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2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
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3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. Blackstone.
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4. (Phren.) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
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Localization (?), n. [Cf. F. localisation.] Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
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Coloq. 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.
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Localize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Localized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Localizing (?).] [Cf. F. localiser. See .] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
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localized adj. 1. (Medicine) confined or restricted to a particular location; as, the localized infection formed a definite abscess. Contrasted with disseminated or systemic.
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2. made local or oriented locally; as, a decentralized and localized political authority.
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Locally, adv. With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
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Locate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See .] 1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
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The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. B. F. Westcott.
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2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
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That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
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3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to locate the malfunction in a system.
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Locate, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle; as, to locate in Seattle. [Colloq.]
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located adj. 1. situated in a particular spot or position; as, valuable centrally located urban land.
Syn. -- placed, set, situated.
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2. situated: often used in combination; as, a well-located business.
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locating n. 1. the act of putting something in a certain place or location.
Syn. -- location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement, situating.
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2. a determination of the location of something.
Syn. -- localization, localisation, location, fix.
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Location (?), n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.] 1. The act or process of locating.
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2. Situation; place; locality. Locke.
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3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place. [U.S.]
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4. (Law) (a) (Civil Law) A leasing on rent. (b) (Scots Law) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire. Wharton. (c) (Amer. Law) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. Burrill. Bouvier.
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Locative (?), a. (Gram.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun. -- n. The locative case.
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Locator (?), n. One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. [U.S.]
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Locellate (?), a. [L. locellus a compartment, dim. of locus a place.] (Bot.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.
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Loch (lŏk), n. [Gael. & Olr. loch. See of water.] A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]
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Loch (lŏk), n. [F. looch, Ar. la'ūg, an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la'ūq to lick.] (Med.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
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{ Lochaber ax, Lochaber axe } (?) n. [So called from Lochaber, in Scotland.] A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.
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Lochage (?), n. [Gr.�.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford.
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Lochan (?), n. [Gael. See 1st .] A small lake; a pond. [Scot.]
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A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller.
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Loche (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Lochia (lōkĭȧ or l�kīȧ), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. �, pl., fr. � belonging to childbirth, � a lying in, childbirth.] (Med.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
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Lochial (?), a. [Cf. F. lochial.] Of or pertaining to the lochia.
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Lock (lŏk), n. [AS. locc; akin to D. lok, G. locke, OHG. loc, Icel. lokkr, and perh. to Gr. � to bend, twist.] A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
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These gray locks, the pursuivants of death. Shak.
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Lock, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. lūcan to lock, fasten; akin to OS. lūkan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. lūhhan, Icel. lūka, Goth. lūkan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. .] 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
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2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
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Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. De Quincey.
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3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. Dryden.
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4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
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5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock.
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6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
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7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
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8. A grapple in wrestling. Milton.
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Coloq. Detector lock , a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. -- Coloq. Lock bay (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber. -- Coloq. Lock chamber , the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock. -- Coloq. Lock nut . See Check nut, under . -- Coloq. Lock plate , a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached. -- Coloq. Lock rail (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock. Coloq. Lock rand (Masonry), a range of bond stone. Knight. -- Coloq. Mortise lock , a door lock inserted in a mortise. -- Coloq. Rim lock , a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a mortise lock.
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Lock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Locking.] 1. To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
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2. To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
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3. To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
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4. To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms. “ Lock hand in hand.” Shak.
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5. (Canals) To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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6. (Fencing) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
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Lock (?), v. i. To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
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When it locked none might through it pass. Spenser.
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Coloq. To lock into , to fit or slide into; as, they lock into each other. Boyle.
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Lockage (?), n. 1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.
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2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
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3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
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The entire lock will be about fifty feet. De Witt Clinton.
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lockbox (?), n. A box of strong and durable construction, fitted with a lock, used for the purpose of protecting valuable items, such as money or jewelry; a strongbox.
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Lock-down (?), n. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]
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Locked-jaw (?), n. See .
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Locken (?), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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Locken, n. (Bot.) The globeflower (Trollius).
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Locker (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, locks.
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2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
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Coloq. Chain locker (Naut.), a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Coloq. Davy Jones's locker , or Coloq. Davy's locker . See . -- Coloq. Shot locker , a compartment where shot are deposited. Totten.
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Locket (?), n. [F. loquet latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; of German origin. See a fastening.]
