longspur 
longspur (long'sper), n. In ornith., a bird of 
MIC K ( ' nlls f'i'Htmi>liiiiicx (or I'dlnirius): same 
as Inrk-liiiiitiiiti, 1. Bay-winged longspur. See 
bay-winged, 
long-staple (Idng 'ft* 'pi), n. Having a long 
fiber: a commercial term applied to cotton of 
n superior grade, also called sea-island cotton. 
See cotton-jititiit. 
long-stitch (long'stich), n. Satin-stitch worked 
plain, without filling or raising, 
long-stop (lAng'stop), n. In cricket, a fielder 
who stands behind the wicket-keeper and stops 
balls that escape the latter. 
longstop (long' stop), )'. . ; pret. and pp. long- 
ItOgptd) ]>pr. liiHt/nti>/>iiing. [< long-stop, n.] 
To act as long-stop at cricket. 
long-SUfferancetOSng'sufer-ans), n. Same as 
long-tuffering. 
God of his goodness, patience, and Inng-iufferanee, gave 
them a time to repent. 
Latimer, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
long-suffering 1 (16ng'suf"er-ing), n. Long en- 
durance of injury or provocation ; patience un- 
der offense. 
Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbear- 
ance and longm/ering f Rom. it 4. 
tong-SUffering- (l&ng'suf'er-ing), a. Bearing 
injuries or provocation with patience ; not easi- 
ly moved to retaliation. 
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, lour/suffering, and 
abundant in goodness. Ex. xxxlv. ii. 
long-tail (Idng'tal), n. and a. I. n. 1. An ani- 
mal, particularly a dog, having an uncut tail. 
Formerly, in England, a long-tail was a gentleman's dog, or 
a dog qualified to hunt, It being required that the tails of 
other dogs should be cut. Hence the phrase come cut and 
long-tail. See cut, p. a. 
2. The long-tailed duck. 3f. An old nickname 
for a native of Kent. Halliwell. 
II. a. Having the tail uncut, as a dog. 
long-tailed (Idng'tald), a. 1. Having a long 
tail; hence, long-drawn; attenuated. 
Monsieur Perrault . . . has endeavoured to turn Into 
Ridicule several of Homer's Similitudes, which he calls 
" Comparisons a longuequeue," Long-tatt'd Comparisons. 
Addition, Spectator, No. 803. 
2. In entom ., having a long-exserted ovipositor, 
as many ichneumons ; having a long terebra or 
borer. Westwood. Japanese long-tailed fowls. 
See Japanese. Long-tailed duck, finch, mouse, pan- 
golin, tiger-cat, titmouse, trogon, etc. See the nouns. 
long-take (long'tak), . A certain number 
(132) of herrings. [Yarmouth, Eng.] 
long-tongue (Idng'tung), n. 1. A kind of 
woodpecker; the wryneck. Also called tongue- 
bird. 2. Atale-bearer; agossip. [Prov.Eng.] 
long-tongued (16ng'tungd), . 1. Having a 
long or large tongue ; macroglossate. See Ma- 
croglossi. 2. Prating; babbling; loquacious. 
A long-tongued knave, one that uttereth all he knowes. 
Florio, p. 17. (Hallimll.) 
The foul fa* ye ... for a lana-tongued clavering wife ! 
. . . Conldna ye let the leddy alane wl' your whiggery'f 
Scott, Old Mortality, vll. 
longulite(long'gu-lit), . [< L. longulus, rather 
long (dim. of (ogtt>i, long), + -tte 2 .] In petrog., 
a name proposed by Vogelsang for linear groups 
of the most elementary products of devitrifica- 
tion, called by him globulites. See margarite. 
longus (long'gus), n,; pi. longi (lon'ji). [NL. 
(sc. musculun), < L. longus, long: see long*-."] A 
long, deep-seated muscle of the neck, more fully 
called longtiH colli, lying upon the front of sev- 
eral cervical and dorsal vertebras, and serving 
to bend the neck forward or downward. It is 
less developed in man than in some other animals, as birds, 
particularly those which have a long algmoid neck and 
capture their prey with a thrust of the beak. 
long-visaged (16ng'viz"ajd), . Having a long 
face ; hence, having a sober, sad, or rueful face 
or visage. 
long-waisted (Idug'was'ted), a. 1. Having a 
long waist, as a person or a ship. See waist. 
2. Long from the armpits to the waist or 
narrowest part, as a dress or coat. 
long-wall (loug'wal), a. In coal-mining, an epi- 
thet noting a method of working a coal-mine 
in which tho whole seam is worked away ex- 
cept the pillars at the shafts and sometimes 
the main-road pillars. In this system no attempt 
is made to support the roof of the working-places by pil- 
lars of coal, which is worked in a long face (hence the 
name lony-itaU), the roof being allowed to settle down and 
nil the cavity left liy the rcmnvjil of the coal. Where the 
roof exhibits a tendency to break oB close to the work- 
ing-fact, it in temporarily supported by cribs of timber or 
chocks, or by a double or triple line of props. Two kinds 
of lung-wall working are in use: long-wall retreating or 
trithdrairiny and long-watt advancing. In the latter the 
roads or gangways are kept open, and the roof is supported 
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by pack-walls built of the gob. In long-wall withdrawing 
the gangways are in the solid coal, and pack-walls are not 
needed. The long-wall system of working Is not applica- 
ble to beds of co;tl hiiving a high flip, nor to very thick 
seams ; and it has not been Introduced Into the anthracite 
region of Pennsylvania. Where it can be advantageously 
used, it is admitted that a considerably larger percentage 
of the coal can be won by it than by any other system. 
