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dicular to the ecliptic, the arc of the 

 ecliptic intercepted between the inter- 

 section of it with this circle and the vernal 

 equinoctial point will be the longitude of 

 the star. In geography and navigation, 

 ongitude is the measure of the angle in- 

 cluded between the meridian of any place, 

 the longitude of which is required, and a 

 certain fixed meridian, from which the 

 longitude is reckoned : or it is the num- 

 ber of degrees, minutes, &c., intercepted 

 between a certain fixed point of the equa- 

 tor and the intersection of the meridian 

 of the place with the same circle : thus 

 degrees of longitude vary with the paral- 

 lels of latitude, being everywhere as the 

 cctine of the latitude. 



L.IN'GITUDE STARS. Those fixed stars 

 which have been selected for the purpose 

 of finding the longitude by lunar observa- 

 tion-j, usaArietis, Aldebaran,atPegasi,&c. 



LONG-PRIM KB. The name of a printing 

 type of a size between bourgeois and 

 small-pica. 



LOS'GL-S Coi.'u. A pair of muscles of 

 the neck. 



LO.NIC'ERA.. The Honeysuckle, or Wood- 



LOOF. The after part of a ship's bow. This 

 term is also sometimes used for luff (q.v.) 



LOOL. A vessel used to receive the 

 washings of metallic ores. 



LOOM. A frame of wood or metal, by 

 which the process of weaving is per- 

 formed. 2. To loom is to appear larger 



than the real dimensions, and indistinctly. 

 Thus, the ship looms large, and the land 

 Zooms high, are phrases applicable to 

 similar phenomena to what is otherwise 

 called mirage. 



LOOM-GA.LE. A gentle gale of wind, in 

 Which a ship can carry her topsails a-trip. 



LOOX'INO. The indistinct, magnified ap- 

 pearance of objects seen in particular 

 states of the atmosphere. 



LOOP. A noose through which a lace or 



cord may be run for fastening. 2. In 



iron-works, the part of a row or block of 

 cast-iron, melted off for the forge or 

 hammer. Looping is also used to express 

 the running together of the matter of an 

 ore in the roasting- 



LOOP-HOLKS. Certain small apertures 

 formed in the bulk-heads and other parts 

 of a merchant- ship, through which small 

 arms may be fired on an enemy who 

 boards her. 



LOPHI'ODON. A fossil genus of animals 

 allied to the tapir, rhinoceros and hippo- 

 potamus, and closely connected with the 

 palaeotherium ; named from Xs5*and 

 o$ov;, in allusion to certain points or 

 eminences on the teeth. Fifteen species 

 have been discovered, mixed with the re- 

 mains of the anoplott \erium and palxo- 

 thenuin. 



LO'PHIL-S. A genus of Acanthopteryjrious 

 fishes, comprehending the sea-devils or 

 fishing frogs, pig-fish, toad-fish, &C, The 

 L. piscatorius, Cuv., Yarr., is a common 

 fish all round the British coasts; it is 

 sometimes taken of the length of five feet, 

 and is remarkable for its voracity. 



LOPHOBRA.N'CHII. An order of fishes in 

 Cuvier's arrangement, thus named from 

 koQos, a tuft, and j3^ae.yx.o^, a gill, being 

 eminently distinguished by the gills, 

 which, instead of resembling as usual the 

 teeth of a comb, are divided into small 

 round tufts, arranged in pairs along the 

 bronchial arches. They are generally 

 small, and almost without flesh. The 

 whole are comprehended in the single 

 genus Syngnathus, Lin. 



LORD. A title of courtesy given to all 

 British and Irish noblemen, from the 

 baron upward to all sons of marquesses 

 and dukes, and to de eldest sons of 

 earls ; and, as an honorary title to cer- 

 tain official characters, as the lord mayor 

 of London, the lord chief justice, the lord 

 chancellor, &c. Archbishops and bishops, 

 as members of the House of Lords, are 

 lords of parliament : thus we speak of 

 lords temporal and spiritual. The title is 

 from Sax. hleford, usually derived from 

 hlaf, loaf, and ford, or afford, to give ; and 

 hence lord is interpreted a bread-giver. A 

 lord in law is one who possesses a fee or 

 manor, and it was in right of their fiefs 

 that lords came to sit in parliament. In 

 scripture language Lord is a name for the 

 Supreme Being ; and in the old testament, 

 when printed in capital letters, it is a 

 translation of the name JEHOVAH. 



LORDS, HOUSE OF. One of the three es- 

 tates of parliament, and composed of the 

 lords spiritual and temporal. 



LORE, Lat. lorwn, strap. In ornithology, 

 the space between the bill and the eye. 



LORI'CA (Lat.). A coat of mail. 2. 



A lute of clay, &c., for coating retom 

 and other chemical vessels which are to 

 be subjected to a high heat: hence lori- 

 cation, the application of such lute or 

 lorica to vessels. 



LORICA'RIA. A genus of fishes; order 

 Abdominales. Name from lorica, a coat 

 of mail, the body being covered by plates 

 of mail. 



LOR'IMER. An old name for a bridle- 

 maker: one who made such articles as 

 were required for the furniture of war- 

 horses. The term is Fr. larmier, from Lat. 

 lorum a thong. 



LO'RIS. A subgenus of Lemurs, compre- 

 hending the slow loris or sloth of Bengal 

 (Lemur tardigradus, Lin.) and the sleader 

 loris (Lemur gracilis, Cuv.). also from 

 India. 



LO'RY. A bird of the parrot tribe, the 

 Psittacus L.?rius, Liu. 



