LOP 



LOY 



LODICULA. The two minute 

 fleshy hj-pogynous scales beneath the 

 ovary of grasses. 



LOESS. Alhivial formations. By 

 the English it is often used for a yel- 

 low loam, with chalky concretions. 



LOG. A portion of the trunk of a 

 tree. 



LOGWOOD. HcEmatoxylon Cam- 

 pfachianum. A small leguminous tree 

 of Central America and the tropics. 

 The central heart wood, deeply stain- 

 ed, from old trees is preferred : the 

 logwood bath is of great service in 

 the production of black dyes, browns, 

 and reds. 



LOLIUM. The generic name of 

 rye grass. See Grasses. 



L OMENTUM. An indehiscent 

 pod resembling a legume, but divided 

 bv membranes between each seed. 

 ' LONG-HORNED CATTLE. " A 

 breed of neat cattle now nearly ex- 

 tinct, chiefly distinguished by the 

 length of the horn, the thickness and 

 firm texture of the hide, the length and 

 closeness of the hair, the large size 

 of the hoof, and the coarse, leathery 

 thickness of the neck." — (Johnson.) 



LONGICORNS, LONGICORNES. 

 Coleopterous insects with long an- 

 tennas, often longer than the body : 

 they are borers. 



LONGI PALPS, LONGIPALPL A 

 family of short-winged beetles, with 

 the maxillary feelers (palpi) almost as 

 long as the head. 



LONG ^L\NLRE. Unfermented 

 dung and straw. 



LOOM. A corruption of loam, 

 which see. 



LOOPERS. Caterpillars of the 

 familv Geometers : span worms. 



LOOSENESS. Excessive dis- 

 charge from the bowels, flux, diar- 

 rhcBa. See Ox, Horse; and for the 

 remedies. Pharmacopoeia. 



LOOSESTRIFE. Small weeds 

 of the genus Lysimachia ; they are 

 wholesome. The creeping loose- 

 strife, or money wort (L. nummula- 

 ria), is said to be a good remedy 

 against insects, when steeped in oil 

 and sprinkled over the granary floor. 



LOPPED MILK. Sour, curdled 

 milk. 



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] LOPPING TREES. The removal 

 of the lateral branches for profit. The 

 lop of a timber-tree is a subject of 

 bargain with the purchaser. 



LORE (from lorum, a strap). In 

 j ornithology, the space between the 

 bill and the eye, which is bare in 

 j some birds, as the great crested 

 ' grebe, but is generally covered with 

 feathers. In entomology the term is 

 applied to a corneous angular ma- 

 chine observable in the mouth of 

 some insects, upon the intermediate 

 angle of which the mentum sits, and 

 on the lateral ones the cardines of 

 the maxillare, and by means of which 

 the trophi are pushed forth or retract- 

 ed, as in the hymenopterous insects. 

 LOTION. An external wash : it 

 may be evaporating (spirituous) or 

 watery. Indolent sores require stim- 

 ulating lotions ; painful wounds, ano- 

 dyne lotions, &c. Lotions are also 

 used to discuss tumours and inflam- 

 mations near the skin. 



LOUSINESS. "An affection of the 

 skin, arising, in cattle, from the irri- 

 tation of lice or animalculee, which 

 may be distinguished by the naked 

 eye. Most animals, and even insects, 

 are subject to this annoyance. Lou- 

 siness in live stock is produced by 

 neglect and low keep. The best rem- 

 edy is more attention to cleanliness, 

 with better food. The lice may be 

 killed by a dressing' applied with a 

 brush to the chiefly aflfected parts, 

 composed of four ounces of black sul- 

 phur, mixed with a pint of train oil, 

 or a small portion of weak mercurial 

 ointment.-' 



LOUSE\\"ORT. Pedicularis Cana- 

 densis. An insignificant perennial, 

 herbaceous weed ; the rattle. 



LOVAGE. . Ligusticum lecisticum. 

 A perennial (biennial), herbaceous, 

 disagreeable aromatic plant, of the 

 family UmbelliferaAhe seeds of which 

 are used as medicine in flatulence. 

 The seeds grow anywhere on a dry, 

 light soil. 



LOVE APPLE. Tomato. 



LOVE GRASS. A small grass, 

 ornamental, with pretty spikelets. 

 Eragrostis. 



LOY.^ A narrow spade 



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