Also long- work. 
longways (16ng'waz), adv. [< long + -ways 
for -wise.] Longwise; lengthwise. [Obsolete 
or prov. Eng.] 
A vast mole which lies longways, almost In a parallel 
line to Naples. Additon, Travels iu Italy. 
long-winded (long' win 'ded), a. 1. Long- 
breathed; using much breath by prolonged 
speech. 
The long-winded old salts who come here to report their 
wrecks. The Century, XXVIII. 689. 
2. Tedious from length: of a wearisome or 
burdensome length: said of speech or writ- 
ing. 
Long-winded exercises, singings, and catechising*. 
B. Jongon, Epiccene, ii. 1. 
And there he told a long long-u-inded tale. 
Tennytm, The Brook. 
long-windedness (Idng'win'ded-nes), w. The 
character of being long-winded. 
Richardson, the only author who ever made Inng-imnd- 
ednett seem a benefaction. 
Lowell, New Princeton Rev., I. 160. 
longwise (Idng'wiz), adv. [< lotigi + -wise.] 
In the direction of length; lengthwise. [Rare.] 
longworm (Idng'werm), n. A marine rhyn- 
chocoelous turbellarian or nemertean worm of 
extreme length for its thickness. See Lineida;, 
Lineus. 
Lonicera (lon-i-se'r&), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), 
named after Adam Lonieer, a German botanist 
(died 1586).] A genus of caprifoliaceous plants, 
the honeysuckles, type of the tribe Lonicerece, 
characterized by an irregular tubular corolla 
(sometimes two-lipped), exstipulate leaves, and 
a two- or three-celled berry, almost always few- 
seeded. About 100 species are known, natives of the 
temperate and tropical regions of the northern hemi- 
sphere, ornamental shrubs, often climbing, with (often) fra- 
grant, variously colored flowers, growing In cymes, in 
pedunculate heads, or sometimes In pairs. See honey- 
suckle. 
Lonicereae (lon-i-se're-e), w. pi. [NL. (R. 
Brown, 1818), < Lonicera + -eceT] A tribe of 
dicotyledonous gamopetalpus plants, based on 
the genus Lonicera, belonging to the natural or- 
der Caprifoliacea;, distinguished by having a tu- 
bular or campauulate corolla (often with an ir- 
regular limb), an elongated style with usually a 
capitate stigma, and the cells of the ovary with 
from one to an indefinite number of ovules. It 
includes 11 genera, which are almost entirely 
confined to the northern hemisphere. 
lonk 1 (longk), w. Same as tewfc 2 . Halliwell. 
lonk 2 (longk), n. [Origin obscure.] A hollow ; 
a small dingle. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
100 1 (18), n. A dialectal (Scotch) form of tow 1 . 
100 2 (W)i [Also lu; abbr. of lanterloo.] 1. 
A game of cards. It is played by any number of per- 
sons up to seventeen with a full pack, the cards ranking 
as in whist. Each player deposits a certain number of 
chips (generally three), called a loo, in the pool, and after 
looking at his hand of three cards can either withdraw or 
declare that is, play the hand through. The players who 
win the tricks divide the pool according to the number of 
tricks taken by each ; any player declaring and falling to 
take a trick is looed, and must deposit three chips In the 
pool. Often called division loo. 
2. The deposit, generally of three chips, which 
the players make in the pool in the game of 
loo. 
100 2 (lo), v. t. [Also lu; < too 2 , .] To beat in 
the game of loo, as a player that has declared. 
100 3 (18), inter}. [Cf. halloo.] Same as *Hoo. 
'Loo, Parts, 'Inn ! The bull has the game. 
Shak., T. and C., v. 7. 10. 
lopbilyt (18'bi-li), a. [< loobu + -fy 1 .] Looby- 
like ; lubberly ; awkward ; clumsy. 
A Innbily country fellow. SirR. L' Estrange. 
loobilyt (lo'bi-li), adv. [< loobily, a.] Like a 
looby ; in an awkward, clumsy manner. 
loobs (lobz), n. [Corn. too6, slime, sludge.] In 
>n ining, tin-slime or sludge of the after-leavings. 
Pryce. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
looby (18'bi), n. and a. [< ME. loby, lobie ; an 
extension or dim. form of lob : see toftl. Cf . lub- 
ber.] I. . 1. An awkward, clumsy fellow; a 
lubber. [Rare or obsolete.] 
This lorell that ladde this loby awey. 
Richard the fadeless, Ii. 170. 
I must leave you I own I am somewhat flurried and 
that confounded looby has perceived it. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. 
look 
2. The ruddy duck, Erismntura rubida. [Lo- 
cal, New Eng.] 
