LOBULE
LOB'ULE, noun A small lobe.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LOCAL
LO'CAL, adjective [Latin localis; from locus, place, loco. See Lay.]1. Pertaining to a place, or to a fixed or limited portion of space. We say, the local situation of the house...
LOCALITY
LOCAL'ITY, noun1. Existence in a place, or in a certain portion of space.It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing ...
LOCALLY
LO'CALLY, adverb With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
LOCATE
LO'CATE, verb transitive [Latin loco, locatus.]1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.2. To select, survey and settle the bounds of a particular tract of land; or ...
LOCATED
LO'CATED, participle passive Placed; situated; fixed in place.
LOCATING
LO'CATING, participle present tense Placing; designating the place of.
LOCATION
LOCA'TION, noun1. The act of placing, or of designating the place of.2. Situation with respect to place. The location of the city on a large river is favorable for commerce.3. T...
LOCH
LOCH, noun A lake; a bay or arm of the sea; used in Scotland.LOCH, nounloch or lohoch, is an Arabian name for the forms of medicines called eclegmas, lambatives, linctures, and ...
LOCHAGE
LOCH'AGE, noun [Gr. a body of soldiers, and to lead.]In Greece, an officer who commanded a lochus or cohort, the number of men in which is not certainly known.LOCHE. [See Loach.]
LOCHE
LOCHE, noun A small fish of the genus Cobitis, inhabiting small clear streams, and esteemed dainty food.
LOCHIA
LO'CHIA, noun [Gr.] Evacuations which follow childbirth.
LOCHIAL
LO'CHIAL, adjective Pertaining to evacuations from the womb after childbirth.
LOCK
LOCK, noun [Latin floccus, Eng. lock]1.lock in its primary sense, is any thing that fastens; but we now appropriate the word to an instrument composed of a spring, wards, and a ...
LOCKAGE
LOCK'AGE, noun1. Materials for locks in a canal.2. Works which form a lock on a canal.3. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
LOCKED
LOCK'ED, participle passive Made fast by a lock; furnished with a lock or locks; closely embraced.
LOCKER
LOCK'ER, noun A close place, as a drawer or an apartment in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.A shot-locker is a strong frame of plank near the pump-well in the hold, where...
LOCKET
LOCK'ET, noun A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
LOCKRAM
LOCK'RAM, noun A sort of coarse linen.
LOCKSMITH
LOCK'SMITH, noun An artificer whose occupation is to make locks.
LOCKY
LOCK'Y, adjective Having locks or tufts.
LOCOMOTION
LOCOMO'TION, noun [Latin locus, place, and motio, motion.]1. The act of moving from place to place.2. The power of moving from place to place. Most animals possess locomotion; p...
LOCOMOTIVE
LOCOMO'TIVE, adjective Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as a locomotive animal. Most animals are distinguished from plants by their locomotiv...
LOCOMOTIVITY
LOCOMOTIV'ITY, noun The power of changing place.
LOCULAMENT
LOC'ULAMENT, noun [Latin loculamentum, from locus, loculus.]In botany, the cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. A pericarp is unilocular, bilocular, etc.
LOCUST
LO'CUST, noun [Latin locusta.] An insect of the genus Gryllus. These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the S. of Asia as to devour every green thing, and when they ...
LOCUST-TREE
LO'CUST-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Hymenaea, and another of the genus Robinia. The Honey-Locust-tree, is of the genus Gleditsia.