Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Loeven's larva

Loev″en's lar″va (?). [Named after the Swedish zoölogist, S. F. Löven, who discovered it.] (Zoöl.) The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.

2783

Loffe

Loffe (?), v. i. To laugh. Shak.

2784

Loft

Loft (?), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n.] That which is lifted up; an elevation...

2785

Loft (2)

Loft, a. Lofty; proud. Surrey.

2786

Loft (3)

Loft (?), n.(Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

2787

Loft (4)

Loft, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.A wooden club with a lofted face. Encyc. of Sport.

2788

Loft (5)

Loft, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.Lofting.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.

2789

Lofter

Loft″er (?), n.(Golf) An iron club used in lofting the ball; — called also lofting iron.

2790

Loftily

Loft″i‐ly (?), adv. [From Lofty.] In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.

2791

Loftiness

Loft″i‐ness, n. The state or quality of being lofty.

2792

Lofting iron

Loft″ing iron. (Golf) Same as Lofter.

2793

Lofty

Loft″y (?), a. [Compar.Loftier (?); superl.Loftiest.] [From Loft.] 1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope.2. Fig.: Eleva...

2794

Log

Log (?), n. [Heb. lōg.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward.

2795

Log (2)

Log (?), n. [Icel. lāg a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.] 1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.2. [Prob. the same w...

2796

Log (3)

Log, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Logged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Logging (?).] (Naut.), To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J. F. Cooper.

2797

Log (4)

Log, v. i. 1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.2. To move to and fro; to rock.

2798

Log-chip

Log″–chip′ (?), n.(Naut.) A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; — called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.

2799

Log-ship

Log″–ship (?), n.(Naut.) A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.

2800

Logan

Log″an (?), n. A rocking or balanced stone. Gwill.

2801

Logaœdic

Log′a‐œd″ic (lŏg′ȧ‐ĕd″ĭk), a. [Gr. λογαοιδικόσ; λόγοσ discourse, prose + αοιδἤ song.] (Gr. Pros.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that...

2802

Logarithm

Log″a‐rithm (lŏg″ȧ‐rĭt͡h'm), n. [Gr. λόγοσ word, account, proportion + αριθμὄσ number: cf. F. logarithme.] (Math.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, o...

2803

Logarithmetic

{ Log′a‐rith‐met″ic (?), Log″a‐rith‐met″ic‐al (?), } a. See Logarithmic.

2804

Logarithmetically

Log′a‐rith‐met″ic‐al‐ly, adv. Logarithmically.

2805

Logarithmic

{ Log′a‐rith″mic (?), Log′a‐rith″mic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.Logarithmic curve(Math.), a curve which, refer...

2806

Logarithmically

Log′a‐rith″mic‐al‐ly, adv. By the use of logarithms.

2807

Logcock

Log″cock′ (?), n. The pileated woodpecker.

2808

Loge

Loge (?), n. [F. See Lodge.] A lodge; a habitation. Chaucer.