lollypop 
and treacle, usually with the addition of butter 
and flour; taffy. [Eng.] 
The pallid countenance . . . indicated too surely the 
irreclaimable and hopeless votary of lollypop-- the opium- 
eater of school-boys. Disraeli, Coningsby, ix. 
I would . . . never give those children lollypop, nor 
pegtop, . . . nor the theatre characters, nor the paint-box 
to illuminate the same. Thackeray, Level the Widower, i. 
2. pi. Sweets; bonbons; candies. [Eng ] 
"Hard-bake," "almond toffy," "halfpenny lollipops," 
"black balls," the cheaper "bulls' eyes," and "squibs" 
are all made of treacle. 
Slayheiv, London Labour and London Poor, I. 215. 
Perambulating venders of lollt/pops and drinks jostled 
against each other, while gypsies were wending their way 
in and out telling fortunes. 
T. C. Crawford, English Life, p. 163. 
loma (16'ma), . ; pi. lomata (-ma-ta). [NL., < 
LGr. >-w//a, hem, fringe.] In omiili., a lobe, flap, 
margin, or fringe bordering the toe of a bird. 
This membranous bordering may be continuous, consti- 
tuting the loma continuum, or lobed or scalloped, the loma 
lobatum. A toe furnished with lomata is called digit lo- 
matinus. 
Lomandra (lo-mau'dra), n. [NL. (Labillar- 
diere, 1804), so called "in allusion to the mar- 
gins of the circular anthers ; < LGr. Aufia. hem, 
fringe, + Gr. avr/p (avdp-), a male (mod. bot. 
a stamen).] A genus of monocotyledonous 
plants of the natural order Liliacea; the type of 
the tribe Lomandrcce. It is characterized by a very 
short or creeping rootstock, leafy stems, often branched, 
and dioecious flowers in paniculate heads or dense spikes, 
the pistillate with a three-celled ovary containing three 
ovules. There are 29 species, growing in Australia, one 
of which has been reported from New Caledonia ; all are 
rush-like herbs, with rigid linear leaves and small flowers. 
The genus has long been known by the name Xerotts 
given to it by Robert Brown in 1810, which has to give 
way under the rule of priority. 
Lomandreas (lo-man'dre-e), . pi. [NL. (Labil- 
lardiere, 1804), < Lomandra + -ece.] A tribe 
of monocotyledonous plants of the order Lilin- 
ceaz. It is characterized by having the segments of the 
perianth glume-like or membranous, or the inner set small 
and petaloid, and versatile anthers attached at the back. 
The tribe includes 4 genera, of which Lomandra is the type, 
and 43 species, all but one confined to Australia. This 
group has been generally placed in the natural order Jun- 
caceae, as allied to the rushes, but the latest revisions in- 
dicate a closer affinity with the lily family. 
Lomaria (16-ma'ri-a), n. [NL. (Willdenow, 
1809), < LGV. /.iiija, liem, fringe, + -nria.] A 
genus of polypodiaceous ferns, having the sori 
linear in a continuous band next the midrib of 
the pinnse in the fertile frond, the indusium 
formed of the revolute margin of the frond, and 
the fronds dimorphous. About 45 species are known, 
mostly natives of the south temperate zone. L. Spicans, 
the hard-fern, is the only North American species. See 
hard-fern. 
lomarioid (lo-ma'ri-oid), a. [< Lomaria + -aid.] 
Pertaining to or resembling the genus Lomaria. 
lomastome (16'ma-stom), n. and a. K LGr. 
Aijfta, hem, fringe, + aro/ja, mouth.] I. n. In 
conch., a member of any one of several differ- 
ent groups of Helicidw, as Helix carascatensis, 
H. metaformis, etc., having the peristome re- 
flected. 
II. a. Having a reflected lip or border of the 
peristome, as a snail. 
lomata, . Plural of loma. 
lomatine (lo'ma-tin), a. [< LGr. /lu/ja, hem, 
fringe: see Ionia.'] Margined, fringed, or lo- 
bate, as the toes of a bird. See loma. Coues. 