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1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
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2. A little case for holding a miniature picture or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
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lock-gate n. a gate that can be locked.
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Lock hospital (?) n. A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. [Eng.]
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Lockjaw (?), n. (Med.) A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus; trismus.
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Lockless, a. Destitute of a lock.
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Lockman (?), n. A public executioner. [Scot.]
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lockmaster n. a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).
Syn. -- lockman, lockkeeper.
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locknut, lock nut n. a supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening; a check nut.
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Lockout (?), n. The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
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Lockram (?), n. [F. locrenan, locronan; from Locronan, in Brittany, where it is said to have been made.] A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. Shak.
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Locksmith (?), n. A person whose occupation is to make, mend, or install locks, or to make keys for locks.
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Lock step (?) n. 1. A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.
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2. Hence: (fig.) The slavish copying of one person's actions by another; as, party members who vote in lockstep with the leadership.
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Lock stitch (?) n. A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See .
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Lockup (?), 1. n. A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse; a jail.
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2. The act or state of temporary imprisonment in a lockup{1}.
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3. A malfunction in a machine having moving parts, such that the moving part cannot move; a seizure.
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Lock washer (?), n. A washer that is not completely smooth or flat, designed to prevent a nut from loosening, placed under the nut on a screw or bolt.
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Lock-weir (?), n. A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
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Locky (?), a. Having locks or tufts. [R.] Sherwood.
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Loco (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.
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Loco, n. [Sp. loco insane.] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
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2. (Bot.) Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii.
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Loco, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Locoing.] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. “The locoed novelist.” W. D. Howells.
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Loco, n. A locomotive. [Colloq.] Kipling.
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loco, a. [Sp. loco insane.] Insane; crazy. [Originally Southwestern U. S., now slang]
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Loco disease. (Veter.) A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation.
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Locofoco (?), n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving.] 1. A friction match. [U.S.]
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2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]
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☞ The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.
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locoism n. a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis.
Syn. -- loco disease.
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locomote v. i. [by back-formation from locomotion.] To change location; move, travel, or proceed.
Syn. -- travel, go, move.
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Locomotion (?), n. [L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See , and .] 1. The act of moving from place to place. “ Animal locomotion.” Milton.
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2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.
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3. The name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's; as, do the locomotion.
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Locomotive (?), a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See .] 1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
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2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
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Locomotive (?), n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Coloq. Consolidation locomotive , a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. -- Coloq. Locomotive car , a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Locomotive engine . Same as , above. -- Coloq. Mogul locomotive . See .
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{ Locomotiveness (?), Locomotivity (?), } n. [Cf. F. locomotivité.] The power of changing place.
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Locomotor (?), a. [See .] Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
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Coloq. Locomotor ataxia , or Coloq. Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.
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Loculament (?), n. [L. loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a compartment, dim. of locus place.] (Bot.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
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Locular (?), a. [L. locularis.] (Bot.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.
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Loculate (?), a. [L. loculatus.] (Bot.) Divided into compartments.
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Locule (?), n. [Cf. F. locule. See .] (Zoöl.) A little hollow; a loculus.
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Loculicidal (?), a. [L. loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F. loculicide.] (Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.
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{ Loculose (?), Loculous (?), } a. [L. loculosus. See .] (Bot.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.
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Loculus (?), n.; pl. Loculi (#). [L., little place, a compartment.] 1. (Zoöl.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
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2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
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Locum tenens (?) n. [L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. .] A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
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Locus (?), n.; pl. Loci (#), & Loca (#). [L., place. Cf. , , , .] 1. A place; a locality.
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2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
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Coloq. Plane locus , a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. -- Coloq. Solid locus , a locus that is one of the conic sections.
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Locust (?), n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. .] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda migratoria, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See .
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☞ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See .
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Coloq. Locust beetle (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. -- Coloq. Locust bird (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See . -- Coloq. Locust hunter (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
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2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See (definition, note, and phrases).
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Coloq. Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree.
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Locusta (?), n. [NL.: cf. locuste.] (Bot.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray.
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Locustella (?), n. [NL., fr. L. locusta a locust.] (Zoöl.) The European cricket warbler.
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Locustic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
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Locusting (?), p. a. Swarming and devastating like locusts. [R.] Tennyson.
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Locust tree (?) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (Robinia Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
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☞ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which Hymenæa Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
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Coloq. Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. -- Coloq. Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
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