Lo"hock (?), n. (Med.) See Loch, a medicine.
Loi"mic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; plague.] Of or pertaining to the
plague or contagious disorders.
Loin (?), n. [OE. loine, OF. logne, F. longe, from (assumed) LL.
lumbea, L. lumbus join. Cf. Lends, Lumbar, Nombles.] That part of a
human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal
column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the
loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.
||Loir (?), n. [F., fr. L. glis, gliris.] (Zoöl.) A large European
||dormouse (Myoxus glis).
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Loi"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Loitering.] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be
louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] 1. To be
slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time
idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
Sir John, you loiter here too long.
Shak.
If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace.
Rogers.