Lot"to (?), n. [F. loto or It. lotto, prop., a lot; of German origin.
See Lot.] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed
numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for
determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card
having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes
after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A
variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]
Lo"ture (?), n. [L. lotura. See Lotion.] See Lotion. [Obs.] Holland.
Lo"tus (l"ts), n. [L. lotus, Gr. lwto`s. Cf. Lote.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A
name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in
religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia;
Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphæa Lotus and N. cærulea,
the respectively white- flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern
Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient
monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the
fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make
strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire
to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote. (d) A genus
(Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also
lotos.]
European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and
Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also
the date plum.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally
asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
{ Lo"tus-eat`er (l"ts-t`r), Lo"tos-eat`er (l"ts-t`r), } n. (Class.
Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a
consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the
Lotophagi.
The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos- eaters.
Tennyson.
||Lou*chettes" (?), n. pl. [F.] Goggles intended to rectify strabismus
||by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight.
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Loud (loud), a. [Compar. Louder (loud"r); superl. Loudest.] [OE. loud,
lud, AS. hld; akin to OS. hld, D. luid, OHG. lt, G. laut, L. - clutus,
in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr.
klyto`s heard, loud, famous, kly`ein to hear, Skr. çru. √41. Cf.
Client, Listen, Slave a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or
great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry;
loud thunder.
They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified.
Luke xxiii. 23.