Lobelin
Lo‐be″lin (?), n.(Med.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Lobeline
Lo‐be″line (?), 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.
Lobiped
Lo″bi‐ped, a. [Lobe + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) Having lobate toes, as a coot.
Loblolly
Lob″lol′ly (?), n. Gruel; porridge; — so called among seamen.Loblolly bay(Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (G. Lasianthus), ...
Lobosa
‖Lo‐bo″sa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Lobe.] (Zoöl.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amœba.
Lobscouse
Lob″scouse′ (?), n. [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] [Lob + course.] (Naut.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, some...
Lobsided
Lob″sid′ed (?), a. See Lopsided.
Lobspound
Lobs″pound′ (?), n. [Lob + pound a prison.] A prison. Hudibras.
Lobster
Lob″ster (?), n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.] (Zoöl.) Any large macrurous crustacean us...
Lobster (2)
Lob″ster, n. As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.
Lobular
Lob″u‐lar, a. [Cf. F. lobulaire.] Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
Lobulate
{ Lob″u‐late (?), Lob″u‐la′ted (?), } a. Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
Lobule
Lob″ule, n. [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See Lobe.] A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.Lobule of the ear. (Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear.
Lobulette
Lob′u‐lette″ (?), n. [Dim. of lobule.] (Anat.) A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.
Lobworm
Lob″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The lugworm.
Local
Lo″cal (?), a. [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus.] Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to o...
Local (2)
Lo″cal, 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.2. On newspape...
Locale
‖Lo′cale″ (?), n. [F. local.] 1. A place, spot, or location.2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
Localism
Lo″cal‐ism (?), n. 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or ph...
Locality
Lo‐cal″i‐ty (?), 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 lim...
Localization
Lo′cal‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. localisation.] Act of localizing, or state of being localized.Cerebral localization(Physiol.), the localization of the control of special functi...
Localize
Lo″cal‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Localized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Localizing (?).] [Cf. F. localiser. See Local.] To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spe...
Locally
Lo″cal‐ly, adv. With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
Locate
Lo″cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Located (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus place. See Local.] 1. To place; to set in a particular sp...
Locate (2)
Lo″cate, v. i. To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
Location
Lo‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. locatio, fr. locare.]1. The act or process of locating.2. Situation; place; locality. Locke.3. That which is located; a tract of land designated in place....
Locative
Loc″a‐tive (?), a.(Gram.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun. — n. The locative case.