There is no thief without a louk.
Chaucer.
Lounge (lounj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged (lounjd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lounging (loun"jng).] [OE. lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF.
longis, longin, said to be fr. Longinus, the name of the centurion who
pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. longus long.
Cf. Long, a.] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering;
to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent
manner.
We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over
politics.
J. Hannay.
Lounge, n. 1. An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining
indolently; a place of lounging.
She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a
fashionable lounge.
Miss Edgeworth.
2. A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or
recline.
Loun"ger (?), n. One who lounges; an idler.
Loup (lp), n. (Iron Works) See 1st Loop.
||Loup"-cer`vier" (?), n. [F. Cf. Lusern.] (Zoöl.) The Canada lynx. See
||Lynx.
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||Loup`-loup" (l`l"), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.
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Loups (?), n. pl.; sing. Loup. [F., prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.) The
Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was
the wolf.
||Lour (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An Asiatic sardine (Clupea
||Neohowii), valued for its oil.
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Lou"ri (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Lory.
Louse (lous), n.; pl. Lice (ls). [OE. lous, AS. ls, pl. ls; akin to D.
luis, G. laus, OHG. ls, Icel. ls, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named
because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zoöl.) 1. Any
one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic
insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as
degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other
mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse
(P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others.
See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on
birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or
bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually
regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.