Lobotidae 
continuous. Also Lnbntina;, as a subfamily of 
tiiMiritltr. 
lobret, " A Middle English form of lulilx r. 
lobsCOUBO (lolj'skuus), //. [Also lobxnntr.ii; lii/if!- 
coiiryf (the form lobtCOtlftt) simulating lob's 
rniirse, 'a lubber's dish'); proli. < Inh 1 , .,4, + 
si-Hum; a general uaiuo on shipboard fora stew. 
Cf. loblolly, 2.] A dish made of pilot-biscuit, 
stewed in water with pieces of salt meat. 
This genial banquet was entirely composed of sea- 
dishes; . . . the sides being furnished with a mess of that 
savoury conii^itiuii known by the name of lob's course, 
and a plate of salmagundy. Smollett, Peregrine i'ickle, is. 
lobsided (lob'si'ded), a. Same as lopsided. 
lobspound, lob's pound (lobz' pound), n. A 
pound for lobs or louts; a prison. "The term is 
atill in use, and Is often applied to the juvenile prison 
made for a child between the feet of a grown-up person." 
llalliwell. 
He was the party 
Found in Lob's pound. 
Massinger, Duke of Milan, ill. 2. 
Crowdero, whom, in irons bound, 
Thou basely threw'st into Lob'* pound. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. ill. 910. 
lobster (lob'ster), n. [Early mod. E. also lob- 
star, lopster; < ME. lopstere, loppester, loppi- 
ster, a lobster, a stoat, < AS. loppcstrc, lopustre, 
lopyxtrc, a lobster; cf. lopu.it, a locust, for "lo- 
cust, < L. locusta, a shell-fish, lobster, also a 
locust: see locust 1 .'] 1. A marine, stalk-eyed, 
long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the sub- 
class Podophthalmu or Thoracostraca, order 
Decapoda, suborder Macrura, family Hmnarida', 
and genus Homarus, such as H. vulgaris of Eu- 
rope or If. americanus of the Atlantic coast of 
North America. The lobster has two pairs of feelers, 
one pair short, the other remarkably long. The mouth- 
parts are modified legs, as in all crustaceans and other ar- 
thropods. The first pair of ambulatory legs are enor- 
mously and unsynunetrically enlarged and chelate, being 
the great so-called "claws." The other four pairs of legs 
aru smaller and more strictly ambulatorlal, ending in 
American Lobster ( ttomartts amfric, 
simple pincers or single hooks. The cephalothorax is a 
large soldered carapace. The abdomen or tail is long, 
jointed, and flexible, consisting of hard rings or segments 
on top and at the sides, and of a soft but tough membrane 
underneath, which bears the pletopods, swimmerets, or 
swimming-feet ; it ends in a set of shelly plates, the tel- 
son, spreading like a fan, used in swimming. The hairy 
flaps or processes attached to the roots of the walking- 
legs are the gills or breathing-organs. The female carries 
masses of eggs (the coral or berry) under the abdomen. 
The most fleshy parts arc the muscles of the great claws 
and of the tail. The eyes are mounted on short movable 
stalks, the ophthalmites. Lobsters are carnivorous and 
predatory. They live chiefly on rocky sea-coasts. They 
molt or cast their shell periodically. The natural color is 
variously greenish, bluish, livid, etc. ; the familiar bright- 
red color is duo to boiling. The flesh is savory, and the 
lobster-industry is one of high economic importance. 
Finallie of the legged kinde we have not manie, neither 
haue I seene anie more of this sort than the Polypus called 
in English the lobstar, craflsh or crenis, and the crab. 
Harrison, quoted in Babee Book (E. E. T. S.), ii. 97. 
2. One of several other crustaceans resembling 
the above. The Norway lobster is ffephrops nonegicus, 
of the family Homarida. Various crawfishes of the fam- 
ily Astafida are sometimes called fresh-ujater lobstert. A 
related marine crustacean of the family Palinuridce, Pali- 
ntirus vttlparix, the sea-crawfish, is known as the spring 
lobster, rock lobster, and spiny lobster. 
