Webster's Dictionary 1913

2620

Loader

Load″er (?), n. One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.

2621

Loading

Load″ing, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into.2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.

2622

Loadmanage

{ Load″man‐age, Lode″man‐age (?) }, n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. Chaucer.

2623

Loadsman

{ Loads″man, Lodes″man (?) }, n. [Load, lode + man. See Lode.] A pilot. Chaucer.

2624

Loadstar

{ Load″star′, Lode″star′ (?) }, n. [Load, lode + star. See Lode.] A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure. Chaucer. “ Your eyes are lodestars.” Shak....

2625

Loadstone

{ Load″stone′, Lode″stone (?) }, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.

2626

Loaf

Loaf (?), n.; pl.Loaves (#). [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlāf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klëpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.] Any thick lu...

2627

Loaf (2)

Loaf, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Loafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. “ Loafing vaga...

2628

Loaf (3)

Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; — with away; as, to loaf time away.

2629

Loafer

Loaf″er (?), n. [G. läufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See Leap.] One who loafs; a lazy lounger. Lowell.

2630

Loam

Loam (?), n. [AS. lām; akin to D. leem, G. lehm, and E. lime. See 4th Lime.] 1. A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is...

2631

Loam (2)

Loam, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Loamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loaming.] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

2632

Loamy

Loam″y (?), a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon.

2633

Loan

Loan (lōn), n. [See Lawn.] A loanin.

2634

Loan (2)

Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. lān, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lān, G. leihen to lend, OHG. līhan, Icel. ljī, Goth. leihwan, L. linqu...

2635

Loan (3)

Loan, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Loaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loaning.] To lend; — sometimes with out. Kent.By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

2636

Loanable

Loan″a‐ble (?), a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; — used mostly in financial business and writings.

2637

Loanin

{ Loan″in (?), Loan″ing, } n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also...

2638

Loanmonger

Loan″mon′ger (?), n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield.

2639

Loath

Loath (lōth), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lāð hostile, odious; akin to OS. lāð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. līdan to suffer, go, cf. AS. līðan to go, G...

2640

Loathe

Loathe (lōt͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Loathed (lōt͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n.Loathing.] [AS. lāðian to hate. See Loath.] 1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.Loathing the honey...

2641

Loathe (2)

Loathe, v. i. To feel disgust or nausea.

2642

Loather

Loath″er (?), n. One who loathes.

2643

Loathful

Loath″ful (?), a. 1. Full of loathing; hating; abhorring. “Loathful eyes.” Spenser.2. Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.Above the reach of loathful, sinful lust. Spenser.

2644

Loathing

Loath″ing, n. Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.The mutual fear and loathing of the hostile races. Macaulay.

2645

Loathingly

Loath″ing‐ly, adv. With loathing.

2646

Loathliness

Loath″li‐ness (?), n. Loathsomeness.