LOADSTAR
LOADSTAR,LOADSTONE, noun [from the verb lead and stone. The old orthography, lodestone, is most correct, as this word has no connection with the verb to load.]The native magnet,...
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LOADSTONE
LOADSTONE, n. [from the verb lead and stone. The old orthography, lodestone, is most correct, as this word has no connection with the verb to load.]The native magnet, an ore of ...
LOAF
LOAF, nounplural loaves.1. A mass of bread when baked. It is larger than a cake. The size and price of a loaf in large cities, are regulated by law.2. A mass or lump, as of suga...
LOAF-SUGAR
LOAF-SUGAR, noun Sugar refined and formed into a conical mass.
LOAM
LOAM, noun [Latin limus.]A natural mixture of sand and clay with oxyd of iron; a species of earth or soil of different colors, whitish, brown or yellow, readily diffusible in wa...
LOAMY
LOAMY, adjective Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam, or resembling it.
LOAN
LOAN, noun1. The act of lending; a lending.2. That which is lent; any thing furnished for temporary use to a person at his request, on the express or implied condition that the ...
LOAN-OFFICE
LO'AN-OFFICE, noun In America, a public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of loans are kept and the interest paid to the len...
LOAN-OFFICER
LO'AN-OFFICER, noun A public officer empowered to superintend and transact the business of a loan-office.
LOATH
LOATH, LOATHE, LOATHER, noun One that lothes.
LOATHE
LOATHE,
LOATHER
LOATHER, n. One that lothes.
LOATHFUL
LOATHFUL, adjective1. Hating; abhorring through disgust.2. Abhorred; hated.
LOATHING
LOATHING, participle present tense Hating from disgust; abhorring.
LOATHINGLY
LOATHINGLY, adverb In a fastidious manner.
LOATHLY
LOATHLY, adjective Hateful; exciting hatred. obsoleteLOATHLY, adverb Unwillingly; reluctantly. [See Lothly.]
LOATHNESS
LOATHNESS, noun Unwillingness; reluctance. [See Lothness.]
LOATHSOME
LOATHSOME, adjective1. Disgusting; exciting disgust.2. Hateful; abhorred; detestable.3. Causing fastidiousness. [See Lothesome.]
LOATHSOMENESS
LOATHSOMENESS, noun The quality which excites disgust, hatred or abhorrence.
LOAVES
LOAVES, plu of loaf.
LOB
LOB, noun1. A dull, heavy, sluggish person.2. Something thick and heavy; as in lobworm.LOB, verb transitive To let fall heavily or lazily.And their poor jades lob down their heads.
LOBATE
LO'BATE,LOB'BY, noun1. An opening before a room, or an entrance into a principal apartment, where there is a considerable space between that and the portico or vestibule.2. A sm...
LOBBY
LOB'BY, n.1. An opening before a room, or an entrance into a principal apartment, where there is a considerable space between that and the portico or vestibule.2. A small hall o...
LOBE
LOBE, noun [Latin lobus; Gr.]1. A part or division of the lungs, liver, etc.2. The lower soft part of the ear.3. A division of a simple leaf.4. The cotyledon or placenta of a se...
LOBED
LO'BED, adjective [from lobe.] Consisting of lobes. In botany, divided to the middle into parts distant from each other, with convex margins.
LOBSPOUND
LOBSPOUND, noun A prison.
LOBSTER
LOB'STER, nounA crustaceous fish of the genus Cancer. Lobsters have large claws and fangs, and four pair of legs. They are said to change their crust annually, and to be frighte...