lose 
10. To pive over to ruin, disgrace, or shame: 
chiefly in tlie past participle. 
In spite of all the virtue wo can boast, 
Tin- woman that deliberate* is tuft. 
Addison, Cato, iv. 1. 
There's no love lost between, see /one'. To lose 
caste, ground, <'tc. s- the nouns. -To lose letters. 
See letter*. -To lose one's bearings, one's grip, one's 
head, etc. See bearing, yrip, etc. To lose one's self. 
(a) To lose one's road or way. 
Hall and the two others, who went to Connecticut No- 
vember :), came now home, having lout the/twelve* and en- 
dured much misery. Wiiitkrop, Hist. New England, 1. 146. 
(6) To be bewildered ; have the thoughts or reason hope- 
lessly perplexed or confused. (<) To become abstracted 
or fall into a reverie; become absorbed in thought; lose 
consciousness, as in slumber. 
I love to lone myself in a mystery. 
SVr T, Browne, Religlo Medici, 1. 9. 
As I pace the darkened chamber and lose myself in mel- 
ancholy musings. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 148. 
To lose the bell, see belli. To lose the number of 
one's mess (naut.), to die. To lose way, to have the 
headway or progress checked : said of a ship under sail. 
II. iatrans. 1. To suffer loss or deprivation. 
When a man loteth in his commodity for want of skill, 
etc., he must look at it as his own fault or cross, and there- 
fore must not lay it upon another. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 381. 
He (Temple] never put himself prominently before the 
public eye, except at conjunctures when he was almost 
certain to gain and could not possibly lose. 
Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
" When the righteous die," says the Talmud, " it is the 
earth which totes." J. F. Clarke, Sell-Culture, p. 21U. 
2. To incur forfeit in a contest; fail to win. 
Well talk with them too, 
Who lotted and who wins ; who's in, who's out. 
Shak., Lear, v. 3. 15. 
3. To succumb ; fail ; suffer by comparison. 
Wisdom in discourse with her 
Lotet, discountenanced, and like folly shows. 
Milton, t. L., Till. 668. 
lose 1 ! (loz), n. [< losel, v. Cf. loss.] The act 
of losing ; loss. 
And thanne we had a grett lose, ffor he was a good hon- 
est person, on whose Soule Jhu have mercy. 
Torkinyton, Diarie of Eng. Travel], p. 80. 
Without zeal the widow's mites are no better than the 
rest ; it is the cheerful lne that doubleth the gift. 
5. Ward, Sermons, p. 78. (Davies.) 
Iose 2 t, a- A Middle English form of loose. 
lose :i t, [ME., also los, loos, < AF. too*, OF. 
los = Pr. laus, < L. lavs (pi. laudes), praise: see 
laud.] 1. Praise; fame; reputation; credit. 
Jason, f ul of renomee, 
And Ercules, that hadde the grete lot. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1514. 
These yonge lusty bachelors that to conquere loos and 
pris and honour haue lefte theire londes and her con- 
treyes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 884. 
2. Keport; news; gossip. 
There was suche tidyng over al, and suche lot, 
That in an He that called was Colcos, . . . 
That therin was a ram that men myghte see 
That had a flees of golde. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1424. 
Sche fallith not vnder for vilonye, 
For Ion, for sijknes. ne for schame. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 116. 
Iose 3 t, '. t- [ME. losen, < lose$, n.] To praise. 
In heuen to ben losed with God hath none ende. 
Testament of Love, i. 
loseable, See losablc. 
losel (16 zel), w. and a. [Also lozel, and former- 
ly lore!, lorrcl; < ME. losel, also lorel, < "losen, 
loren, pp. of Icscn, lose: see leese^ and lose 1 .'] 
I. n. A good-for-nothing, worthless fellow; a 
scamp. 
I se that every Inrel shaplth hyra to fynde owt newe 
fraudes for to accuse goode folk. 
Chaucer, Boethiiis, I. prose 4. 
Bydes God me? fals loselle, thou lyse ! 
What tokyn told he? take thou tent 
York Plays, p. 81. 
And, lozel, thou art worthy to be bang'd. 
That wilt not stay her tongue. 
.sv,a*., W. T., li. 3. 100. 
II. ft, Worthless; wasteful. 
Why should you plain that lozel swains refuse you? 
P. Fletcher, Piscatory Eclogues, ii. 
Where didst thou learne to be so agueish, so pusillani- 
mous, thou lozel Bnchelour of Art? 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
The office of constable fell into such decay that there 
was not one of those Intel scouts known in the province 
for many years. Irnng, Knickerbocker, p. 153. 
loselism (lo'zel-izm), n. [< IOKCI + -fern.] The 
quality or state of a losel; also, losels collec- 
tive ly. [Rare.] 
It seems likely that all the Luselism of London will be 
about the church next Sunday. Carlyle, in Froude. 
loselryt, . [< loaeJ + -i'y.] Knavery; vile- 
ness; roguery. 
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I dought least by sorsery 
Or such other lotelry. 
