LOVE-TALE
LOVE-TALE, noun A narrative of love.Cato's proper person to entrust a love-tale with.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LOVE-TALE, noun A narrative of love.Cato's proper person to entrust a love-tale with.
LOVE-THOUGHT, noun Amorous fancy. [Not used.]
LOVE-TOKEN, noun A present in token of love.
LOVE-TOY, noun A small present from a lover.
LOVE-TRICK, noun Art or artifice expressive of love.Other love-tricks than glancing with the eyes.
LOVE'APPLE, noun A plant of the genus Solanum.
LOVED, participle passive Having the affection of any one.
LOVELESS, adjective Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.
LOVELILY, adverb luv'lily. [from lovely.] Amiably; in a manner to excite love.
LOVELINESS, noun luv'liness. [from lovely.]Amiableness; qualities of body or mind that may excite love.If there is such a native loveliness in the sex, as to make them victoriou...
LOVELY, adjective luv'ly. Amiable; that may excite love; possessing qualities which may invite affection.Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives - 2 Samuel 1:23.
LOV'ER, noun1. One who loves; one who has a tender affection, particularly for a female.Love is blind, and lovers cannot see -2. A friend; one who regards with kindness.Your bro...
LOVESOME, adjective Lovely. [Not used.]
LOVING, participle present tense1. Entertaining a strong affection for; having tender regard for.2.adjective Fond; affectionate; as a loving friend.3. Expressing love or kindnes...
LOVING-KINDNESS, noun Tender regard; mercy; favor; a scriptural word.My loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him.Psalms 89:1.
LOVINGLY, adverb With love; with affection; affectionately.It is no great matter to live lovingly with meek persons.
LOVINGNESS, noun Affection; kind regard.The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness
LOW, adjective1. Not high or elevated; depressed below any given surface or place. low ground or land, is land below the common level. low is opposed to high, and both are relat...
LOW-BORN, adjective Born in low life.
LOW-BRED, adjective Bred in a low condition or manner; vulgar.
LOW-SPIR'ITED, adjective Not having animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not lively or sprightly. Losses of property often render men low-spirited Excessive severity brea...
LOW-SPIR'ITEDNESS, noun Dejection of mind or courage; a state of low spirits.
LOW-THOUGHT'ED, adjective Having the thoughts employed on low subjects; not having sublime and elevated thoughts or contemplations; mean of sentiment; as low-thoughted care.
LOW-WINES, noun [low and wine.] The liquor produced by the first distillation of molasses, or fermented liquors; the first run of the still.
LOWBELL, nounA kind of fowling in the night, in which the birds are wakened by a bell, and blinded by light, so as to be easily taken.LOWBELL, verb transitive To scare, as with ...
LOWE, A termination of names, as in Bed-low.
LOWER, verb transitive [from low.]1. To cause to descend; to let down; to take or bring down; as, to lower the main-sail of a sloop.2. To suffer to sink downwards.3. To bring do...