Webster's Dictionary 1913

2836

Logomachy

Lo‐gom″a‐chy (?), n. [Gr. �; λόγοσ word + � fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.The discussion...

2837

Logometric

Log′o‐met″ric (?), a. [Gr. λόγοσ word, ratio + � measure.] (Chem.) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.

2838

Logos

‖Log″os (?), n. 1. A word; reason; speech. H. Bushell.2. The divine Word; Christ.

2839

Logothete

Log″o‐thete (?), [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. �; λόγοσ word, account + � to put.] An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator ...

2840

Logotype

Log″o‐type (?), n. [Gr. λόγοσ word + -type.] (Print.) A single type, containing two or more letters; as, æ, Æ, fi, fl, ffl, etc.; — called also ligature.

2841

Logroll

Log″roll′ (?), v. i. & t. To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.

2842

Logroller

Log″roll′er (?), n. One who engages in logrolling.The jobbers and logrollers will all be against it. The. Nation.

2843

Logrolling

Log″roll′ing, n. 1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor...

2844

Logwood

Log″wood′ (?) n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a cr...

2845

Logy

Lo″gy, a. [From D. log.] Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse.Porcupines are... logy, sluggish creatures. C. H. Merriam.

2846

Lohock

Lo″hock (?), n.(Med.) See Loch, a medicine.

2847

Loimic

Loi″mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.

2848

Loin

Loin (?), n. [OE. loine, OF. logne, F. longe, from (assumed) LL. lumbea, L. lumbus join. Cf. Lends, Lumbar, Nombles.] That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on e...

2849

Loir

‖Loir (?), n. [F., fr. L. glis, gliris.] (Zoöl.) A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis).

2850

Loiter

Loi″ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Loitered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant...

2851

Loiterer

Loi″ter‐er (?), n. 1. One who loiters; an idler.2. An idle vagrant; a tramp. Bp. Sanderson.

2852

Loiteringly

Loi″ter‐ing‐ly, adv. In a loitering manner.

2853

Lok

{ Lok (lŏk), Lo″ki (lō″k), } n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka, locka to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answe...

2854

Lokao

‖Lo‐ka″o (?), n. A green vegetable dye imported from China.

2855

Loke

Loke (lōk), n. [See Lock a fastening.] A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.

2856

Lokorys

Lok″o‐rys (?), n. Liquorice. Chaucer.

2857

Loligo

‖Lo‐li″go (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.

2858

Loll

Loll (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lolling.] [Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. Lill, ...

2859

Loll (2)

Loll, v. t. To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues. Dryden.

2860

Lollard

Lol″lard (?), n. [LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i.e....

2861

Lollardism

{ Lol″lard‐ism (?), Lol″lard‐y (?), } n. The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.

2862

Loller

Loll″er (?), n. [See Loll.] 1. One who lolls.2. An idle vagabond. Piers Plowman.3. A Lollard.