To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast lots,
to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn
or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. --
To draw lots, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one
thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer. -- To
pay scot and lot, to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot.
Lot (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting (?).]
To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
To lot on or upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Lote (?), n. [L. lotus, Gr. &?;. Cf. Lotus.] (Bot.) A large tree
(Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood,
and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree. Eng. Cyc.
Lote, n. [F. lotte.] (Zoöl.) The European burbot.
Lote (?), v. i. [AS. lutian.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Loth (?), a., Loth"ly, a. & adv., Loth"some (&?;), a., See Loath,
Loathly, etc.
Lo*tha"ri*o (?), n. [Name of a character in Rowe's drama, "The Fair
Penitent."] A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
Lo"tion (?), n. [L. lotio, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash: cf. F. lotion.
See Lave to wash.] 1. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose
of rendering it fair.
2. A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased
part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.
Lo"to (?), n. See Lotto.
||Lo*tong" (?), n. [Malay ltong.] (Zoöl.) An East Indian monkey
||(Semnopithecus femoralis).
||
||Lo*toph"a*gi (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; the lotus + &?; to
||eat.] (Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings.
||They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus- eater.
||
Lo"tos (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) See Lotus.
Lot"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Lotteries (#). [Lot + -ery, as in brewery,
bindery.] 1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance;
esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular
numbers draw prizes, and the rest of the tickets are blanks. Fig.: An
affair of chance.
The laws of the United States and of most of the States make lotteries
illegal.