Chapter 92

From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume (blue coats) came our word livery.

De Quincey.

(d) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance. " April's livery." Sir P. Sidney.

Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad.

Milton.

(e) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.

The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great pots, and white wine, and sugar.

Cavendish.

(f) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.

What livery is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at livery, the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food.

Spenser.

It need hardly be observed that the explanation of livery which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods.

Trench.

(g) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.

Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.

Lowell.

4. A low grade of wool.

Livery gown, the gown worn by a liveryman in London.

Liv"er*y, v. t. To clothe in, or as in, livery. Shak.

Liv"er*y*man (?), n.; pl. Liverymen (&?;). 1. One who wears a livery, as a servant.

2. A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.

3. One who keeps a livery stable.

Liv"er*y sta`ble (?). A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).

Lives (lvz), n.; pl. of Life.

Lives (lvz), a. & adv. [Orig. a genitive sing. of life.] Alive; living; with life. [Obs.] " Any lives creature." Chaucer.

Liv"id (lv"d), a. [L. lividus, from livere to be of a blush color, to be black and blue: cf. F. livide.] Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion. Cowper.

There followed no carbuncles, no purple or livid spots, the mass of the blood not being tainted.

Bacon.

Li*vid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. lividité.] The state or quality of being livid.

Liv"id*ness (lv"d*ns), n. Lividity. Walpole.

Liv"ing (lv"ng), a. [From Live, v. i.] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.

2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " Wyclif.

3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.

4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." Shak.

5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.

Then on the living coals wine they pour.

Dryden.

Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis. -- Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale. -- Living rock or stone, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock." Moore. -- The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.

Liv"ing, n. 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living." Shak.

2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious living." Chaucer.

3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.

She can spin for her living.

Shak.

He divided unto them his living.

Luke xv. 12.

4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.

There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.

L' Estrange.

5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.]

He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living

Macaulay.

Livng room, the room most used by the family.

Liv"ing*ly, adv. In a living state. Sir T. Browne.

Liv"ing*ness, n. The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.

Li*vo"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.

Li*vo"ni*an, n. A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the langua`e (alli`d to th` Finniso) of the Livonians.

||Li"vor (?), n. [L.] Malignity. [R.] Burton. || ||Li`vrai`son" (?), n. [F., fr. L. liberatio a setting free, in LL., a ||delivering up. See Liberation.] A part of a book or literary ||composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part. || Li"vre (?), n. [F., fr. L. libra a pound of twelve ounces. Cf. Lira.] A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

Lix*iv"i*al (?), a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.] 1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. Boyle.

2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye.

3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.

Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.

{ Lix*iv"i*ate (?), Lix*iv"i*`ted (?), } a. [From Lixivium.] 1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. Boyle.

Lix*iv"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lixiviated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lixiviating (?).] To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.

Lix*iv`i*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. lixiviation.] Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

Lix*iv"i*ous (?), a. See Lixivial.

Lix*iv"i*um (?), n. [L. lixivium, lixivia. See Lixivial.] A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

Lixt (lkst), obs. 2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest. Chaucer.

||Li"za (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American white mullet (Mugil curema). || Liz"ard (?), n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. lézard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.]

1. (Zoöl.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbæna, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon, 6.

2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. R. H. Dana, Ir.

3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

Lizard fish (Zoöl.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus Synodus, or Saurus, esp. S. fœtens of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also sand pike. -- Lizard snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake (Eutænia sirtalis). -- Lizard stone (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes.

Liz"ard's tail` (?). (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. Gray.

Lla"ma, n. [Peruv.] (Zoöl.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.

Llan*dei"lo group`. (Geol.) A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.

||Lla*ne"ro (?), n. [Sp. Amer.] One of the inhabitants of the llanos of ||South America. || Lla"no (?), n.; pl. Llanos (#). [Sp., plain even, level. See Plain.] An extensive plain with or without vegetation. [Spanish America]

Lloyd's (?), n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.

2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.

The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association.

Lloyd's agents, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. -- Lloyd's list, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. Brande & C. -- Lloyd's register, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly.

Lo (?), interj. [OE. lo, low; perh. akin to E. look, v.] Look; see; behold; observe. "Lo, here is Christ." Matt. xxiv. 23. "Lo, we turn to the Gentiles." Acts xiii. 46.

Loach (lch), n. [OE. loche, F. loche.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

Load (?), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.] 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

He might such a load To town with his ass carry.

Gower.

2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." Ray. " Our life's a load." Dryden.

4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.

5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.

6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] Milton.

7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.

Syn. -- Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.

Load, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.

I strive all in vain to load the cart.

Gascoigne.

I have loaden me with many spoils.

Shak.

Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house.

Shak.

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2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]

3. To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior.

Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

Load"er (?), n. One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

Load"ing, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into.

2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.

{ Load"man*age, Lode"man*age (?) }, n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Loads"man, Lodes"man (?) }, n. [Load, lode + man. See Lode.] A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ Load"star`, Lode"star` (?) }, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.] A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. " Your eyes are lodestars." Shak.

The pilot can no loadstar see.

Spenser.

{ Load"stone`, Lode"stone (?) }, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

Loaf (?), n.; pl. Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon.

Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.

Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Loaf"er (?), n. [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See Leap.] One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.

Loam (?), n. [AS. lm; 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.

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

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

Loan (ln), n. [See Lawn.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. ln, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. ln, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lhan, Icel. lj, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric. &radic;119. 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.

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).

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

{ 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.

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

The millions of the loanmonger.

Beaconsfield.

Loath (lth), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. ldan to suffer, go, cf. AS. lðan 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 (l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed (ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. lðian 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.

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

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

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.

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

The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races.

Macaulay.

Loath"ing*ly, adv. With loathing.

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

Loath"ly (l"l), a. [AS. lðlic.] Loathsome. [Obs.] " Loathly mouth." Spenser.

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

This shows that you from nature loathly stray.

Donne.

2. (l"l) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.]

With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight.

Fairfax.

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

A general silence and loathness to speak.

Bacon.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Lob, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.) The European pollock.

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

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

2. (Zoöl.) (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.

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

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

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. [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.]

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.

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.]

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.]

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

Lobe (lb), n. [F. lobe, Gr. lobo`s.] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as: (a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Gray. (b)(Zoöl.) 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.

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

Lobe"foot` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.

Lobe"-foot`ed, a. (Zoöl.) Lobiped.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Lo"bi*ped, a. [Lobe + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) Having lobate toes, as a coot.

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 hæmatoxylon). -- 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 Tæda). 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.

||Lo*bo"sa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Lobe.] (Zoöl.) An order of Rhizopoda, ||in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the ||Amœba. || 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.

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

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

Lob"ster (?), n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.] (Zoöl.) 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.