Skelton, Why Come ye not to Court? 
losenget, n. An obsolete form of lozenge. 
losengert (loz'en-jer), n. [ME., also losengour, 
Ins/ HJ'iiir, < OF. loHcngcor, loftengeour, losangeour, 
also losengier, losani/ii r. l/wiigrr (= Sp. //.w- 
jrrn = Pp. lixiiiiji-iro = It. lusinghicrti, after F.), 
a flatterer, < losenge, losangr, Itwtige, flattery : 
see lozenge.'] A flatterer; a deceiver. 
Alias ! ye lordes, many a fals flatonr 
Is in youre courtes, and many a losengour. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 506. 
losengeryet, [ME., < OF. losengcrie, flattery, 
< lowtujr, flattery: see lozenge.] Flattery. 
Flattererea been the dcveles norices that norlssen hire 
children with milk of losengerie. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
loser (18'zer), n. [Formerly also looser; < lose 1 
+ -f rl.] One who loses, or is subjected to loss ; 
one who fails to win, gain, or keep. 
Such losers may have leave to speak. 
Shot., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 1. 186. 
losh 1 (losh), inter/. [A distortion of Lord.] An 
interjection implying surprise, astonishment, 
or deprecation. [Scotch.] 
Losh, man ! hae mercy wi* your natch, 
Your bodkin's bauld. Burns, To a Tailor. 
losh 2 (losh), n. [Also lush; said to be a cor- 
ruption of F. loche: see loach.] The burbot. 
Lota maculosa: so called in parts of British 
America and in Alaska. 
losh-hide (losh'hid), n. [< *loslt, appar. a var. 
of teA 1 (ortosA 2 T),+ hide*.] In leather-manuf., 
an oiled, undressed hide. E. H. Knight. 
You should prouide for the next ships flue hundred Losh 
hides. BaUuyfs Voyages, I. 306. 
Iosing 1 (lo"zing),p.a. [Ppr. of lose 1 , v.] Caus- 
ing or resulting in loss: as, a losing game, bat- 
tle, or business. 
Yet the nrst bringer of unwelcome news 
Hath but a losing office. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., 1. 1. 101. 
He was a man of an incorrigible and losing honesty. 
Lamb, Old Benchers. 
Losing hazard. See hazard, 6. 
losing^ (lo'zing),^>. a. [Ppr. of lose^, v.] Given 
to flattery; fawning; cozening; deceitful. 
Among the many simoniacal prelates that swarmed In 
the land, Herbert, Bishop of Tnetford, must not be for- 
gotten; nicknamed Losing that is, the Flatterer. Fuller. 
losinget, n. An obsolete variant of lozenge. 
losingly (lo'zing-li), adv. In a losing manner; 
in a manner to incur or to result in loss. Imp. 
Diet. 
loss (16s), n. [< ME. los, < AS. los, a loss, dam- 
age, < leosan (pp. loren), lose: see lose 1 .] 1. 
Failure to hold, keep, or preserve what one has 
had in his possession ; disappearance from pos- 
session, use. or knowledge ; deprivation of that 
which one has had: as, the loss of money by 
gaming; Ions of health or reputation; loss of 
children : opposed to gain. 
A fellow that hath had losses. Shak. , Much Ado, iv. 2. 87. 
Standing by y* Queene at bassett, I observ'd that she 
was exceedingly concern 'd for y loese of 80. 
Evelyn, Diary, July 13, 1686. 
So down he came ; for loss of time, 
Although it griev'd him sore, 
Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, 
Would trouble him much more. 
, Cowper, John Gilpln. 
2. Specifically, death. 
There be many sad Hearts for the loss of my Lord Rob- 
ert Digby. Howett, Letters, I. vi. 45. 
3. Failure to gain or win : as, the loss of a prize 
or battle. 
Your lordship is the most patient man in last, the most 
coldest that ever turned up ace. Shak. , Cymbeline, ii. 3. 2. 
4. That which is lost or forfeited ; that which 
has been scattered or wasted: as, the loss by 
leakage amounted to 20 gallons ; an insurance 
company's /ossby a fire. 
The wager thou hast won ; and I will add 
Unto their lone* twenty thousand crowns. 
Shak., T. of the S., V. 2. 113. 
5. Defeat; overthrow; ruin. [Rare.] 
Our hap is loss, our hope but sad despair. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 3. 9. 
Blessing 
Against this cruelty flght on thy side, 
Poor thing, condemn'd to loss! 
Shak., W. T.,11.3. 192. 
6. Lack; want. 
But for loss of Nestor's golden words, 
It seem'd they would debate with angry swords. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1420. 
7. The state of being at fault; the state of hav- 
ing lost the trail and scent of game. 
He cried upon it at the merest loss, 
And twice to-day pick'd out the dullest scent 
Shak., T. of the S., Ind., I. 23. 
lot 
At a loS. (a) In uncertainty, perplexity, or confusion ; 
puzzled ; undecided. 
