LOSSFUL
LOSS'FUL, adjective Detrimental. [Not used.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LOSSLESS
LOSS'LESS, adjective Free from loss. [Not used.]
LOST
LOST, participle passive [from lose.]1. Mislaid or left in a place unknown or forgotten; that cannot be found; as a lost book.2. Ruined; destroyed; wasted or squandered; employe...
LOT
LOT, noun1. That which, in human speech, is called chance, hazard, fortune; but in strictness of language, is the determination of Providence; as, the land shall be divided by l...
LOTE
LOTE, noun [Latin lotus, lotos.]1. A plant of the genus Celtis, the lote-tree, of several species. The wood of one species is very durable, and is used for timber. In Italy, flu...
LOTH
LOTH, adjective [In America, the primitive pronunciation of lath, that is, lawth, is retained in the adjective, which is written loth The verb would be better written lothe, in ...
LOTHE
LOTHE, verb transitive To hate; to look on with hatred or abhorrence; particularly, to feel disgust at food or drink, either from natural antipathy, or a sickly appetite, or fro...
LOTHED
LO'THED, participle passive Hatred; abhorred; turned from with disgust.
LOTHER
LO'THER, noun One that lothes or abhors.
LOTHFUL
LO'THFUL, adjective1. Hating; abhorring.Which he did with lothful eyes behold.2. Disgusting; hated; exciting abhorrence.Above the reach of lothful sinful lust.
LOTHING
LO'THING, participle present tense1. Feeling disgust at; having extreme aversion to; as lothing food.2. Hating; abhorring; as lothing sin.LO'THING, noun Extreme disgust; abhorre...
LOTHINGLY
LO'THINGLY, adverb With extreme disgust or abhorrence; in a fastidious manner.
LOTHLY
LOTH'LY, adverb Unwillingly; reluctantly.This shows that you from nature lothly stray.
LOTHNESS
LOTH'NESS, noun Unwillingness; reluctance.There grew among them a general silence and lothness to speak.
LOTHSOME
LO'THSOME, adjective1. Causing an extreme aversion of appetite; exciting fastidiousness. Numbers 11:1.2. Exciting extreme disgust; offensive; as a lothsome disease. Psalms 38:1....
LOTHSOMENESS
LO'THSOMENESS, noun the quality of exciting extreme disgust or abhorrence.
LOTION
LO'TION, noun [Latin lotio, from lavo, to wash.]1. A washing; particularly, a washing of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.2. A liquid preparation for washing some p...
LOTTERY
LOT'TERY, noun [See Lot.]1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by chance, or the distribution itself. Lotteries are often authorized by law, but many good men deem them imm...
LOUD
LOUD, adjective [Latin laudo, to praise, and with a prefix, plaudo. Heb.]1. Having a great sound; high sounding; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as a loud voice; a lou...
LOUDLY
LOUD'LY, adverb1. With great sound or noise; noisily.Who long and loudly in the schools declaimed.2. Clamorously; with vehement complaints or importunity. He loudly complained o...
LOUDNESS
LOUD'NESS, noun1. Great sound or noise; as the loudness of a voice or of thunder.2. Clamor; clamorousness; turbulence; uproar.
LOUGH
LOUGH, noun lok. a lake; a different orthography of loch and lake.LOUIS D'OR, noun [a Lewis of gold.] A gold coin of France, first struck in 1640, in the reign of Louis XIII., v...
LOUNGE
LOUNGE, verb intransitive to live in idleness; to spend time lazily.
LOUNGER
LOUNG'ER, noun An idler; one who loiters away his time in indolence.
LOUR
LOUR. [See Lower.]
LOUSE
LOUSE, noun lous. plural lice.A small insect of the genus Pediculus. It has six feet, two eyes, with long feelers and a sting in the mouth. It infests the bodies of men and othe...
LOUSE-WORT
LOUSE-WORT, noun lous'-wort. A plant of the genus Pedicularis. The yellow louse-wort is of the genus Rhinanthus.