Longe, n. (Zoöl.) Same as 4th Lunge.
Long"er (?), n. One who longs for anything.
Lon*ge"val (?), a. Long-loved; longevous.[R.] Pope.
Lon*gev"i*ty (?), n. [L. longaevitas. See Longevous.] Long duration of
life; length of life.
The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.
Arbuthnot.
Lon*ge"vous (?), a. [L. longaevus; longus long + aevum lifetime, age.
See Long, and Age.] Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne.
Long"hand` (?), n. The written characters used in the common method of
writing; -- opposed to shorthand.
Long"head"ed (?), a. Having unusual foresight or sagacity. --
Long"-head`ed*ness, n.
Long"horn` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or
beetle. See Long- horned.
Long"-horned` (?), a. (Zoöl.) [Obs.] Having a long horn or horns; as, a
long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennæ, as certain beetles
(Longicornia).
Lon"gi*corn (?), a. [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.]
(Zoöl.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. -- n. One of the
Longicornia.
||Lon`gi*cor"ni*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + cornu horn.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species,
||in which the antennæ are very long. Most of them, while in the larval
||state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some
||species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple
||borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.
||
Lon`gi*lat"er*al (?), a. [L. longus long + lateralis lateral, fr. latus
side.] Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long
parallelogram.
Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five furlongs
broad, and a hundred and fifty long.
Sir T. Browne.
Lon*gil"o*quence (?), n. [L. langus long + loquentia a talking.] Long-
windedness.
American longiloquence in oratory.
Fitzed. Hall.
Lon*gim"a*nous (?), a. [L. longus long + manus hand.] Having long
hands. Sir T. Browne.
Lon*gim"e*try (?), n. [L. longus long + -metry: cf. F. longimétrie.]
The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne.
Long"ing (?), n. An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an
earnest wish; an aspiration.
Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.
Shak.
Long"ing*ly, adv. With longing. Dryden.
Lon*gin"qui*ty (?), n. [L. longinquitas, fr. longinquus extensive,
remote, fr. longus long.] Greatness of distance; remoteness. [R.]
Barrow.
Lon"gi*palp (?), n. [F. longipalpe, fr. L. longus long + F. palpe a
feeler, a palp.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long
maxillary palpi.
Lon"gi*pen"nate (?), a. [L. longus long + E. pennate.] (Zoöl.) Having
long wings, or quills.
||Lon`gi*pen"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. longus long + penna wing.]
||(Zoöl.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls,
||petrels, etc.
||
Lon`gi*pen"nine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes;
longipennate.
Lon`gi*ros"ter (?), n.; pl. L. Longirostres (#), E. Longirosters (#).
[L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F. longirostre.] (Zoöl.) One of the
Longirostres.
Lon`gi*ros"tral (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to
the Longirostres.
||Lon`gi*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + rostrum beak.]
||(Zoöl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills,
||as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an
||artificial division.
||
Long"ish (?), a. Somewhat long; moderately long.
Lon"gi*tude (?), n. [F., fr. L. longitudo, fr. longus long.] 1. Length;
measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from
breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in
a humorous sense. Sir H. Wotton.
The longitude of their cloaks.
Sir. W. Scott.
Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense.
Cowper.
2. (Geog.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the
meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from
which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes
from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The
longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as,
that of New York is 74° or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.
3. (Astron.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox,
on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing
through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the
longitude of Capella is 79°.
Geocentric longitude (Astron.), the longitude of a heavenly body as
seen from the earth. -- Heliocentric longitude, the longitude of a
heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center. -- Longitude stars,
certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which
are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar
distances.
Lon`gi*tu"di*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. longitudinal.] 1. Of or pertaining to
longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.
2. Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running
lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal
diameter of a body. Cheyne.
Lon`gi*tu"di*nal, n. A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Lon`gi*tu"di*nal*ly, adv. In the direction of length.
Long"legs` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A daddy longlegs.
Long"-lived` (?), a. Having a long life; having constitutional
peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a
long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.
Long"ly, adv. 1. With longing desire. [Obs.] Shak.