Our Pilot* being at a lots on these less frequented 
Coasts, we supply'd that defect out of thu Spanish Pilot- 
books. Itontpier, Voyages, 1. 163. 
Living in conversation from his infancy makes him no 
where at a loss. Stetle, Tatler, No. SO. 
(ft) At such a price as to lose or Incur loss. 
He is forced to sell stock at a great tow, Is he? Well, 
that's very kind of him. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, UL 1. 
Consequential losses. See consequential. - Construc- 
tive total loss. See constructive. - LOBS of head, de- 
crease of power from waste of energy in the descent of a 
stream supplying water-power. Kankine, Steam Engine. 
w. To bear a loss, (a) To make good the value of 
something lost (6) To sustain a loss with spirit or forti- 
tude. = Syn. Lots, Detriment, Damage, Waste, Forfeiture, 
etc. Loss is the class word under which detriment, damage, 
mute, forfeiture, etc., are species. Lots, detriment, and 
damage apply to persons or things ; waste and forfeiture 
only to things. As to detriment and damage, see injury. 
Watte is generally voluntary. although not always realized; 
sometimes It is only by neglect. Forfeiture is a loss through 
the law, as a penalty or as the result of neglect 
loss (ls), . See loess. 
lossful (16s 'ful), a. [< loss + -ful.] Detri- 
mental ; damaging. [Archaic and rare.] 
The world s an ark, wherein things pure and gross 
Present their lossful gain, and gainful loss, 
Where every dram of gold contains a pound of dross. 
Quarlc*, Emblems, II. 7. 
lossless (Ids'les), a. [< loss + -less.] Free from 
loss. [Archaic and rare.] 
Rebellion rages in our Irish Province, but with miracu- 
lous and losselense victories of few against many is daily 
discomfited and broken. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnnus. 
lossom (los'um), a. An obsolete or dialectal 
form of loresome. 
lost (16st), p. a. [Pp. of lose*, v .] 1 . Parted with 
unwillingly or by misadventure ; not to be f oun d ; 
no longer held or possessed; no longer kept in 
knowledge or remembrance : as, a lost book ; a 
lost limb ; a lost fortune. 
I have gone astray like a lout sheep. Ps. cxix. 176. 
Lore long dead, 
Lost to the hurrying world. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 9. 
2. Not won or gained; missed: as, a lost prize; 
a /"- ' chance. 
In the lost battle, borne down by the flying. 
Where mingles war's rattle with groans of the dying! 
Scott, Marmion, vi. 32. 
3. Not employed or enjoyed; not effectually or 
profitably used ; misspent ; wasted : as, a lost 
day ; a lost opportunity. 
Do you go back dismay'd? 'tis a lost fear; 
Man but a rush against Othello's breast 
And he retires. Shak., Othello, v. 2. 269. 
4. Ruined; destroyed; consumed or wasted 
away, whether physically or morally: as, lost 
health ; lost honor. 
Bring some good oil, pitch, and tar, and a good piece of 
an old cable to make oakum ; for that which was sent Is 
much lost. Winthrop, Hist New England, I. 454. 
She might be more disposed to feel a woman's Interest 
in the lost girt. Dickens, David Copperfleld, xlvt 
The shame 
Of a lost country and dishonoured name. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 265. 
5. Spiritually ruined; abandoned morally; in 
theof., finally shut out from salvation or eter- 
nal life ; damned : as, a lost soul. 
And now without redemption all mankind 
Must have been lout, adjudged to death and hell 
By doom severe, had not the Son of God . . . 
His dearest mediation thus renew'd. 
Milton, P. L., ill. 223. 
6. Bewildered; absent-minded; absorbed: as, 
he looked about in a lost way. 
And there among the solitary downs, 
Full often lo.it In fancy, lost his way. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
Lost Cause, the cause of the overthrown Southern Con- 
federacy. [U. S.J Lost motion. See motion. Lost 
Sunday. See Sunday. Lost to, insensible to; incapa- 
ble of feeling : as, lost to shame. 
The most vice-hardened men, although they are lost to all 
other feeling, are often found to cherish a regard for the 
feelings of a mother. BMiotheca Sacra, XLV. 7. 
= Syn. 1. Missing. 4 and 5. Shattered; overthrown; 
downfallen ; depraved, abandoned, reprobate, profligate, 
incorrigible, shameless. 
lostet. An obsolete past participle of loose. 
losynget, An obsolete variant of lozenge. 
lot (lot), n. [< ME. lot, < AS. Mot (also in deriv. 
forms Met, Mitt, Mijt, hlyte) = OS. Mot = OFries. 
Mot = D. lot = MliG. lot, lot = OHG. hloz, loz, 
MHG. loz, G. los, loos, lot, share, = Icel. hlautr, 
hlntr, share, offering, = Dan. lod = Sw. lott, lot. 
share, = Goth, hlauin, lot, share, portion (cf. It. 
lotto (> Sp. Pg. lote) = F. lot, < ML. lottvm, lot, 
< Teut. ) ; from a strong verb, AS. Median (pret. 
