Loi"ter*ing*ly, adv. In a loitering manner.
{ Lok (lk), Lo"ki (l"k), } n. [Icel. Loki, perh. akin to lokka, locka
to allure, entice.] (Scandinavian Myth.) The evil deity, the author of
all calamities and mischief, answering to the Ahriman of the Persians.
||Lo*ka"o (?), n. A green vegetable dye imported from China.
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Loke (lk), n. [See Lock a fastening.] A private path or road; also, the
wicket or hatch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
Lok"o*rys (?), n. Liquorice. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Lo*li"go (?), n. [L., cuttle fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of cephalopods,
||including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America
||and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.
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Loll (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lolling.]
[Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to
sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. Lill, Lull.] 1. To act lazily or
indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at
ease.
Void of care, he lolls supine in state.
Dryden.
2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log
when heated with labor or exertion.
The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling tongue, lay
fawning at thy feet.
Dryden.
3. To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other
animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.
Loll, v. t. To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues.
Dryden.
Lol"lard (?), n. [LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a
German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring
strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms,
which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll, Lull.] (Eccl. Hist.)
(a) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b) One of the
followers of Wyclif in England. [Called also Loller.]
By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from
Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany.
Fuller.
{ Lol"lard*ism (?), Lol"lard*y (?), } n. The doctrines or principles of
the Lollards.
Loll"er (?), n. [See Loll.] 1. One who lolls.