 2. That which lops or falls over. Holland.Lŏp, n. p. 788A flea. “Nickname to the stuff called lops and lice.” Cleveland.Lōpe, imp. p. 788of leap. [Obs.] “And, laughing, lope into a tree.” Spenser.Lōpe, n. p. 788A leap; a long step. [U. S.]Lōpe, v. i. p. 788To leap; to move or run with a long step, as a dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He that lopes On the ropes, Show me such another wench. Middleton.Lōpe'man, n. p. 788A leaping man; a rope-dancer. It goes like a Dutch lopeman. Beau. & Fl.Lo-phi'o-dōn or Lōph'i-o-dōn, n. p. 788(Paleon.) A fossil animal allied to the rhinoceros and tapir;—so named from the eminence of its teeth. It is found in the early tertiary. Dana.Lo-phi'o-dōnt, a. p. 788Relating to the lophiodon. Dana.Lōp'per, n. p. 788One who lops or cuts off.Lŏp'per, v. i. p. 788To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.Lōp'ping, n. p. 788A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. I say nothing of the loppings from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.Lōp'sīd-ed, a. p. 788Heavier on one side than the other, as a ship. See LAPSIDED. Marryatt.Lo-quā'ciōus, a. p. 788Given to continual talking; talkative. “Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong.” Dryden. 2. Speaking; noisy. Blind British bards, with volant touch, Traverse loquacious strings. Phillips. 3. Apt to…Lo-quā'ciōŭs-ly, adv. p. 788In a loquacious manner.Lo-quā'ciōus-ness, n. p. 788Loquacity.Lo-quā'ci-ty, n. p. 788The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much. “Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits.” Arbuthnot. Syn.—Talkativeness; garrulity; babbling.Lo-răn’thus, n. p. 788(Bot.) A genus of plants most of which are parasitic upon trees, and are found in the tropics:—so called from the long, slender, leathery petals of the flowers.Lō'rate, a. p. 788(Bot.) Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate. Gray.Lō'rech'ā, n. p. 788(Naut.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Rear Admiral Foote.Lōrd, n. p. 788One who is in a position of responsibility or power; a superior; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. Shak. Man over man He made not lord. Milton. 2.…Lôrd, n. p. 788A hump-backed person; — so called sportively or in ridicule. Smart.Lôrd, v. t. p. 788To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord.Lōrd, v. i. p. 788To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; — sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitory verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious…Lôrd'ing, n. p. 788A little lord; a lordling; a lord in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] Swift.Lôrd'li-ness, n. p. 788Dignity; high station. 2. Pride; haughtiness.Lôrd'ling, n. p. 788A little or diminutive lord.Lôrd'ly, a. p. 788Becoming a lord; pertaining to a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South. The maidens gathered strength and grace, And presence lordlier than…Lôrd'ly, adv. p. 788In a lordly manner; imperiously; proudly. A famished lion, issuing from the wood, Bears lordly force. Dryden.Lor-dō'sis, n. p. 788(Anat.) (a.) A bending forward of the head and shoulders, owing to a curvature of the spine. (b.) Any abnormal curvature of the bones.Lôrd'ship, n. p. 788The state or quality of being a lord; hence (with his, your, or their), a title applied to a lord, except to an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace. 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory of a lord…Lôrd's-sŭp'per, n. p. 788(Christian Church.) The sacramental supper instituted by Christ; the eucharist, or communion.Lōre, n. p. 788That which is learned; erudition; knowledge gained from reading or study; true or correct knowledge; learning; lesson. “The law of nations or the lore of war.” Fairfax. “His fair offspring nursed in…Lôre, n. p. 789(Or-nith.) The space between the bill and the eye.Lōre, imp. & p. p. p. 789Left; lost. [Obs.] Neither of them she found where she them lore. Spenser.Lōr'el, n. p. 789An abandoned scoundrel; a vagrant. [Obs.] “A lewd lorel.” Spenser.Lōres'man, n. p. 789An instructor. [Obs.] Gower.Lo-rëtte', n. p. 789One of a certain class of females in Paris devoted to intrigue and gaining their support by prostitution, and differing from the grisettes in being of more showy appearance and better apparent…