Such lousy learning as this is.
Bale.
Lout (lout), v. i. [OE. louten, luten, AS. ltan; akin to Icel. lta,
Dan. lude, OHG. lzn to lie hid.] To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low.
Spenser.
Lout, n. [Formerly also written lowt.] A clownish, awkward fellow; a
bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
Lout, v. t. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
[Obs.] Shak.
Lout"ish, a. Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney.
-- Lout"ish*ly, adv. -- Lout"ish*ness, n.
||Lou*tou" (?), n. [Native names.] (Zoöl.) A crested black monkey
||(Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.
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{ Lou"ver, Lou"vre } (?), n. [OE. lover, OF. lover, lovier; or l'ouvert
the opening, fr. overt, ouvert, p. p. of ovrir, ouvrir, to open, F.
ouvrir. Cf. Overt.] (Arch.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
[Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]
Louver boards or boarding, the sloping boards set to shed rainwater
outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry
windows, the openings of a louver, etc. -- Louver work, slatted work.
Lov"a*ble (?), a. Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to
excite, love; worthy of love.
Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of
Astolat.
Tennyson.
Lov"age (?), n. [F. livèche, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant
indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian,
Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant
(Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic
stimulant.
Love (?), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe,
L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See Lief.] 1. A
feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands
admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection;
tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers'
love Most sacred, most Thine own.
Keble.
2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection
for, one of the opposite sex.
He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung
over her enamored.
Milton.
3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court,
to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her
soul.
Shak.
4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire;
fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
Love, and health to all.
Shak.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
Milton.
The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
Fenton.