Webster's Dictionary 1828

1378

LORD

LORD, noun1. A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.Man over man he made not lordBut now I was the lord of this fair mansion.2. A tyrant;...

1379

LORDING

LORD'ING, noun A little lord; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Little used.]

1380

LORDLIKE

LORD'LIKE, adjective1. Becoming a lord.2. Haughty; proud; insolent.

1381

LORDLINESS

LORD'LINESS, noun [from lordly.]1. Dignity; high station.2. Pride; haughtiness.

1382

LORDLING

LORD'LING, noun A little or diminutive lord.

1383

LORDLY

LORD'LY, adjective [lord and like.]1. Becoming a lord; pertaining to a lord.Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.Every rich ...

1384

LORDSHIP

LORD'SHIP, noun1. The state of quality of being a lord; hence, a title of honor given to noblemen, except to dukes, who have the title of grace.2. A titulary compellation of jud...

1385

LORE

LORE, noun Learning; doctrine; lesson; instruction.The law of nations, or the lore of war.Lo! Rome herself, proud mistress now no more of arts, but thundering against heathen lore

1386

LOREL

LOR'EL, noun An abandoned scoundrel; a vagrant. obsolete

1387

LORESMAN

LO'RESMAN, noun [lore and man.] An instructor. obsolete

1388

LORICATE

LOR'ICATE, verb transitive [Latin lorico, loricatus, from lorica, a coat of mail.]1. To plate over; to spread over, as a plate for defense.Nature hath loricated the sides of the...

1389

LORICATED

LOR'ICATED, participle passive Covered or plated over; encrusted.

1390

LORICATING

LOR'ICATING, participle present tense Covering over with a plate or crust.

1391

LORICATION

LORICA'TION, noun The act or operation of covering any thing with a plate or crust for defense; as the lorication of a chimical vessel, to enable it to resist the action of fire...

1392

LORIMER

LOR'IMER, noun [Latin lorum, a thong.]A bridle-maker; one that makes bits for bridles, etc. [Not used.]

1393

LORING

LO'RING, noun Instructive discourse. obsolete

1394

LORIOT

LO'RIOT, noun A bird called witwal; the oriole.

1395

LORIS

LO'RIS, noun A small quadruped of Ceylon.

1396

LORN

LORN, adjective [See Forlorn.] Lost; forsaken; lonely.

1397

LORY

LO'RY, noun A subordinate genus of fowls of the parrot kind, forming the link between the parrot and parakeet.

1398

LOSABLE

LOSABLE, adjective That may be lost. [Little used.]

1399

LOSE

LOSE, verb transitive looz. preterit tense and participle passive lost.1. To mislay; to part or be separated from a thing, so as to have no knowledge of the place where it is; a...

1400

LOSEL

LOS'EL, noun s as z. [from the root of loose.] a wasteful fellow, one who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person. obsolete

1401

LOSENGER

LOS'ENGER, noun a deceiver. obsolete

1402

LOSER

LOSER, noun looz'er. One that loses, or that is deprived of any thing by defeat, forfeiture or the like; the contrary to winner or gainer. A loser by trade may be honest and mor...

1403

LOSING

LOS'ING, participle present tense looz'ing. Parting from; missing; forfeiting; wasting; employing to no good purpose.

1404

LOSS

LOSS, noun1. privation, as the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. every loss is not a detriment. we cannot regret the loss of bad company o...