LOOSE, l[=oo]s, _adj._ slack, free: unbound: not confined: not compact:
indefinite: vague: not strict: unrestrained: lax in principle: licentious:
inattentive.--_adj._ LOOSE'-BOD'IED, flowing.--_n._ LOOSE'-KIR'TLE, a
wanton.--_adv._ LOOSE'LY.--_ns._ LOOS'ENER, a laxative; LOOSE'NESS, the
state of being loose: diarrhoea.--LOOSE BOX, a part of a stable where
horses are kept untied.--BREAK LOOSE, to escape from confinement; GIVE A
LOOSE TO, to give free vent to; LET LOOSE, to set at liberty. [A.S. _leás_,
loose; from the same root as _loose_ (_v.t._) and _lose_, seen also in
Goth. _laus_, Ger. _los_; more prob. due to Ice. _lauss_.]
LOOSE, l[=oo]s, _v.t._ to free from any fastening: to release: to relax:
(_Spens._) to solve.--_v.i._ (_B._) to set sail.--_v.t._ LOOS'EN, to make
loose: to relax anything tied or rigid: to make less dense; to open, as the
bowels.--_v.i._ to become loose: to become less tight. [A.S. _lósian_; Ger.
_lösen_, Goth. _lausjan_, to loose.]
LOOSESTRIFE, l[=oo]s'str[=i]f, _n._ the popular name for a plant of the
natural order _Lythraceæ_ (q.v.).
LOOT, l[=oo]t, _n._ act of plundering, esp. in a conquered city:
plunder.--_v.t._ or _v.i._ to plunder, ransack. [Hindi _l[=u]t_--Sans.
_lotra_, _loptra_, stolen goods.]
LOP, lop, _v.i._ to hang down loosely.--_adjs._ LOP'-EARED, having ears
which hang downwards; LOP'SIDED, heavier on one side than the other, as a
ship.
LOP, lop, _v.t._ to cut off the top or ends of, esp. of a tree: to curtail
by cutting away superfluous parts:--_pr.p._ lop'ping; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
lopped.--_n._ twigs of trees cut off--_ns._ LOP'PER; LOP'PING, a cutting
off: that which is cut off. [Cf. Dut. _lubben_, to cut; perh. conn. with
_leaf_.]
LOPE, l[=o]p, _v.i._ to leap: to run with a long stride.
LOPHOBRANCH, l[=o]'f[=o]-brangk, _adj._ having tufted gills.--Also
LOPHOBRAN'CHIATE. [Gr. _lophos_, a crest, _brachia_, gills.]
LOQUACIOUS, lo-kw[=a]'shus, _adj._ talkative.--_adv._
LOQU[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_ns._ LOQU[=A]'CIOUSNESS, LOQUAC'ITY, talkativeness. [L.
_loquax_, _-acis_--_loqui_, to speak.]
LOQUAT, l[=o]'kwat, _n._ an esteemed Chinese and Japanese fruit, yellowish,
flavouring tarts. [Chinese.]
LORATE, l[=o]r'[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) resembling a thong or strap. [L.
_loratus_--_lorum_, a thong.]
LORCHA, lor'cha, _n._ a light vessel of European build, but rigged like a
Chinese junk.
LORD, lawrd, _n._ a master: a superior: a husband: a ruler: the proprietor
of a manor: a baron: a peer of the realm: the son of a duke or marquis, or
the eldest son of an earl: a bishop, esp. if a member of parliament: (_B._)
the Supreme Being, Jehovah (when printed in capitals): a name also applied
to Christ.--_v.t._ to raise to the peerage.--_v.i._ to act the lord: to
tyrannise.--_ns._ LORD'LINESS; LORD'LING, a little lord: a would-be
lord--also LORD'ING, LORD'KIN.--_adj._ LORD'LY, like, becoming, or
pertaining to a lord: dignified: haughty: tyrannical--also _adv._--_ns._
LORDOL'ATRY, excessive worship of nobility; LORDS'-AND-L[=A]'DIES, a
popular name for the common arum (q.v.); LORD'S'-DAY, the first day of the
week; LORD'SHIP, state or condition of being a lord: the territory
belonging to a lord: dominion: authority; LORD'S'-SUP'PER, the sacrament of
the communion, instituted at our Lord's last supper.--LORD-LIEUTENANT OF A
COUNTY (see LIEUTENANT); LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, a viceroy or deputy of
the sovereign to whom the government of Ireland is nominally committed;
LORD OF MISRULE (see MISRULE); LORDS OF SESSION, the judges of the Scotch
Court of Session; LORDS ORDINARY, the five judges forming the outer house
of the Court of Session; LORDS SPIRITUAL, the archbishops and bishops in
the House of Lords--opp. to LORDS TEMPORAL, the peers proper.--HOUSE OF
LORDS, the upper house in the two branches of the British parliament,
consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. [M. E. _loverd_,
_laverd_--A.S. _hláford_--_hláf_, a loaf, bread, _weard_, warder.]
LORDOSIS, lor-d[=o]'sis, _n._ abnormal curvature of the spinal column, the
convexity towards the front.
LORE, l[=o]r, _n._ that which is learned: doctrine: learning.--_n._ LOR'ING
(_Spens._), learning. [A.S. _lár_.]
LORE, l[=o]r, _n._ (_Spens._) something like a thong: (_ornith._) the side
of the head between the eye and the base of the upper mandible.