II. a. Lubberly; gawky. [Rare.] 
This great, big, overgrown metropolis, . . . llkeaiooiy 
son who has outgrown his stamina. 
Jim Bee, Eisay on .Samuel Kootr. 
looch, n. See loch' 2 . 
Loochooan (18-chS'an), a. and n. [< Loochoo 
(also written Loo C'hoo, Lew Chew, Lew Kew, Liu 
Kiu, Riu Kiu, etc.) (see def .) + -an.] I. a. Per- 
taining to Loochoo, formerly a kingdom trib- 
utary to China and sometimes partly also to 
Japan, now a ken or prefecture of the Japanese 
empire, consisting of the chain of small islands 
between Japan and Formosa, and named from 
the largest group, specifically called the Loo- 
choo Islands. 
II. n. A native of Loochoo. 
looer (18'er), n. [Also lure, lewer, appar. a trade 
abbr. of equiv. velour, < F. relours, velvet: see 
relour, velours, velvet.] A hatters' brushing-pad. 
E. H. Knight. 
loof 1 (lot), n. [Also (dial. ) lufe, leuf; < ME. loft, 
lufe, the palm of the hand (see also too/2), < AS. 
to/ (not certain; supposed to be contained in 
lof, > E. glove, q . v. ) = Icel. to/?, the palm of the 
and, = 8w. lofve, the wrist, = Dan. dial, luffe 
(in luffevante, a woolen glove) = Goth, to/a, the 
palm of the hand. Hence perhaps ult. too/ 2 , 
g 
h 
. . , 
q. v.] The palm of the hand; also, the hand 
itself. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] 
I may towch with my lufe the ground evvn here. 
Towneley Mysttritt, p. 32. 
Auld baudrons [a cat] by the Ingle sits, 
An* wl' her loof her face a washin'. 
Burnt, Willie Wastle. 
To creesh one's loof. See creeth. 
loof' 2 (I8f or luf), ii. [Also (in some uses) luff; 
< ME. to/(> OF. loffe), a contrivance for alter- 
inga ship'scourse (called in ML. dracena), prob. 
a paddle or an oar to assist the helm (see quot. 
under def. 1) ; cf. G. luf, luv, luff = Dan. luv = 
Sw. luf, the weather-gage, = OF. lof, loef, louf, 
loo, the weather-gage, the lower corner of a sail 
next the wind; < D. loef, the weather-gage, 
loof, luff, OD. loef, appar. a paddle or oar used 
in steering, also, like loeve, loefnagel, a thole ; 
cf. loefhaS, loefhout, etc.; cf. also ME. lof, a 
beam or bar; appar. orig. a particular use of the 
word which appears in E. loof 1 , the palm of the 
hand ; cf . OHO. laffa, MHG. "laffe, G. dial, laffe n, 
laff, the blade of an oar, or of a rudder; cf. L. 
ptilma, the palm of the hand, also the blade of 
an oar. Hence aloof, q. v. See luff 2 .] It. A 
contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) for 
altering the course of a ship. See etymology. 
Heo rihten heore loues 
And up drogen seiles, 
Lithen ouer stestrem. Layamon. 
2. That part of a ship's bow where the sides 
begin to curve in toward the stem. See luff. 
-Aff-loot See a/. 
loof 2 t, r. The earlier spelling of luff 2 . 
loof 3 t, n. A Middle English form of loafi. 
loofwardt (lof- or luf'ward), adv. [= D. loef- 
waartg; as too/ 2 + -ward.] Windward. 
look 1 (luk), v. [< ME. token, lokien, < AS. lotion 
= OS. to/tow = MD. token = OHG. luogen, luagen, 
luaken, MHG. luogen, G. lugen, dial, liigen, look; 
further connections unknown. The Skt. y lok, 
see, cannot be connected.] I. intrans. 1. To 
exercise the sense or faculty of vision ; use the 
eyes in seeing ; fix the sight upon some object, 
orupon some point or portion of space. Used 
(a) Absolutely. 
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, 
Esau came. Gen. xxxiii. 1. 
I'll look no more, 
Lest my brain turn. Shall., Lear, IT. 6. 22. 
(6) Before a word or phrase signifying direction, manner, 
or purpose : as, look here ; look there ; he looked back ; to 
look for something lost. 
For evere upon the ground I sv t lite stare ; 
Approach neer, and looke up murily. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Sir Thopas, 1. 8. 
And he looked this way and that way. i:\.ii.l'. 
(c) Before a preposition governing the thing seen or an In- 
tervening object or medium : as, to look at a house ; to look 
over a wall or through a window ; to look Into a mirror or 
a book ; to look upon the wine. 
The damsel was very fair to look upon. Oen. xziv. 1(1. 
She, looking thro' and thro' me, 
. . . never speaks. 
Tennyson. Lilian. 
He walked about the library with his hands in his pock- 
ets, looking at all the books. 
Mn. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xxiv. 
2. To afford a view or outlook ; have a direc- 
tion; face or be turned: usually with on, upon, 
to, or toward : as, the windows look totrard the 
ocean ; the house looks upon a narrow street. 
