LONGINQUITY
LONGIN'QUITY, noun [Latin longinquitas.] Great distance.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LONGISH
LONG'ISH, adjective Somewhat long; moderately long.
LONGITUDE
LON'GITUDE, noun [Latin longitudo, from longus, long.]1. Properly length; as the longitude of a room; but in this sense not now used. Appropriately, in geography,2. The distance...
LONGITUDINAL
LONGITU'DINAL, adjective1. Pertaining to longitude or length; as longitudinal distance.2. Extending in length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse or across; as...
LONGITUDINALLY
LONGITU'DINALLY, adverb In the direction of length.Some of the fibers of the human body are placed longitudinally others transversely.
LONGLEGGED
LONG'LEGGED, adjective Having long legs.
LONGLIVED
LONG'LIVED, adjective Having along life or existence; living long; lasting long.
LONGLY
LONG'LY, adverb With longing desire. [Not used.]
LONGNESS
LONG'NESS, noun Length. [Little used.]
LONGPRIMER
LONG'PRIM'ER, noun A printing type of a particular size, between small pica and bourgeois.
LONGSHANKED
LONG'SHANKED, adjective Having long legs.
LONGSOME
LONG'SOME, adjective Extended in length; tiresome; tedious; as a longsome plain. obsolete
LONGSPUN
LONG'SPUN, adjective Spun or extended to a great length.
LONGSUFFERING
LONG'SUF'FERING, adjective Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in good...
LONGWAYS
LONGWAYS, a mistake for longwise.
LONISH
LO'NISH, adjective Somewhat solitary. [Not used and inelegant.]
LOO
LOO, noun A game at cards.
LOOBILY
LOOB'ILY, adverb [See Looby.] Like a looby; in an awkward, clumsy manner.
LOOBY
LOOB'Y, noun An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.Who could give the looby such airs?
LOOF
LOOF, noun The after part of a ship's bow, or the part where the planks begin to be incurvated, as they approach the stem.LOOF. [See Luff, which is the word used.]
LOOFED
LOOF'ED, adjective [See Aloof.] Gone to a distance. [Not used.]
LOOK
LOOK, verb intransitive [See Light. The primary sense is to stretch, to extend, to shoot, hence to direct the eye. We observe its primary sense is nearly the same as that of see...
LOOK-OUT
LOOK'-OUT, noun A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
LOOKER
LOOK'ER, noun One who looks.A looker on, a mere spectator; one that looks on, but has no agency or interest in the affair.
LOOKING-GLASS
LOOK'ING-GLASS, noun A glass which reflects the form of the person who looks on it; a mirror.There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass
LOOL
LOOL, noun In metallurgy, a vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
LOOM
LOOM, noun1. In composition, heir-loom, in law, is a personal chattel that by special custom descends to an heir with the inheritance, being such a thing as cannot be separated ...