Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 51

Lote (n.) The European burbot.

Lote (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.

Loth (a.) Alt. of Lothsome

Lothly (a.) Alt. of Lothsome

Lothsome (a.) See Loath, Loathly, etc.

Lothario (n.) A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

Lotion (n.) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.

Lotion (n.) A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.

Loto (n.) See Lotto.

Lotong (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).

Lotophagi (n. pl.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.

Lotos (n.) See Lotus.

Lotteries (pl. ) of Lottery

Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.

Lottery (n.) Allotment; thing allotted.

Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno.

Loture (n.) See Lotion.

Lotus (n.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.

Lotus (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.

Lotus (n.) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.

Lotus (n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.

Lotus (n.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

Lotus-eater (n.) Alt. of Lotos-eater

Lotos-eater (n.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.

Louchettes (n. pl.) Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.

Loud (superl.) Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

Loud (superl.) Clamorous; boisterous.

Loud (superl.) Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort.

Loud (superl.) Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors.

Loud (adv.) With loudness; loudly.

Loudful (a.) Noisy.

Loudly (adv.) In a loud manner.

Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

Loudness (n.) The quality or state of being loud.

Loud-voiced (a.) Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.

Lough (n.) A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Lough (obs. strong imp.) of Laugh.

Louis d'or () Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

Lonis quatorze () Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

Louk (n.) An accomplice; a "pal."

Lounged (imp. & p. p.) of Lounge

Lounging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lounge

Lounge (a.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

Lounge (n.) An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.

Lounge (n.) A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Lounger (n.) One who lounges; ar idler.

Loup (n.) See 1st Loop.

Loup-cervier (n.) The Canada lynx. See Lynx.

Loup-loup (n.) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.

Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

Lour (n.) An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

Louri (n.) See Lory.

Lice (pl. ) of Louse

Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.

Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.

Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.

Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.

Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice.

Lousewort (n.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.

Lousily (adv.) In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily.

Lousiness (n.) The state or quality of being lousy.

Lousy (a.) Infested with lice.

Lousy (a.) Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.

Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.

Lout (n.) A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

Lout (v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Loutish (a.) Clownish; rude; awkward.

Loutou (n.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

Louver (n.) Alt. of Louvre

Louvre (n.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).

Lovable (a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

Lovage (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

Love (n.) A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Love (n.) Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.

Love (n.) Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Love (n.) Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.

Love (n.) Due gratitude and reverence to God.

Love (n.) The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address.

Love (n.) Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.

Love (n.) A thin silk stuff.

Love (n.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).

Love (n.) Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.

Loved (imp. & p. p.) of Love

Loving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Love

Love (n.) To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.

Love (n.) To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.

Love (n.) To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.

Love (v. i.) To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

Loveable (a.) See Lovable.

Love-drury (n.) Affection.

Lovee (n.) One who is loved.

Loveful (a.) Full of love.

Loveless (a.) Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.

Loveless (a.) Not attracting love; unattractive.

Lovelily (adv.) In manner to excite love; amiably.

Loveliness (n.) The state or quality of being lovely.

Lovelock (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

Lovelorn (a.) Forsaken by one's love.

Lovely (superl.) Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.

Lovely (superl.) Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.

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