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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Lōw'land-er, n. p. 791A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands; especially of the Lowlands of Scotland as distinguished from Highlander.Lōw'li-hōod or Lōw'li-hēad, n. p. 791A lowly state. [Rare.] The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood, and pure lovelihead. Tennyson.Lōw'li-ly, adv. p. 791Humbly; without pride; meanly; without dignity.Lōw'li-ness, n. p. 791The state of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind. Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 12. 2. Want of dignity; abject state; meanness. [R.]Lōw'ly, a. p. 791Not high; not elevated in place. Dryden. 2. Mean; low; wanting dignity or rank. One common right the great and lowly claim. Pope. 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. “These rural poems, and their lowly…Lōw'ly, adv. p. 791In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. “Be lowly wise.” Milton. 2. In a low condition; without grandeur or dignity; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.Lown, n. p. 791A low fellow; a scoundrel. [Obs.] We should have both lord and lown. Shak.Lōw'ness, n. p. 791The state of being low or depressed; the state of being less elevated than something else; as, the lowness of the ground, or of the water after the ebb-tide. 2. Meanness of condition; low birth…Lōw'-prĕss'ūre, a. p. 791Having, employing, or exerting a low degree of pressure; especially, in a restricted sense, employing or exerting a pressure of less than fifty pounds to the square inch;—said of steam and…Lŏw'-spĭr/it-ed, a. p. 791Not having animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not lively or sprightly.Lōw'-spĭr'it-ed-ness, n. p. 791Dejection of mind or courage; a state of low spirits.Lŏw'-stŭd/ded, a. p. 791Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.Lowt, n. p. 791Same as LOUT, q. v. Latimer.Lŏx'o-drŏm'ĭc, a. p. 791Pertaining to oblique sailing, or sailing by the rhumb; as, loxodromic tables. Loxodromic curve or line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every…Lŏx'o-drōm'ĭcs, n. sing. p. 791The art or method of oblique sailing by the loxodromic or rhumb line. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Lox-ŏd'ro-mĭsm, n. p. 791The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.Lox-ŏd'ro-my, n. p. 791The science of loxodromics.Loy, n. p. 791(Agr.) A long, narrow spade for stony lands.Loy'al, a. p. 791Devoted to the maintenance of law; disposed to uphold the constituted authority; faithful to the lawful government, whether parental, civil, or divine. 2. Faithful to the sovereign, either as the…Loy'al-ĭst, n. p. 791A person who adheres to his sovereign, or to the constituted authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or…Loy'al-ly, adv. p. 791In a loyal manner; faithfully.Loy'al-ty, n. p. 791The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, &c. He had such loyalty to the king as the law requires. Clarendon. “Loyalty . . . being derived from [Fr.] loi…Lŏz'enge, n. p. 791A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb. 2. (Confectionery.) A small cake of sugar, &c., often medicated, originally in the form of a lozenge or rhomb, but now…Lōz'enged or Lōz'enge-shāped, a. p. 792Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. See LOZENGE, No. 1.Lōz'en-ǵy, a. p. 792(Her.) Covered with lozenges, or divided into lozenge-shaped compartments.Lū, n. & v. t. p. 792See Loo.Lūb'bard, n. p. 792A lubber. [Rare.] See LUBBER. W. Scott.Lūb'ber, n. p. 792A heavy, clumsy fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. See LAND-LUBBER. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser.Lubber's hole p. 792a hole in the top of a vessel, next the mast, through which sailors may mount without going over the rim by the futtock-shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten.Lŭb'ber-ly, a. p. 792Like a lubber; clumsy; as, a lubberly fellow or boy.Lūb'ber-ly, adv. p. 792Clumsily; awkwardly.Lū'bric or Lū'bric-al, a. p. 792Having a smooth surface; slippery; as, a lubric throat. Cressiano. 2. Wavering; unsteady; as, the lubric waves of state. Wotton. 3. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. “This lubric and adulterate age.” Dryden.Lū'bri-cant, n. p. 792That which lubricates.Lū'bri-cāte, v. t. p. 792To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous medicines lubricate the parts to which they are applied. That profuse and irrepressible wordiness ... lubricates and weakens the whole…Lū'bri-cā'tion, n. p. 792The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.Lū'bri-cā'tor, n. p. 792One who, or that which, lubricates.Lu-brĭç'i-tāte, v. t. p. 792Same as LUBRICATE. [Obs.]Lu-brĭc'i-ty, n. p. 792The state of being lubric; smoothness of surface; slipperiness. 2. Smoothness; aptness to glide over any thing, or to facilitate the motion of bodies in contact by diminishing friction. 3.…Lū'bri-coŭs, a. p. 792Smooth; slippery. 2. Wavering; unstable. Glanville.Lū'bri-fi-cā'tion or Lū'bri-fāc'tion, n. p. 792The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Bacon.Lu-cā'mā, n. p. 792A Chilian fruit, in size and flavor resembling a peach.Lu-cā'nĭ-dæ, n. pl. p. 792(Entom.) A family of pentamerous coleopterous insects, characterized by the large and powerful mandibles with which the males are furnished; the stag-beetles. Baird.Lū'cārne, n. p. 792(Arch.) A window in the roof of a house; a garret or dormer window. [Obs.] Halliwell.Luc-chēse', n. sing. & pl. p. 792(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.Luc-chēse’, a. p. 792(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Lucca, or to the inhabitants of Lucca.Lūçe, n. p. 792(Ichth.) A pike when full grown. Halliwell. They give the dozen white laces in their coat. Shak.Lū'cent, a. p. 792Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the sun's lucent orb. Milton.Lū'cern, n. p. 792A lamp. [Obs.] Lydgate.Lū'cern, n. p. 792A sort of hunting-dog;—perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. Chapman. 2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request;—by some…Lū'cern, n. p. 792(Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago (M. sativa), cultivated for fodder.Lu-cér'nal, a. p. 792Of, or pertaining to, a lamp.Lucernal microscope p. 792a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.Lū'cid, a. p. 792Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. “A court compact of lucid marbles.” Tennyson. 2. Clear; transparent; pellucid. We found our fingers stopped by that lucid substance. Swift.…Lucid interval p. 792an interval of reason enjoyed by an insane person, or lunatic, between two fits of insanity. His sobriety of demeanor is no other than a lucid interval, and his passion mere delirium. Smollett. Syn.…Lu·cid’i·ty, n. p. 792The state of being lucid; brightness; clearness. [Obs.]Lū'cid-ly, adv. p. 792In a lucid manner; clearly.Lū'cid-ness, n. p. 792The quality or state of being lucid; brightness; clearness.Lū'ci-fer, n. p. 792The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star;—also applied, in Isaiah, by a bold metaphor, to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut…Lū'ci-fē'ri-an, a. p. 792Pertaining to Lucifer, or to the Luciferians.Lū'ci-fē'ri-an, n. p. 792(Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.