7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance;
-- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to
Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.
Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which
are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long- armed, long-beaked,
long-haired, long- horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long- tailed,
long- worded, etc.
In the long run, in the whole course of things taken together; in the
ultimate result; eventually. -- Long clam (Zoöl.), the common clam (Mya
arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya. -- Long cloth, a kind of
cotton cloth of superior quality. -- Long clothes, clothes worn by a
young infant, extending below the feet. -- Long division. (Math.) See
Division. -- Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen. -- Long home,
the grave. -- Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter. --
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3,
1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653. -- Long price, the
full retail price. -- Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers,
supposed to be the Orchis mascula. Dr. Prior. -- Long suit (Whist), a
suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. R. A.
Proctor. -- Long tom. (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the
dock of a vessel. (b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth.
[Western U.S.] (c) (Zoöl.) The long-tailed titmouse. -- Long wall (Coal
Mining), a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof
allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are
needed. -- Of long, a long time. [Obs.] Fairfax. -- To be, or go, long
of the market, To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock
Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract
under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a
stipulated price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be short
of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short. -- To have a long head,
to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
Long (?), n. 1. (Mus.) A note formerly used in music, one half the
length of a large, twice that of a breve.