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2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
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3. To magnetize. [Obs.] Prior.
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Coloq. Loaded dice , dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.
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load-bearing adj. (Arch.) Supporting a load{10} from parts of a structure above; as, a load-bearing wall. [prenominal]
Syn. -- supporting(prenominal).
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loaded adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible; -- of containers, vehicles, trays, etc.; as, a tray loaded with dishes
Syn. -- laden.
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2. containing a shell or an explosive charge ready for firing; -- of firearms. Opposite of unloaded.
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3. charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; -- of statements or questions; as, a loaded question.
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4. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; as, She was not merely rich but loaded.
Syn. -- affluent, flush, moneyed, wealthy.
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5. very drunk. [slang]
Syn. -- blotto, crocked, fuddled, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet.
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Loader (?), n. One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
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Loading, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into.
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2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.
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{ Loadmanage, Lodemanage (?) }, n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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loads n. A large quantity; a lot; as, loads of fun. [informal]
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load-shedding n. The act or process of disconnecting the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.
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{ Loadsman, Lodesman (?) }, n. [Load, lode + man. See .] A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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{ Loadstar, Lodestar (?) }, n. [Load, lode + star. See .] 1. A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar, Polaris; also, the constellation containing the pole star, the cynosure (Ursa Minor). Chaucer. “ Your eyes are lodestars.” Shak.
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The pilot can no loadstar see. Spenser.
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2. Something that serves as a guide or provides direction; a cynosure{2}.
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3. Something that attracts attention or on which the atention is fixed; a cynosure{3}.
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{ Loadstone, Lodestone (?) }, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetite, a magnetic iron ore, possessing polarity like a magnetic needle, having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically. See .
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Loaf (?), n.; pl. Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlāf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas. Cf. , , .] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon.
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Coloq. Loaf sugar , refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
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Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See .] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. “ Loafing vagabonds.” W. Black.
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Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
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Loafer (?), n. [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See .] 1. One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.
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2. A type of shoe without laces which can be easily slipped on or off; -- originally a trademark; as, he bought a new pair of loafers.
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loafing n. having no employment; being idle intentionally.
Syn. -- idleness, idling.
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Loam (lōm), n. [AS. lām; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th .] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
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We wash a wall of loam; we labor in vain. Hooker.
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2. (Founding) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
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Coloq. Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See , n., 2. -- Coloq. Loam molding , the process or business of making loam molds. Coloq. Loam plate , an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. -- Coloq. 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.
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loamless adj. having no loam; -- of soil; as, a stony loamless yard. Contrasted with loamy.
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Loamy (?), a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.
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Loan (lōn), n. [See .] A loanin. [Scot.]
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Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. lān, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lān, G. leihen to lend, OHG. līhan, Icel. ljī, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. leipein, Skr. ric. √119. Cf. , , , , , , .] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
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2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
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Coloq. 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent.
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By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).
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Loanable (?), a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.
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loanblend n. a word that is composed of parts from different languages; e.g. monolingual has a Greek prefix and a Latin root.
Syn. -- hybrid.
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loaner n. 1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
Syn. -- lender.
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2. Something borrowed or lent. [informal]
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{ Loanin (?), Loaning, } 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.
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Loanmonger (?), n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
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The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield.
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loanword n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English.
Syn. -- loan.
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loasa n. any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
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Loasaceae n. A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and Southern Arabia.
Syn. -- family Loasaceae, loasa family.
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Loath (lōth), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lāð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lāð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. līdan to suffer, go, cf. AS. līðan to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.] 1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
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Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. Chaucer.
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Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. Shak.
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Loathe (lō�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed (lō�d); p. pr. & vb. n. Loathing.] [AS. lāðian to hate. See .] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
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Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. Cowley.
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2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate; to detest.
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The secret which I loathe. Waller.
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She loathes the vital sir. Dryden.

Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See .
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Loathe, v. i. To feel disgust or nausea. [Obs.]
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Loather (?), n. One who loathes.
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Loathful (?), a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. “Loathful eyes.” Spenser.
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2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.
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Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust. Spenser.
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Loathing, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.
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The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay.
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Loathingly, adv. With loathing.
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Loathliness (?), n. Loathsomeness. [Obs.]
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Loathly (lō�l�), a. [AS. lāðlic.] Loathsome. [Obs.] “ Loathly mouth.” Spenser.
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Loathly (lōthl�), adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly.
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This shows that you from nature loathly stray. Donne.
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2. (lō�l�) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.]
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With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. Fairfax.
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Loathness (?), n. Unwillingness; reluctance.
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A general silence and loathness to speak. Bacon.
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Loathsome (?), a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease.
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The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. Macaulay.