3. The common sole, Solea vult/aris. [Prov, 
Eng.] 4. A stoat. [Prov. Eng.] 5. A Brit- 
ish soldier: probably so called originally in al- 
lusion to his cuirass, but the name is now gen- 
erally supposed to refer to his red coat. 
The women . . . exclaim against lobsters and tatterde- 
malions, and d.-fy 'em to prove 'twas ever known in any 
age or country in the world that a red-coat died for religion. 
Tom Brown, Works, I. 73. (Davits.) 
Bermuda lobster, a kind of shrimp, Palinurut atncri- 
caims. It is used for bait. Berry lobster, a female lobster 
carrying spawn. Such lobsters are notlegallymarketable. 
and should be returned to the water when taken. -Black 
lobster, a lobster whose shell Is black, or at least darker 
than usual. This animal is always in good condition, with 
a very hanl shell, and is preferred to those lighter-colored 
ones which have more recently shed their shells. Chick- 
en or grasshopper lobster, an undersized lobster, too 
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small to be legally marketable. The laws of some States 
prohibit the sale of lobsters under 10 inches long. Nor- 
way lobster, the Sfiihropt norngieu*. Sec A'vAropt 
Spanish lobster, Scyllarus ayfuinoctiali*, used as bait in 
the Bermudas. -Spiny lobster. Scedef. 2. Stone-lob- 
Bter, the short armed hermit-crab, Kupagv.ru! poUiearii: 
so called by fishermen. 
lobster-car (lob'ster-kiir), n. A box or frame 
in which lobsters are kept alive under water 
awaiting sale or transport. 
lobster-chum (lob'ster-chum), n. Refuse of 
lobsters, used for manure. 
lobster-claws (lob'ster-klaz),H. Acommon ma- 
rine alga, Polijxiphonia elongata: so called from 
the long, cartilaginous, nearly iiaked branches, 
which bear tufts of filaments at the apex some- 
what resembling the claws of the lobster. 
lobster-crawl (lob'ster-kral), . A place where 
lobsters crawl and may be caught; a fishing- 
ground for lobsters. 
lobstering (lob'ster-ing), n. [< lobster + -ing.~\ 
The taking of lobsters. 
In many regions the men engage in lobstering only when 
other fisheries, which are more profitable to them, cannot 
be carried on. Fisheries ofU. S..V.IL eS. 
lobsterizet, v. i. [< lobster + -ire.] To move 
backward, as a lobster is popularly supposed 
to do ; crawfish. 
Thou [Joshua] makest Riuers the most deafly deep 
To lobstarize (back to their source to creep) ; 
Walls giue thee way. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii.. The Captainee. 
lobster-louse (lob'ster-lous), n. A parasite of 
the lobster, Nieothoe antaci, a siphonostomous 
crustacean of the family Ergasilidae. See JVi- 
cothoe. 
lobsterman (lob'ster-man), . ; pi. lobstermen 
(-men). One who catches lobsters. 
Some of the lobstermen, who are also boat fishermen, 
save the heads of the fish in cleaning their catch to use as 
bait Fisheries of U. S., V. U. 675. 
lobster-moth (Iob'ster-m6th), n. A common 
European moth, Stauropus fagi : so called from 
the grotesque shape of the caterpillar. See 
Stauropus. 
lobster-pot (lob'ster-pot), n. A pot or trap for 
lobsters. There are many patterns. The common house- 
pot is made of laths. The hand-pot Is a circular iron hoop, 
as large as a hogshead-hoop, having under it a net and 
over it wooden bows, with bait hung in the middle. It has 
often taken six or eight lobsters at once. 
lobster-tail (lob'ster-tal), n. Any piece of ar- 
mor made d queue d'ecrevisse. See crevissc. 
The long lobster-tails which replaced the waist- piece and 
the tassettes. 
Demmin, Arms and Armor (tr. by C. C. Black), p. 219. 
lobster-tailed (lob'ster-tald), a. Resembling 
the shell of the lobster's tail: applied especially 
to armor composed of overlapping and sliding 
plates. 
lobtail (lob'tal), . i. [Also loptail; < /oftl + 
tail.} To sport or play, as a whale, by raising 
the flukes out of water and bringing them down 
again flat. [Sailors' slang.] 
lobular (lobViar). [< ' 6 ' + -'' 2 -] 1- 
Having the form of a lobule or small lobe. 
