Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LOOM-GALE

LOOM'-GALE, noun A gentle gale of wind.

1352

LOOMING

LOOM'ING, participle present tense Appearing above the surface, or indistinctly, at a distance.

1353

LOON

LOON, noun1. A sorry fellow; a rogue; a rascal.2. A sea-fowl of the genus colymbus.

1354

LOOP

LOOP, noun1. A folding or doubling of a string or a noose, through which a lace or cord may be run for fastening.That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop to hang a doubt on.2....

1355

LOOPED

LOOP'ED, adjective Full of holes.

1356

LOOPHOLE

LOOP'HOLE, noun1. A small aperture in the bulk-head and other parts of a merchant ship, through which small arms are fired at an enemy.2. A hole or aperture that gives a passage...

1357

LOOPHOLED

LOOP'HOLED, adjective Full of holes or openings for escape.

1358

LOOPING

LOOP'ING, noun In metallurgy, the running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

1359

LOORD

LOORD, noun A dull stupid fellow; a drone. [Not in use.]

1360

LOOSE

LOOSE, verb transitive loos. [Gr.; Heb.]1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening.Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? Job 38:31.Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt wi...

1361

LOOSED

LOOS'ED, participle passive Untied; unbound; freed from restraint.

1362

LOOSELY

LOOSELY, adverb loos'ly.1. Not fast; not firmly; that may be easily disengaged; as things loosely tied or connected.2. Without confinement.Her golden locks for haste were loosel...

1363

LOOSEN

LOOS'EN, verb transitive loos'n. [from loose.]1. To free from tightness, tension, firmness or fixedness; as, to loosen a string when tied, or a knot; to loosen a joint; to loose...

1364

LOOSENED

LOOS'ENED, participle passive Freed from tightness or fixedness; rendered loose.

1365

LOOSENESS

LOOSENESS, noun loos'ness.1. The state of being loose or relaxed; a state opposite to that of being tight, fast, fixed or compact; as the looseness of a cord; the looseness of a...

1366

LOOSENING

LOOS'ENING, participle present tense Freeing from tightness, tension or fixedness; rendering less compact.

1367

LOOSESTRIFE

LOOSESTRIFE, noun loos'strife. In botany, the name of several species of plants, of the genera Lysimachia, Epilobium, Lythrum, and Gaura.

1368

LOOSING

LOOS'ING, participle present tense Setting free from confinement.

1369

LOP

LOP, verb transitive [Eng. flap. The primary sense is evidently to fall or fell, or to strike down, and I think it connected with flap.]1. To cut off, as the top or extreme part...

1370

LOPE

LOPE, preterit tense of leap. obsoleteLOPE, noun [See leap.]A leap; a long step. [A word in popular use in America.]LOPE, verb intransitive To leap; to move or run with a long s...

1371

LOPING

LO'PING, participle present tense Leaping; moving or running with a long step.

1372

LOPPED

LOP'PED, participle passive cut off; shortened by cutting off the top or end; bent down.

1373

LOPPER

LOP'PER, noun One that lops.

1374

LOPPING

LOP'PING, participle present tense Cutting off; shortening by cutting off the extremity; letting fall.LOP'PING, noun that which is cut off.

1375

LOQUACIOUS

LOQUA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin loquax, from loquor, to speak. Eng. to clack.]1. Talkative; given to continual talking.Loquacious, brawling ever in the wrong.2. Speaking; noisy.Bl...

1376

LOQUACIOUSNESS

LOQUA'CIOUSNESS,LOQUAC'ITY, noun [Latin loquacitas.] Talkativeness; the habit or practice of talking continually or excessively.Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by ...

1377

LOQUACITY

LOQUAC'ITY, n. [L. loquacitas.] Talkativeness; the habit or practice of talking continually or excessively.Too great loquacity and too great taciturnity by fits.