3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or
remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.) The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging
party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a
lodgment.
Lod"i*cule (?), n. [L. lodicula. dim, of lodix, lodicis, a coverlet:
cf. F. lodicule.] (Bot.) One of the two or three delicate membranous
scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.
Loel"ling*ite (?), n. [So called from Lölling, in Austria.] (Min.) A
tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.
Loess (?), n. [G. löss.] (Geol.) A quaternary deposit, usually
consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and
other large rivers.
Loev"en's lar"va (?). [Named after the Swedish zoölogist, S. F. Löven,
who discovered it.] (Zoöl.) The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See
Polygordius.
Loffe (?), v. i. To laugh. [Obs.] Shak.
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. Hence, especially: (a) The
room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost
story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as,
an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
Acts xx. 9.
On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Loft, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] Surrey.
Loft"i*ly (?), adv. [From Lofty.] In a lofty manner or position;
haughtily.
Loft"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being 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.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing,
language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride;
haughty.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
Is. lvii. 15.