2. Of or pertaining to lobules: as, a lobular 
vein Lobular bronchial tube, a bronchial tube 
which has been reduced to about one millimeter in di- 
ameter, and whose walls have begun to be set here and 
there with air-cells, but are not yet completely covered. 
It passes on into the alveolar passage. Also called respira- 
tory bronchial tube. Lobular pneumonia. Same as 
bronchopneumonia. 
Lobularia (lob-u-la'ri-a), . [NL., < lobulut, a 
lobule: see lobule.] Same as Alcyonium. La- 
marck, 1816. 
lobulate(lob'u-lat),rt. [< lobule + -tel.] Con- 
sisting of lobules or small lobes; having small 
lobed divisions. 
lobulated (lob'u-la-ted), a. [< lobulate + -edV.~\ 
Same as lobulate. 
lobulation (lob-u-la'shon), n. [< lobule + 
-at ion.} The formation of lobules; division into 
lobules : as, lobulation of the kidneys. 
lobule (lob'ul), n. [= F. lobule = Sp. lobitlo = 
Pg. It. lobulo, < NL. Ibbulus, dim. of lobus, a lobe: 
see lobe.} A little lobe; especially, one of the 
lesser divisions of the surface of the brain ; a 
gvrus or convolution of the cerebrum, or a 
cluster of such gyri, of which there are several 
in each lobe, separated from one another by 
those lesser sulci or fissures which are called 
intralobular Cuneate lobule, the cuneus. Fusi- 
form lobule of the cerebrum, the subcollateral gyre. 
Lingual lobule of the cerebrum, the suhcalcarine gyre. 
Lobule of the corpus striatum, lobule of the Syl- 
vlan fissure. Same as imnila. Lobule of the ear. the 
soft fleshy flap or lobe depending from the lower part 01 the 
external ear, highly characteristic of the human species. 
Faracentral lobule, the posterior part of the marginal 
gyrus about the upper extremity of the central fissure. It 
local 
U more or less distinctly marked oR from the parts In front 
bjr a Blight nature. Pneumogastrtc lobule, same u 
' 
.>.inli (-li). [NL.,dim. 
of lobus, a lobe: see lobe. Ct. lobule. ] 1. luanut., 
any small lobe or lobe-like structure ; a lobule. 
2. In cntom., one of the rounded and <jiiit' 
distinct segments of the base of the wing in tho 
dipterous family Muscular and in some liynn- 
nopterous insects. Lobulus caudatua, the tailed 
lobe of the liver, connecting the rinht lobe with the Spi- 
gelian lobe. Lobulus centralls, tin- Mini lobule or 
lobe. See central. Lobulus cuneatua, the wedge-shaped 
lobule of the brain, a mans of convolutions between the cal- 
carlne Assure and the paricto-occipital Unsure. Lobulus 
cuneiformls, the digastric lobe. Lobulus graeills, the 
slender lobe. Lobulus lunatua, the iTencentlc lobe. 
LobulUB paracentralis. See paracentral lobule, under 
lobule. Lobulus prsecuneus. Same as liihnlti* quadra- 
tut (a). Lobulus quadrangularis. See anttrorvperior 
lobe, under lobe. Lobulus quadratus. (a) Of the brain, a 
mass of cerebral convolutions, approaching a square form, 
between the callosomarglnal and the parieto-occipltal fis- 
sure. (ft) See anterosuperior lube of the cerebellum, under 
lube, (c) Of the liver, the square lobe of the liver on the 
under surface, between the fissure for the gall-bladder 
and the umbilical fissure. Lobulus semilunaris in- 
ferior. See lobus HemUtinaris inferior, under lobus. Lo- 
bulus semilunaria superior. See ptmterosuperior lobe, 
under lube, Lobulus Spigelii, the gpigelian lobe of the 
liver, at the back part of the under surface of the right 
lobe, between the fissure for the vena cava and that for 
the ductus venosus. Lobulus triangularls, the cuneus. 