Lombard 1 (lom'bard, formerly lum'bard),n. and 
a. [Early mod. E. also Lumbard; < ME. Lom- 
bard, Lumbard, < OF. Lombard, Lumbar t, F. Lom- 
bard = Sp. Pg. It. Lombardo (ML. Lombardus, 
after Bom.), a Lombard (in OF. and ME. usually 
a Lombard or any Italian trading in France or 
England), < L. Longobardus, Langobardus, usu- 
ally in pi. Longobardi, Langobardi, Gr. Aayyii/Jap- 
6m, AayyifiapSoi, \oyylf)ap&oi, a people of north- 
ern Germany west of the Elbe, who are men- 
tioned by Tacitus, and who in later times estab- 
lished themselves in the northern part of Italy, 
called thence Lombard//; appar. 'Long-beards' 
(AS. Langbeardas, Icel. Langbardhar), < OTeut. 
(OHG.) lang, = E. long, + bfirt = E. beard. 
Some take the second element to be MHG. barte, 
an ax (the same as the second element of hal- 
berd, q. v.). See also quot. from Smith's Class. 
Diet. Hence Lombard^."] I. . A native or 
an inhabitant of Lombardy in Italyj more 
specifically, a member of the Germanic tribe 
(Lpngobards) who about A. D. 568, under Al- 
boin, conquered the part of northern Italy still 
called Lombardy, and founded the kingdom of 
that name, which was afterward extended over 
a much larger territory, and was finally over- 
thrown by Charlemagne in 774. 
3508 
Paulus Diaconus, who was a Lombard by birth, derives 
their name of Longobardi from their long beards ; but mod- 
ern critics reject this etymology, and suppose the name to 
have reference to their dwelling on the banks of the Elbe, 
inasmuch as Burde signifies in Low German a fertile plain 
on the bank of a river, and there is still a district in Mag- 
deburg called the lanye Horde. Smith's Class. Diet. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy or the 
Lombards. 
And stern and sad (so rare the smiles 
Of sunlight) look'd the Lombard piles. 
Tennyxon, The Daisy. 
Lombard as applied to any art is an absolute misnomer, 
if supposed to be derived from the barbarous tribes who 
crossed the Alps under Albonius, . . . since they, like the 
Goths, were ignorant and unlettered. It was not because 
the new style of architecture, which sprang up in Italy 
during their dominion, originated with them, that the 
name of Lombard was applied to the manner of building 
then prevalent, but because the greater part of the south- 
ern as well as the northern Italian provinces were compre- 
hended under the name of Lombardy. 
C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, Int., p. x. 
Lombard architecture, the local form which the Ro- 
manesque style of architecture assumed in the north of 
Italy, characteristic of the buildings erected from the end 
of the sixth to the beginning of the thirteenth century, 
and constituting a connecting-link between the Roman 
architecture of Italy and the medieval styles of more north- 
ern countries. The style was molded particularly by Byz- 
antine influences, but was not unmodified by the north- 
ern intellectual element brought in by the Lombardic 
conquerors. A feature of the early Lombard architecture 
is the artistic development of the vault, that constructive 
member which was destined to become the formative 
principle of medieval styles in general. In Lombard 
monuments, pillars consisting of several shafts arranged 
round a central mass, and buttresses of small projection, 
appear to have been employed very early. The use of the 
dome to surmount the junction of the choir, nave, and 
transepts is frequent. 
Lombard'^ (lom'bard, formerly lum'bard), ti. 
[Early mod. E. also Lumbard (> lumber*, q. v.); 
< ME", lumbard = OD. lombaerd, a broker, lom- 
baerde, a broker's shop,< OF. lombard, a broker, 
lombarde, a broker's shop: so called from the 
numerous Lombards or Italians in England who 
were engaged in money-lending : see Lombard 1 . 
Cf. lumber*. ] If. A banker or money-broker or 
-lender. The Lombards were the original occupants of 
Lombard Street, now the financial center of London, the 
name of which is used to signify in general the London 
money-market. The bankers of London who were Lom- 
bards or Italians by race continued to be recruited by 
immigration till the time of Queen Elizabeth, when most 
of them returned to Italy. 
