Lo"co*mo`tive (?), n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel
carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel
the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons,
railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected
drivers. -- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as
Locomotive, above. -- Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.
{ Lo"co*mo`tive*ness (?), Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty (?), } n. [Cf. F.
locomotivité.] The power of changing place.
Lo`co*mo"tor (?), a. [See Locomotion.] Of or pertaining to movement or
locomotion.
Locomotor ataxia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of
the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and
difficulty in coördinating voluntary movements.
Loc"u*la*ment (?), n. [L. loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a
compartment, dim. of locus place.] (Bot.) The cell of a pericarp in
which the seed is lodged.
Loc"u*lar (?), a. [L. locularis.] (Bot.) Of or relating to the cell or
compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as
trilocular. Gray.
Loc"u*late (?), a. [L. loculatus.] (Bot.) Divided into compartments.
Loc"ule (?), n. [Cf. F. locule. See Loculus.] (Zoöl.) A little hollow;
a loculus.
Loc"u*li*ci`dal (?), a. [L. loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F.
loculicide.] (Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each
cell; -- said of capsules.
{ Loc"u*lose` (?), Loc"u*lous (?), } a. [L. loculosus. See Loculament.]
(Bot.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the
pokeweed.
Loc"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Loculi (#). [L., little place, a compartment.]
1. (Zoöl.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary;
loculament.
||Lo"cum te"nens (?). [L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p.
||pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant.] A substitute or deputy; one
||filling an office for a time.
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Lo"cus (?), n.; pl. Loci (#), & Loca (#). [L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch,
Lieu, Local.] 1. A place; a locality.
2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position
according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or
line that moves according to a given law.
Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. -- Solid
locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections.
Lo"cust (?), n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] 1.
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory,
orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the
grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, or Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium
perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States
the related species with similar habits are usually called
grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia
as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an
immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly
called locusts. See Cicada.
Locust beetle (Zoöl.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in
the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color
is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. --
Locust bird (Zoöl.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See
Pastor. -- Locust hunter (Zoöl.), an African bird; the beefeater.
2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree
(definition, note, and phrases).
Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob
tree.
Lo*cus"ta (?), n. [NL.: cf. locuste.] (Bot.) The spikelet or flower
cluster of grasses. Gray.
Lo`cus*tel"la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. locusta a locust.] (Zoöl.) The
European cricket warbler.
Lo*cus"tic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust;
-- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
Lo"cust*ing (?), p. a. Swarming and devastating like locusts. [R.]
Tennyson.
Lo"cust tree` (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American
tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender
racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often
cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially
to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which H. Courbaril is a lofty,
spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia
siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.
Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) G.
triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so
called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called
also simply honey locust. -- Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp
tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States.
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Lo*cu"tion (l*k"shn), n. [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F.
locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of
expression. " Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot.
I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by
ceremony.
Marston.
Loc"u*to*ry (lk"*t*r), n. A room for conversation; especially, a room
in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
Lod"de (ld'd), n. (Zoöl.) The capelin.
Lode (?), n. [AS. ld way, journey, fr. lðan to go. See Lead to guide,
and cf. Load a burden.] 1. A water course or way; a reach of water.
Down that long, dark lode . . . he and his brother skated home in
triumph.