-- Loathsomely. adv. -- Loathsomeness, n.
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Loathy (?), a. Loathsome. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Loaves (?), n.; pl. of .
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Lob (lŏb), n. [W. llob an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. , .] 1. A dull, heavy person. “ Country lobs.” Gauden.
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2. Something thick and heavy.
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Lob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lobbed (lŏbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbing.] 2. To let fall heavily or lazily.
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And their poor jades
Lob down their heads. Shak.
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2. to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory; as, to lob a grenade at the enemy.
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Coloq. To lob a ball (Lawn Tennis), to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.
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Lob, v. t. (Mining) See , v. t.
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Lob, n. [Dan. lubbe.] (Zoöl.) The European pollock.
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Lob (?), n. The act of lobbing; specif., an (often gentle) stroke which sends a ball up into the air, as in tennis to avoid a player at the net.
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Lobar (?), a. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.
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{ Lobate (?), Lobated (?), } a. [See .] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
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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 .
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Lobately (?), adv. As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.
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Lobbish (?), a. Like a lob; consisting of lobs. Sir. P. Sidney.
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Lobby (?), n.; pl. Lobbies (#). [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor. See .] 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.
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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; hence: any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency; a group of lobbyists for a particular cause; as, the drug industry lobby. [U. S.]
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3. (Naut.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
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4. (Agric.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
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Coloq. Lobby member , a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
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Lobby, 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; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance. [U.S.] Bartlett.
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Lobby, v. t. To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; -- also used with the legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection. [U.S.]
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Lobbyist, n. A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.]
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Lobcock (?), n. A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. [Low]
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Lobe (lōb), n. [F. lobe, Gr. lobos.] 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 . (b) (Mach.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.
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Coloq. Lobe of the ear , the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below, also called the earlobe. See. Illust. of .
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lobectomy n. surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (such as the lung or brain).
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Lobed (lōbd), a. Having lobes; lobate.
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Lobefoot (?), n. (Zoöl.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.
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Lobe-footed, a. (Zoöl.) Lobiped.
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Lobelet (?), n. (Bot.) A small lobe; a lobule.
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Lobelia (?; 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. Lobelia cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
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Lobeliaceae n. A natural family of plants not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae.
Syn. -- family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family.
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Lobeliaceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
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Lobelin (?), n. (Med.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
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Lobeline (?), 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.
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Lobiped, a. [Lobe + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) Having lobate toes, as a coot.
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Loblolly (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
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Coloq. Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (Gordonia 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). -- Coloq. Loblolly boy , a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett. -- Coloq. Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies. -- Coloq. 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.
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Lobosa (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amœba.
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Lobotes n. The type genus of the Lobotidae.
Syn. -- genus Lobotes.
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Lobotidae n. A natural family of fishes including the tripletails.
Syn. -- family Lobotidae.
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lobotomy n. (Med., Surgery) The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.
Syn. -- prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.
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Lobscouse (?), 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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Lobsided (?), a. See .
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Lobspound (?), n. [Lob + pound a prison.] A prison. [Obs.] Hudibras.
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Lobster (?), n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) 1. Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus 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.
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2. As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person. [Slang]
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Coloq. Lobster caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); -- so called from its form. Coloq. Lobster louse (Zoöl.), a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
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lobsterback n. (American History) A British soldier in the 1700's; -- so-called because of his red coat, esp. during the American Revolutionary War.
Syn. -- redcoat.
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lobster-backed adj. (American History) Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War in America; -- so called because of their red coats.
Syn. -- red-coated.
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Lobster pot (?), n. a device used to trap lobsters, consisting of a semi-cylindrical structure made of wooden slats, with openings formed of funnel-shaped nets allowing lobsters to enter, but impeding their exit. It is also called a lobster trap.
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Lobster thermidor, Lobsters thermidor (?), n. a dish of lobster meat cooked with a rich creamy wine sauce, stuffed back into the lobster shell, sprinkled with grated cheese, and browned.
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Lobster trap (?), n. same as .
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Lobular, a. [Cf. F. lobulaire.] Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
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lobularity n. the property of having lobules.
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{ Lobulate (?), Lobulated (?), } a. Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
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Lobule, n. [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See .] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
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Coloq. Lobule of the ear . (Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear.
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Lobulette (?), n. [Dim. of lobule.] (Anat.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.
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Lobworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lugworm.
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Local (lōk�l), a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See , .] 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.
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Gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. Shak.
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Coloq. Local actions (Law), actions such as must be brought in a particular county, where the cause arises; -- distinguished from transitory actions. -- Coloq. Local affection (Med.), a disease or ailment confined to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting the system. -- Coloq. Local attraction (Magnetism), an attraction near a compass, causing its needle to deviate from its proper direction, especially on shipboard. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Local circuit (Teleg.), the circuit of the local battery. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. 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.
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Local, 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.]

2. In newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. [U.S.]
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3. 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.
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Locale (?), n. [F. local.] 1. A place, spot, or location.
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2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
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localisation n. Same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn. -- , location, locating, fix.
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localise v. t. Same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn. -- localize.
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Localism (?), n. 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
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2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.
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Locality (?), n.; pl. Localitiees (�). [L. localitas: cf. F. localité.] 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.
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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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