This marchant, which that was ful war and wys, 
Creanced hath and payd eek in Parys 
To certein I/itmbardes redy in hir hond 
The somme of gold, and hadde of hem his bond. 
Chaucer, Shipman's Tale, 1. 367. 
At an early period the leadership of the Lombards was 
for a while assumed by the Corsini, a noble family of 
Florence. F. Martin, Hist, of Lloyd's, p. 21. 
2+. [I. c.] A bank for loans; a broker's shop; 
a pawnbroker's shop. See lumber 3 . 
A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury 
or pawns. Fuller, Ch. Hist., III. v. 10. (Dames.) 
The royal treasure he exhausts in pride and riot; the 
jewels of the Crown are in the Lumbard. 
E. Fannant, Hist. Edw. II., p. 27. 
This suit was made up for a noble lord on th^ last birth- 
day, and conveyed thither (to a lombard) the very next 
morning after it had appeared at court. 
The Connoisseur, No. 117. 
Hence 3. [J. c.] A public institution for 
lending money to the poor at a moderate inter- 
est on articles deposited and pledged ; a mont- 
de-pi6t<5 Lombard Street to a China orange, very 
long odds, as in a wager. 
"It is Lombard-Street to a China Orange," quoth Uncle 
Jack. " Are the odds in favour of fame against failure 
really so great?" . . . answered my father. 
Bulwer, Caxtons, iv. 3. 
Iombard 3 t, " [ML. lumbardus, prob. so called 
with reference to Lombardy (see Lombard 1 ). 
It could be a " corruption " of bombard only by 
misprint.] Milit., a cannon of heavy caliber in 
the later middle ages and in the sixteenth cen- 
tury : probably derived from northern Italy. 
Lombardeert (lom-bar-der'), n. [< Lombard? + 
-eer.] A Lombard or broker. 
They are tolerated for advantage of Commerce, wherein 
the Jews are wonderful dexterous, tho' most of them be 
only Brokers and Lombardeers. Uowell, Letters, I. i. 38. 
lombard-houset (lom'bard-hous), . Same as 
lombard 2 , 3. 
Lombardic (lom-bar'dik), a. and n. [= F. 
Lombardiguc = Sp. Lombdrdico = Pg. It. Lom- 
bardico, < ML. Lombardicus, < Lombardus, Lom- 
bard: see Lonibardl.~\ I. a. Pertaining to or 
characteristic of Lombardy or of the Lombards: 
in art, of or pertaining to the school of Lom- 
bardy. 
Correggio, uniting the sensual element of the Greek 
schools with their gloom, and their light with their beau- 
ty, and all these with the Lombardic colour, became . . . 
the captain of the painter's art as such. 
Ruslrin, Lectures on Art. 
Lomvia 
Lombardic architecture. See Lombard architecture, 
under Lombard*, n. Lombardic school, in painting, 
the school including the kindred styles of the cities of 
Lombardy, and chiefly of Milan, during the fifteenth and 
sixteenth centuries. The manner of the Lombard paint- 
ers was in general, somewhat cold ; but they displayed 
great facility and much fertility and grace. The greatest 
names of the school are those of Andrea Mantegna (1431- 
1506), early established at Mantua, and Leonardo da Vinci 
(1452-1519), the universal genius; while Bernardino Luini 
(about 1465-1540), the delightful artist and follower of Leo- 
nardo, must not be forgotten. The famous Correggio(1494- 
1 634) of Parma had not so wide a reputation during his life- 
time, and may be regarded in some respects as an isolated 
genius. Lombardic script. See II. 
II. n. A particular type of writing derived 
from the Roman cursive, and retaining many 
of the features of the older majuscule and uncial. 
It is characteristic of the greater number of Italian manu- 
scripts dating from the seventh to the thirteenth century. 
Lombardy poplar. See poplar. 
lome 1 ^ a- An obsolete form of loom 1 . Palsgrave. 
Iome 2 t (lom), adv. [ME., < AS. gelome = OHG. 
(/Homo, often. Cf. loom 1 .} Frequently. 
