2. Clamorous; boisterous.

She is loud and stubborn.

Prov. vii. 11.

3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort.

[Colloq.]

4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style

of dress; loud colors. [Slang]

Syn. -- Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous;

turbulent; blustering; vehement.

Loud, adv. [AS. hlde.] With loudness; loudly.

To speak loud in public assemblies.

Addison.

Loud"ful (?), a. Noisy. [Obs.] Marsion.

Loud"ly, adv. In a loud manner. Denham.

Loud"-mouthed` (?), a. Having a loud voice; talking or sounding

noisily; noisily impudent.

Loud"ness, n. The quality or state of being loud.

Loud"-voiced` (?), a. Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron.

Lough (?), n. [See 1st Loch.] A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Lough (?), obs. strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.

Lou"is d'or` (?). [F., gold louis.] Formerly, a gold coin of France

nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; --

first struck in 1640.

Lou"is qua*torze" (l" k*tôrz"). [F., Louis fourteenth.] Of, pertaining

to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of

France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

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