LONG, long, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to belong.
LONG, long, _adj._ (_comp._ LONG'ER; _superl._ LONG'EST) extended: not
short: extended in time: slow in coming: tedious: far-reaching.--_n._
(_prosody_) a long time or syllable: (_coll._) the long summer vacation at
the English universities, termed 'the Long.'--_adv._ to a great extent in
space or time: through the whole: all along.--_v.i._ to desire
earnestly.--_adv._ LONG'-AG[=O]', in the far past.--_n._ the far
past.--_n._ LONGANIM'ITY, long-suffering, endurance.--_adj._
LONGAN'IMOUS.--_ns._ LONG'BOAT, the largest and strongest boat of a ship;
LONG'-BOW, a bow bent by the hand in shooting, called long as distinguished
from the cross-bow.--_adj._ LONG'-BREATHED, able to continue violent
exercise of the lungs for a long time.--_n.pl._ LONG'-COATS, long clothes,
worn by infants.--_adj._ LONG'-DESCEND'ED, of ancient lineage.--_n._
LONG'-DOZ'EN, thirteen.--_adjs._ LONG'-DRAWN, prolonged; LONGEVAL,
LONGEVOUS (-j[=e]'-), of long or great age.--_ns._ LONGEVITY (-jev'-);
LONG'-FIELD (_cricket_), a fielder placed near the boundary on the bowler's
side; LONG'-FIRM, the name given to a company of swindlers who obtain goods
on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without
payment to do the like elsewhere; LONG'HAND, writing of the ordinary
kind.--_adj._ LONG'-HEAD'ED, having good intellectual powers:
sagacious.--_ns._ LONG'-HEAD'EDNESS; LONG'-HUN'DRED, a hundred and
twenty.--_adjs._ LON'GICORN (-ji-), having long antennæ; LONGIMANOUS
(-jim'-), long-handed; LONGIMET'RIC.--_ns._ LONGIMETRY (-jim'-), the art of
measuring distances; LONG'ING, an eager desire, craving, esp. of the
whimsical desires sometimes felt in pregnancy.--_adv._ LONG'INGLY.--_n._
LONGINQUITY (-jinq'-), greatness of distance.--_adj._ LONGIPEN'NATE (-ji-),
long-winged, as gulls.--_n._ LONGIROS'TER (-ji-), one of a family of birds
having a long, slender bill, as the snipe.--_adjs._ LONGIROS'TRAL,
LONGIROS'TRATE (-ji-), having a long bill or beak; LONG'ISH.--_n._
LON'GITUDE (-ji-), distance of a place east or west of a given meridian:
distance in degrees from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic--_adj._
LONGITUD'INAL, pertaining to longitude or length: extending
lengthwise.--_adv._ LONGITUD'INALLY.--_n._ LONG'-LEG (_cricket_), see
LEG.--_adj._ LONG'-LEGGED, having long legs.--_n._ LONG'LEGS, an insect
with long legs, as the common crane-fly.--_adj._ LONG'-LIVED, having a long
life.--_adv._ LONG'LY (_Shak._), longingly.--_ns._ LONG'-MEAS'URE, lineal
measure; LONG'-OFF, LONG'-ON (_cricket_), the fielders in the long-field to
the left and right of the bowler respectively; LONG'-PRIM'ER, a size of
type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois; LONG'-PUR'PLES, the
manorchis.--_adj._ LONG'-RANGE, able to reach or hit from a considerable
distance.--_n.pl._ LONGS'-AND-SHORTS', verses.--_adj._ LONG'SHORE, existing
or employed along the shore.--_n._ LONG'SHOREMAN, a stevedore: one who
makes a living along shores by oyster-fishing, &c.--_adj._ LONG'-SIGHT'ED,
able to see far but not close at hand: sagacious.--_ns._
LONG'-SIGHT'EDNESS; LONG'-SLIP (_cricket_), a fielder some distance behind
on the right of the batsman.--_adjs._ LONG'SOME, long and tedious;
LONG'-SPUN, long-drawn, tedious; LONG'-ST[=A]'PLE, having a long
fibre.--_n._ LONG'-STOP (_cricket_), one who stands behind the
wicket-keeper and stops balls missed by him.--_v.i._ to field at
long-stop.--_adj._ LONG'-SUFF'ERING, enduring long.--_n._ long endurance or
patience.--_n._ LONG'-TAIL, an animal, esp. a dog, with uncut tail--also
_adj._--_adjs._ LONG'-TONGUED, talkative, babbling; LONG'-VIS'AGED, having
a long face, of rueful countenance; LONG'-WAIST'ED, having a long waist,
long from the armpits to the hips; LONG'-WIND'ED, long-breathed:
tedious.--_n._ LONG'-WIND'EDNESS.--_adv._ LONG'WISE, lengthwise.--LONG
HOME, the grave; LONG TOM (see TOM).--A LONG FIGURE (_slang_), a high price
or rate; BEFORE LONG, ERE LONG, soon; DRAW THE LONG-BOW, to exaggerate, to
tell incredible stories; FOR LONG, for a considerable period of time; IN
THE LONG-RUN (see RUN); MAKE A LONG ARM (_prov._), to help one's self
liberally at table; THE LONG AND THE SHORT, the sum of the matter in a few
words. [A.S. _lang_; Ger. _lang_, Ice. _langr_.]
LOO, l[=oo], _n._ a game at cards.--_v.t._ to beat in the game of
loo:--_pr.p._ l[=oo]'ing; _pa.p._ l[=oo]ed.--_n._ LOO'-T[=A]'BLE, a table
for loo. [Formerly _lanterloo_--Dut. _lanterlu_. Cf. Dut. _lanterfant_, an
idler.]
LOOBY, l[=oo]b'i, _n._ a clumsy, clownish fellow.--_adv._ LOOB'ILY. [From
root of _lob_.]
LOOF, l[=oo]f, _n._ the after-part of a ship's bow where the planks begin
to curve in towards the cut-water. [Dut. _loef_, the weather-gauge, luff,
orig. a paddle for steering; perh. conn. with _loof_, palm.]