Webster's Dictionary 1913

3106

Losenger

Los″en‐ger (?), n. [OF. losengier, losengeor, fr. losengier to deceive, flatter, losenge, flattery, Pr. lauzenga, fr. L. laus praise. Cf. Lozenge.] A flatterer; a deceiver; a co...

3107

Losengerie

Los″en‐ger‐ie (?), n. Flattery; deceit; trickery. Chaucer.

3108

Loser

Los″er (?), n. One who loses. South.

3109

Losing

Lo″sing (?), a. [See Losenger.] Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be ...

3110

Losing (2)

Los″ing (?), a. [See Lose, v. t.] Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.Who strive to sit out losing hands are lost. Herbert.

3111

Losingly

Los″ing‐ly (?), adv. In a manner to incur loss.

3112

Loss

Loss (lŏs; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. leósan to lose. √127. See Lose, v. t.] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of mo...

3113

Lossful

Loss″ful (?), a. Detrimental. Bp. Hall.

3114

Lossless

Loss″less, a. Free from loss. Milton.

3115

Lost

Lost (?), a. [Prop. p. p. of OE. losien. See Lose, v. t.] 1. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.2. Parted with; no lo...

3116

Lot

Lot (lŏt), n. [AS. hlot; akin to hleótan to cast lots, OS. hlōt lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. lōz, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]1. That...

3117

Lot (2)

Lot (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lotting (?).] To allot; to sort; to portion.To lot onorupon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure.

3118

Lote

Lote (?), n. [L. lotus, Gr. �. Cf. Lotus.] (Bot.) A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also ne...

3119

Lote (2)

Lote, n. [F. lotte.] (Zoöl.) The European burbot.

3120

Lote (3)

Lote (?), v. i. [AS. lutian.] To lurk; to lie hid. Chaucer.

3121

Loth

Loth (?), a., Loth″ly, a. & adv., Loth″some (�), a., See Loath, Loathly, etc.

3122

Lothario

Lo‐tha″ri‐o (?), n. A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

3123

Lotion

Lo″tion (?), n. [L. lotio, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash: cf. F. lotion. See Lave to wash.] 1. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.2. A liquid pr...

3124

Loto

Lo″to (?), n. See Lotto.

3125

Lotong

‖Lo‐tong″ (?), n. [Malay lūtong.] (Zoöl.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).

3126

Lotophagi

‖Lo‐toph″a‐gi (?), n. pl.(Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.

3127

Lotos

Lo″tos (?), n.(Bot.) See Lotus.

3128

Lottery

Lot″ter‐y (?), n.; pl.Lotteries (#). [Lot + -ery, as in brewery, bindery.] 1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or mor...

3129

Lotto

Lot″to (lŏt″tō̍), n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot.] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (a...

3130

Loture

Lo″ture (?), n. [L. lotura. See Lotion.] See Lotion. Holland.

3131

Lotus

Lo″tus (lō″tŭs), n. [L. lotus, Gr. λωτόσ. Cf. Lote.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Eg...

3132

Lotus-eater

{ Lo″tus–eat′er (lō″tŭs–ēt′ẽr), Lo″tos–eat′er (lō″tŏs–ēt′ẽr), } n.(Class. Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence ...