LODE
LODE, noun1. Among miners, a metallic vein, or any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not, but commonly a metallic vein.2. A cut or reach of water.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LODE-STONE
LO'DE-STONE, noun [from the verb to lead, and stone.]1. A magnet, an ore of iron; a stone found in iron mines, of a dark or black lead color, and of considerable hardness and we...
LODESTAR
LODESTAR, noun [lead and star.] The star that leads; the polestar; the cynosure. obsolete
LODGABLE
LODG'ABLE, adjective Capable of affording a temporary abode. [Not used.]
LODGE
LODGE, verb transitive1. To set, lay or deposit for keeping or preservation, for a longer or shorter time. The men lodged their arms in the arsenal.2. To place; to plant; to inf...
LODGED
LODG'ED, participle passive Placed at rest; deposited; infixed; furnished with accommodations for a night or other short time; laid flat.
LODGER
LODG'ER, noun1. One who lives at board, or in a hired room, or who has a bed in another's house for a night.2. One that resides in any place for a time.
LODGING
LODG'ING, participle present tense1. Placing at rest; depositing; furnishing lodgings.2. Resting for a night; residing for a time.LODG'ING, noun1. A place of rest for a night, o...
LODGMENT
LODG'MENT, noun1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged; a being placed or deposited at rest for keeping for a time or for permanence.2. Accumulation or collection of...
LOFFE
LOFFE, verb intransitive To laugh. [Not used.]
LOFT
LOFT, noun1. Properly, an elevation; hence, in a building, the elevation of one story or floor above another; hence, a floor above another; as the second loft; third loft; fourt...
LOFTILY
LOFT'ILY, adverb [from lofty.]1. On high; in an elevated place.2. Proudly; haughtily.They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily Psalms 73:8.3....
LOFTINESS
LOFT'INESS, noun1. Height; elevation in place or position; altitude; as the loftiness of a mountain.2. Pride; haughtiness.Augustus and Tiberius had loftiness enough in their tem...
LOFTY
LOFTY, adjective1. Elevated in place; high; as a lofty tower; a lofty mountain. [But it expresses more than high, or at least is more emphatical, poetical and elegant.]See lofty...
LOG
LOG, noun1. A bulky piece or stick of timer unhewed. Pine logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopped at saw-mills. A piece of timber when hewed or squared, is not call...
LOG-BOARD
LOG'-BOARD, noun In navigation, two boards, shutting like a book, and divided into columns, containing the hours of the day and night, direction of the wind, course of the ship,...
LOG-BOOK
LOG'-BOOK, noun A book into which are transcribed the contents of the log-board.LOG'-HOUSE,LOG'-HUT, noun A house or hut whose walls are composed of logs laid on each other.LOG'...
LOG-REEL
LOG'-REEL, noun A reel in the gallery of a ship, on which the log line is wound.
LOGARITHM
LOG'ARITHM, noun [Gr. ratio, and number.]Logarithms are the exponents of a series of powers and roots.The logarithm of a number is that exponent of some other number, which rend...
LOGARITHMETIC
LOGARITHMET'IC,LOGARITHMET'ICAL,LOGARITH'MIC, adjective Pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
LOGARITHMETICAL
LOGARITHMET'ICAL,
LOGARITHMIC
LOGARITH'MIC, a. Pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
LOGGATS
LOG'GATS, noun The name of a play or game, the same as is now called kittle-pins. It was prohibited by Statute 33, Henry VIII. [Not in use.]
LOGGERHEAD
LOG'GERHEAD, noun [log and head.]1. A blockhead; a dunce; a dolt; a thick-skull.2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle; used to heat tar.To fall to loggerheads,To go to...
LOGGERHEADED
LOG'GERHEADED, adjective Dull; stupid; doltish.
LOGIC
LOG'IC, noun [Latin id; Gr. from reason, to speak.]The art of thinking and reasoning justly.Logic is the art of using reason well in our inquiries after truth, and the communica...
LOGICAL
LOG'ICAL, adjective1. Pertaining to logic; used in logic; as logical subtitles.2. According to the rules of logic; as a logical argument or inference. This reasoning is strictly...