Webster's Dictionary 1913

3241

Lowland

Low″land (?), n. Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; — opposed to highland.The Lowlands, Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; als...

3242

Lowlander

Low″land‐er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

3243

Lowlihood

{ Low″li‐hood (?), Low″li‐head (?), } n. A lowly state. Tennyson.

3244

Lowlily

Low″li‐ly, adv. In a lowly place or manner; humbly.Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. J. C. Shairp.

3245

Lowliness

Low″li‐ness, n. [From Lowly.] 1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.Walk... with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.2. Low condition, espec...

3246

Lowly

Low″ly (?), a. [Compar.Lowlier (?); superl.Lowliest.] [Low, a. + -ly.] 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. “Lowly lands.” Dryden.2. Low in rank or social importance.One com...

3247

Lowly (2)

Low″ly, adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. “Be lowly wise.” Milton.2. In a low condition; meanly.I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.

3248

Lown

Lown (?), n. [See Loon.] A low fellow.

3249

Lowness

Low″ness, n. The state or quality of being low.

3250

Lowry

Low″ry (?), n. An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

3251

Loxodromic

Lox′o‐drom″ic (?), a. [Gr. � slanting, oblique + � a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.Loxodromic curveorline(Ge...

3252

Loxodromics

Lox′o‐drom″ics (?), n. The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.

3253

Loxodromism

Lox‐od″ro‐mism (?), n. The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

3254

Loxodromy

Lox‐od″ro‐my (?), n. [Cf. F. loxodromic.] The science of loxodromics.

3255

Loy

Loy (?), n. A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

3256

Loyal

Loy″al (?), a. [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal.]1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to th...

3257

Loyalist

Loy″al‐ist, n. A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause ...

3258

Loyally

Loy″al‐ly, adv. In a loyal manner; faithfully.

3259

Loyalness

Loy″al‐ness, n. Loyalty. Stow.

3260

Loyalty

Loy″al‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. loyauté. See Loyal, and cf. Legality.] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.He had such loyalty to the ki...

3261

Lozenge

Loz″enge (lŏz″ĕnj), n. [F. lozange, losange; perh. the same as OF. losengef flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. E. hatchment, blazon). Cf. Losenger, Lauda...

3262

Lozenged

{ Loz″enged (lŏz″ĕnjd), Loz″enge–shaped′ (–shāpt) }, a. Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté.

3263

Lozengy

Loz″en‐gy (–ĕn‐jy̆), a. [F. losangé. See Lozenge.] (Her.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

3264

Lu

Lu (lū), n. & v. t. See Loo.

3265

Lubbard

Lub″bard (?), n. [See Lubber.] A lubber. Swift.

3266

Lubbard (2)

Lub″bard, a. Lubberly.

3267

Lubber

Lub″ber (?), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See Looby, Lob.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser.Land lubber, a na...