Chapter 915

Loam (?) , n. [AS. l\'bem ; akin to D. leem , G. lehm , and E. lime . See 4th Lime .] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

We wash a wall of loam ; we labor in vain. Hooker.

2. (Founding) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Loam mold (Founding) , a mold made with loam. See Loam , n. , 2. -- Loam molding , the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate , an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. -- Loam work , loam molding or loam molds.

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Loam , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Loamed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaming .] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Loamy <Xpage=863>

Loam"y (?) , a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Bacon.

Loan <Xpage=863>

Loan (?) , n. [See Lawn .] A loanin. [Scot.]

Loan <Xpage=863>

Loan , n. [OE. lone , lane , AS. l\'ben , l\'91n , fr. le\'a2n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. l\'ben , G. leihen to lend, OHG. l\'c6han , Icel. lj\'c6 , Goth. leihwan , L. linquere to leave, Gr. <?/, Skr. ric . <?/ Cf. Delinquent , Eclipse , Eleven , Ellipse , Lend , License , Relic .] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services .

2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan .

Loan office . (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender . (b) A pawnbroker's shop.

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Loan , n. t. [ imp. & p. p. Loaned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning .] To lend; -- sometimes with out .

Kent.

By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

Loanable <Xpage=863>

Loan"a*ble (?) , a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds ; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.

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Loan"in (?) , Loan"ing , n. [From Scotch loan , E. lawn .] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Loanmonger <Xpage=863>

Loan"mon`ger (?) , n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

The millions of the loanmonger . Beaconsfield.

Loath <Xpage=863>

Loath (?) , a. [OE. looth , loth , AS. l\'be<?/ hostile, odious; akin to OS. l<?/<?/ , G. leid , Icel. lei<?/r , Sw. led , G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l\'c6dan to suffer, go, cf. AS. l\'c6<?/an to go, Goth. leipan , and E. lead to guide.] 1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part .

Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer .

Why, then, though loath , yet must I be content. Shak.

Loathe <Xpage=863>

Loathe (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Loathed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing .] [AS. l\'be<?/ian to hate. See Loath .] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.

Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley.

2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.

The secret which I loathe . Waller.

She loathes the vital sir. Dryden.

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See Hate .

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Loathe , v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]

Loather <Xpage=863>

Loath"er (?) , n. One who loathes.

Loathful <Xpage=863>

Loath"ful (?) , a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. " Loathful eyes."

Spenser.

2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.

Above the reach of loathful , sinful lust. Spenser.

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Loath"ing , n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.

The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay.

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Loath"ing*ly , adv. With loathing.

Loathliness <Xpage=863>

Loath"li*ness (?) , n. Loathsomeness. [Obs.]

Loathly <Xpage=863>

Loath"ly (?) , a. [AS. l\'be<?/lic .] Loathsome. [Obs.] " Loathly mouth."

Spenser.

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Loath"ly (?) , adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly.

This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne.

2. (<?/) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.]

With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax.

Loathness <Xpage=863>

Loath"ness (?) , n. Unwillingness; reluctance.

A general silence and loathness to speak. Bacon.

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Loath"some (?) , a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.

The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. Macaulay.

-- Loath"some*ly . adv. -- Loath"some*ness , n.

Loathy <Xpage=863>

Loath"y (?) , a. Loathsome. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Loaves <Xpage=863>

Loaves (?) , n. ; pl. of Loaf .

Lob <Xpage=863>

Lob (?) , n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. Looby , Lubber .] 1. A dull, heavy person. " Country lobs ."

Gauden.

2. Something thick and heavy.

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Lob , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lobbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing .] To let fall heavily or lazily.

And their poor jades Lob down their heads. Shak.

To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis) , to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.

<-- to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory -->

Lob <Xpage=863>

Lob , v. t. (Mining) See Cob , v. t.

Lob <Xpage=863>

Lob , n. [Dan. lubbe .] (Zo\'94l.) The European pollock.

Lobar <Xpage=863>

Lo"bar (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.

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Lo"bate (?) , Lo"ba*ted (?) , a. [See Lobe .] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf .

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust . (m) under Aves .

Lobately <Xpage=863>

Lo"bate*ly (?) , adv. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.

Lobbish <Xpage=863>

Lob"bish (?) , a. Like a lob; consisting of lobs.

Sir. P. Sidney.

Lobby <Xpage=863>

Lob"by (?) , n. ; pl. Lobbies (#) . [LL. lobium , lobia , laubia , a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba , G. laube , arbor. See Lodge .] 1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.

2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency<-- = lobbyist -->. [U.S.]

3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Lobby member , a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]

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Lob"by , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lobbied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbying .] To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes. [U.S.]

Bartlett.

Lobby <Xpage=863>

Lob"by , v. t. To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill . [U.S.]

Lobbyist <Xpage=863>

Lob"by*ist , n. A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.]