Lobulus vaglf tne flocculus. 
lobus (lo'bus), w. ; pi. lobi (-bi). [NL.,< Gr. fopof, 
a lobe: gee lobe.] In anat. and zool., a lobe. 
Lobus biventer, lobus cuneiformls. Same as digattric 
lobe of the cerebellum (which see, under cerebellum). Lo- 
bus contrails, (a) 1 he insula. (6) See central lobe a/ the 
<*reieUwm,underM. Lobus falcifonnls. See/nfciform 
lobe, under lobe. Lobus gracills. Sec slender lobe, under 
lobe. Lobus llmblcus. See limbic lobe, under lobe. 
Lobus lunatus anterior. See crescerttic anterior and 
posterior lobe, under lobe. Lobug lunatus posterior. 
See crescentic anterior and posterior lobe, under lobe. Lo- 
bUS olfactorius. See olfactory lobe, under lobe. Lobus 
paracentralis. See paracentral lobule, under lobule. 
Lobus parietalia superior and inferior. See parietal 
lobe, under lobe. Lobus quadrangularis. See antero- 
superior lobe, under lobe. Lobus quadratus. See quad- 
rate lobe, under lobe. Lobus semilunaris inferior, the 
posterior lobe on the under surface of the cerebellar hemi- 
spheres, lying behind the slender lobe. Lobus semilu- 
naris superior. See posterosuperior lobe, under lobe. 
lobworm (lob'werm), . [< ME. */6iryrie(see 
quot.); < lob 1 + worm.'} The lugworm. Also 
lob. 
Loburyone [read lobwyrme], Wake or wyghte snayle, 11- 
max. Prompt. Pan., p. 310. 
lobyt, . and a. A Middle English form of 
local (16'kal), a. and n. [< F. local = Sp. Pg. 
local = It. locale, < LL. localis, belonging to a 
place, < L. locus, a place : see locus.] I. a. 1. 
Relating to place or position in space; of or 
pertaining to situation or locality in general. 
2. Of or pertaining to a particular place ; re- 
lating to a particular place or to particular 
places, generally implying more than mere po- 
sition or situation : as, local considerations; lo- 
cal knowledge ; a local newspaper; a local item 
in a newspaper; also, limited to a certain spot 
or region; circumscribed: as, local laws, cus- 
toms, or prejudices ; a local disease or remedy. 
The poet's eye, In a fine frenzy rolling, 
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, 
And as imagination bodies forth 
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen 
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing 
A local habitation and a name. Shot., M. K. !>., v. 1. 17. 
The spiritual force of Protestantism was a mere local 
militia, which might be useful in case of an invasion, but 
could not be sent abroad. 
Macaulay, Von Ranke's Hist of Popes. 
Plants with sweet-scented flowers are, for the most part, 
more intensely local, More fastidious and Idiosyncratic, 
than those without perfume. 
J. Burroughs, Note* of a Walker. 
3. In gram., relating to place or situation: as, 
a local adverb (as here, there, etc.). 4. In 
math., relating to or concerning a locus. Chose 
local. See cA<w2 Local action, (a) In elect., the elec- 
trical action which is set up between different parts of 
a non-homogeneous plate of conducting material when it 
is immersed in an electrolyte, (b) In law, an action which 
must be brought in the particular country where the cause 
of action arose, such as an action to recover lands. 
Local affection, in med., a disease or ailment confined 
to a particular part or organ, and not directly affecting 
the system. Local allegiance. See allegiance, 1. 
Local anemia. See anemia. Local asphyxia. Same 
as Raynaud's disease (which see, under disease). Local 
attraction, (a) In magnetism, attraction causing a com- 
pass-needle to deviate from its proper direction, exerted 
by objects in its immediate neighborhood, especially on 
shipboard. (6) In attron., attraction due to irregulari- 
ties in the density or form of the earth's crust, which 
causes gravity at a station to deviate from its normal 
direction. Local authority, in the English law of mu- 
nicipal corporations, a class of boards of trustees, com- 
missioners, etc., having the supervision of some distinct 
department of municipal regulation, such as burial, sanita- 