For in here liknesse oure lorde lome hath be knowe ; 
Witnesse in the Paske-woke when he zeode to Emaus. 
Piers Plowman (C), xiii. 121. 
loment (16'ment), . [ME. lament, < L. lomen- 
tum, a mixture of bean-meal and rice used as a 
cosmetic, also a blue color (NL. a loment), < la- 
vare, pp. lautus, lotus, wash: see lave*.] If. A 
mash or mixture. 
The wynes browne eschaungeth into white 
Yf that me putte in it lomenie of bene. 
Palladia, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 200. 
2. In bot., a legume which at maturity breaks 
up by trans- 
verse articula- 
tions into one- 
^ seeded indehis- 
Loment.-The Fruits of DtsmoMum cent iointS. See 
canfscens. .. 
legume, 2. 
lomenta. . Plural of lomentum. 
Lomentaceae (16-men-ta'se-e), . pi. [NL. (Lin- 
nreus, 1792), fern. pi. of ' lomentaceug : see lo- 
mentaceous.'] A former suborder of Crncifera;, 
the siliqua of which resembles a lomentum in 
having each seed divided from its neighbor by 
a transverse dissepiment. The radish (Raphanus) 
and the sea-rocket (CaiWe) belong to this suborder, and now 
typify the two tribes, Raphaneae and Cakttintae, respective- 
ly, which modern authors adopt in its place. 
lomentaceous (16-men-ta'shius), a. [< NL. 
lomentaceus, resembling a loment, < lomentum, 
a loment: see lament."] Resembling or being 
a loment; bearing loments; belonging to the 
Lomentacete. 
Lomentaria (16-men-ta'ri-a), n. [NL. (Lyng- 
bye, 1819),< lomentum, a legume (with constrict- 
ed joints), + -aria.'] A small genus of red sea- 
weeds, typical of the tribe Lomentariea', having 
filamentous, branching, hollow fronds with con- 
stricted joints formed of one or more layers of 
roundish-angular cells, with a few longitudinal 
filaments in the center, tripartite tetraspores, 
and external sessile cystocarps. 
Lomentariaceae (16-men-ta-ri-a'sf-e), n. pi. 
[NL. (Payer, 1850), < Lomentaria + -dcecB.'] The 
same, or nearly the same, as Lomcntariete. 
LomentariesB (ld"men-ta-ri'e-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Agardh, 1851), < Lomentaria + -eo?.] A tribe 
of red seaweeds, placed by Farlow in the sub- 
order Bltodymeniea', and typified by the genus 
Lomentaria. The boundaries of this tribe, as in nearly 
all the Rhodinnenfc(f, are ill-defined, and further study is 
necessary. The fronds are tubular, and the cystocarps are 
provided with a basal placenta. 
lomentum (lo-men'tum), n.; pi. lomenta (-ta). 
[NL.: see lament."] Same as loment, 2. 
lomeret, ' '. Same as himber^. 
lomi-lomi (lo'mi-16-mi), n. [Hawaiian lomi-lomi, 
v., redupl. of lomi, rub with the hand.] The 
massage or shampooing process of the Sand- 
wich Islanders. 
lomonite (16'mon-it), n. See laumontite. 
lompt, n. An obsolete form of lump 1 . 
lomper (lom'per),*). i. [Cf. lump 1 , lumber 1 .'] 1. 
To idle. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To walk heavily. 
[Prov. Eng.] Balliifell. 
lompisht, n. An obsolete form of lumpish. 
Lomvia (lom'vi-a), n. [NL., also Lomma, from 
a Faroese form of loomS."] 1 . A genus of three- 
toed web-footed swimming and diving birds of 
the auk family, Altida;; the murres or foolish 
guillemots. There are several species : the best-known 
is L. troile, of which the spectacled guillemot, L. rhimjma, 
is a variety. The are or arrie is jithick-billedguillemotof 
the North Pi.clflc, L. arra. The corresponding form of the 
North Atlantic is Briinnich's guillemot, L. bruennichi. See 
Una. 
2. [/. c.] A species of the genus Lomria; a 
murre or guillemot. 