Lobcock <Xpage=863>

Lob"cock` (?) , n. A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]

Lobe <Xpage=863>

Lobe (?) , n. [F. lobe , Gr. <?/.] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form ; as: (a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf . Gray . (b) (Zo\'94l.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot . (c) (Anat.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain . (b) (Mach.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.

Lobe of the ear , the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below. See. Illust . of Ear . <-- = earlobe -->

Lobed <Xpage=863>

Lobed (?) , a. Having lobes; lobate.

Lobefoot <Xpage=863>

Lobe"foot` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.

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Lobe"-foot`ed , a. (Zo\'94l.) Lobiped.

Lobelet <Xpage=863>

Lobe"let (?) , n. (Bot.) A small lobe; a lobule.

Lobelia <Xpage=863>

Lo*be"li*a (?; 106) , n. [NL. So called from Lobel , botanist to King James I.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata , or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.

Lobeliaceous <Xpage=863>

Lo*be`li*a"ceous (?) , a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.

Lobelin <Xpage=863>

Lo*be"lin (?) , n. (Med.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia , used as an emetic and diaphoretic.

Lobeline <Xpage=863>

Lo*be"line (?) , n. (Chem.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco ( Lobelia inflata ) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.

Lobiped <Xpage=863>

Lo"bi*ped , a. [ Lobe + L. pes , pedis , foot.] (Zo\'94l.) Having lobate toes, as a coot.

Loblolly <Xpage=863>

Lob"lol`ly (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

Loblolly bay (Bot.) , an elegant white-flowered 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. Also, a similar West Indian tree ( Laplacea h\'91matoxylon ). -- Loblolly boy , a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett . -- Loblolly pine (Bot.) , a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ( Pinus T\'91da ). Also, P. Bahamensis , of the West Indies. -- Loblolly tree (Bot.) , a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata , Cordia alba , and Cupania glabra .

Lobosa <Xpage=863>

Lo*bo"sa (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Lobe .] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Am\'d2ba .

Lobscouse <Xpage=863>

Lob"scouse` (?) , n. [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] [ Lob + course .] (Naut.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.

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Lob"sid`ed (?) , a. See Lopsided .

Lobspound <Xpage=863>

Lobs"pound` (?) , n. [ Lob + pound a prison.] A prison. [Obs.]

Hudibras.

Lobster <Xpage=863>

Lob"ster (?) , n. [AS. loppestre , lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust .] (Zo\'94l.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus ; as the American lobster ( H. Americanus ), and the European lobster ( H. vulgaris ). The Norwegian lobster ( Nephrops Norvegicus ) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus , Panulirus , and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters .

Lobster caterpillar (Zo\'94l.) , the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth ( Stauropus fagi ); -- so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zo\'94l.) , a copepod crustacean ( Nicotho\'89 astaci ) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.

Lobular <Xpage=863>

Lob"u*lar , a. [Cf. F. lobulaire .] Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.

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Lob"u*late (?) , Lob"u*la`ted (?) , a. Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland .

Lobule <Xpage=863>

Lob"ule , n. [Cf. F. lobule , dim. of lobe . See Lobe .] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.

Lobule of the ear . (Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear .

Lobulette <Xpage=863>

Lob`u*lette" (?) , n. [Dim. of lobule .] (Anat.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.

Lobworm <Xpage=863>

Lob"worm` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The lugworm.

Local <Xpage=863>

Lo"cal (?) , a. [L. localis , fr. locus place: cf. F. local . See Lieu , Locus .] Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom .

Gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Shak.

Local actions (Law) , actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitory actions . -- Local affection (Med.) , a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. -- Local attraction (Magnetism) , an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. -- Local battery (Teleg.) , the battery which actuates the recording instruments of a telegraphic station, as distinguished from the battery furnishing a current for the line. -- Local circuit (Teleg.) , the circuit of the local battery. -- Local color . (a) (Paint.) The color which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option , the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.

Local <Xpage=863>

Lo"cal , n. 1. (Railroad) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. [U.S.] <-- a train or bus which stops at all stations along a line, as contrasted with an express, which stops only at certain stations designated as express stops -->

2. On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. [U.S.]

Locale <Xpage=863>

Lo`cale" (?) , n. [F. local .] 1. A place, spot, or location.

2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.

Localism <Xpage=863>

Lo"cal*ism (?) , n. 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.

2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

Locality <Xpage=863>

Lo*cal"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Localitiees (<?/) . [L. localitas : cf. F. localit\'82 .] 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.

It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality . Glanvill.

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2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.

3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial .

Blackstone.

4. (Phren.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.

Localization <Xpage=864>

Lo`cal*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. localisation .] Act of localizing, or state of being localized.

Cerebral localization (Physiol.) , the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.

Localize <Xpage=864>

Lo"cal*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Localized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Localizing (?) .] [Cf. F. localiser . See Local .] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

H. Spencer. Wordsworth.

Locally <Xpage=864>

Lo"cal*ly , adv. With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant .

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