lout 
The flfte route 
That to this lady gunne Imtte 
And doiin on knes anon t" fallr. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, I. 1704. 
AR oft as they named the Redeemer, 
Lowly Imited the Iwys, and lowly the maidens all courtc- 
. ii,,n: tr. ..f Tegner's Children of the Lord's Supper. 
The noble lords and ladles . . . throw largesse to the 
knaves, who lout humbly. 
J. E. Cookc, Virginia Comedians, II. xxxiii. 
2t. To lie quiet; lurk. See 
Conquiesco, Anglice, to l'm'i<. 
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Coolers should always be placed so that the air has free 
access, and to this end it Is usual to make the wal Is of the 
rooms containing them of louvre*, whleh can be opened as 
may be required. Spow' Kncyc. Mamtf., 1. 400. 
4f. The aperture in a dove-cote at which the 
bird enters ; also, the dove-cote itself. 
Like to a Cast of Falcons that pursue 
A flight of Pldgeons through the welkin blew, 
Stooping at this and that, that to their Louver 
(To sane their Hues) they hardly can recover. 
fiylventer, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, II., The Vocation. 
louver-board (15'ver-bord), n. See louver, 3, 
and loiin 
3. To loiter, tarry, or stay, ffearnc. (Halli- 
n-i-ll.) 
II. t trail*. To how down ; abase. 
For few there were that were so much redoubted, 
\\ limn double fortune lifted up and louted. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 308. 
constructed in the form of a louver: as, a '- 
veretl window. Also lomred. 
If " Miner" will cut louvred openings ... In the sides 
of the tapering neck that connect his 10 square feet fan 
month with the 20 square feet tube, engineer, LXVI. 217. 
Louvered battens. See battens. 
, , , , , * * T i liOUVeru DtLLliCllB. ooc Muse**. 
lout 2 (lout), H. [Not found in ME.; prob. < Icel. l ouver .holet (18'ver-hol), n. The hole or vent 
lutr, stooping, bent,<Zfcta, stoop, lout: see lout*.] ftt tho t o{ a chimney by which the smoke 
An awkward, ungainly fellow ; a clown. escapes. 
escapes. 
Provide new locks and keys, and bars and bolts, 
And cap the chimney, lest my lady fly 
Out of the lover-hole. 
A stupid (oil* seemingly a farmer's boy, in a grey jerkin Shirley, Honoria and Mammon (1659). (Xaret.) 
with his head hare. Scctt, kenilworth, xxlv. louver . wlndow (16" ver-win'do), n. A long 
Iout 2 t (lout), r. t. < to<2, .] To tr s a open i n g j n a belfry-tower, partially closed by 
outward-sloping slats or boards called louver- 
boards (corrupted into luffer- or lever-boards), 
which are so placed to exclude rain, while al- 
And that His [Adam's] Son, and his Son's Son, 
Were all but Ploughmen, Clowns, and Lotitt. 
Prior, The Old Gentry. 
lout; flout. 
Lowted and forsaken of theym by whom in tyme he 
- - ' SL 
mvght have bene ayded and relieve 
Hall, Henry IV., f. 6. 
Looted and laughed to skorne. ' jpwtag thVspund "of the bell to pass through. 
Udall, Roister Bolster, ill. 3. See abat-vent. 
I am louted by a traitor villain. 10UVT6 1 , See louver. 
Shale., l Hen. VI., Iv. s. 13. louvre 2 (lo'ver), n. [< F. Louvre, the name (of 
lout :t (lout), t). i. [Cf. fowl.] To low or bel- 
low. Halliioell. [Prov. Eng.] 
lout 4 (lout), v. t. [Origin obscure.] To milk, as 
a cow. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
loutert, [Early mod. E. lowter; freq. of lottfl; 
of. loiter, another form of the same word.] To 
loiter or lounge about. 
Ijowtrtjng and wandryng. 
IlyeWay to the Spyttell Bom, p. 11. (Halliwell.) 
louteringlyt, adv. In a loitering or idle manner. 
loutish (lou'tish), a. [< 
ish; awkward; boorish. 
Loutith, but not ilHooklng. The Century, XXVII. 1SS. 
= 8yn. Churlish, Clomiiih, etc. See boorish. 
loutishly (lou'tish-h), adv. In a loutish or 
awkward manner. 
loutishness (lou'tish-nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being loutish or awkward ; clowniahness. 
loutre (lii'ter), n. [F., an otter, < L. lutra, an 
otter.] In her., the otter, used as a bearing. 
loutrin (16'trin), n. [< loutre + -ml.] An otter; 
any animal of the subfamily Lutrina: 
[Also louvre, and formerly 
unknown origin) of a building in Paris, an- 
ciently a royal castle or palace, now a national 
museum.] A fashionable dance derived from 
a favorite song of Louis XTV. 
Ai soon as the minuet was closed, the princess said 
softly to Harry in French, " The Louvre, sir, if you please. " 
This was a dance of the newest fashion. 
Brooke, Fool of Quality, II. 99. (Davies.) 
She proposed herself for a Louvre ; all the men vowed 
they had never heard of such a dance. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 194. 
lovable: see 
possession 
amiability. 
Also loreability. Carlylc. 
lovable 1 (luv'a-bl), a. [ME. lovable, lufabyt; < 
lovel + -rtfife.]" Worthy of love; inviting love ; 
winning; amiable. Also loveabte. 
And which been hool and sooth and chast and rightwys, 
and lovable to yhe. Wydif, Laodisensis, p. 100. 
"There is something so soothing, so gentle, so indulgent 
about Mrs. Percy, so loveable." " She is ... very loeeablr 
that is the exact word." "I fear it is not English," said 
Miss Hauton. "II merite Wen 1'etre." said Godfrey. 
Mits Edgeworth, Patronage, v. (Darnel.) 
Elaine the fair, Elaine the loveable, 
Elaine, the Illy maid of Astolat 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
+ -able.} 
louver (lo'ver), . .. , 
loover, lover, prop, only lover; < ME. torn-, tow, Iovable 2 . [ME. lovabil; < love? 
< OF. toner, fcwr, Iwfcr, ***> <? rf g- PP- Praiseworthy. Halliwett. 
an upper gallery, < ML. as if 'lobiarium, < lobta, 
also lodia and lodium (used to gloss OF. lovier), 
a gallery, lobby: see lobby. The explanation 
suggested by Minsheu and adopted by Skeat, 
that the E. word is derived < OF. louvert, for 
Fouvert, the open (space), opening (see te and 
urcrt), ignores the real OF. form loner, lovier, 
tern or 
other apartment 
at first open at the sides. Its original function was 
to supply an outlet for smoke from fires. After this use 
was superseded by the introduction of chimneys, the lou- 
ver was inclosed with glass. 
v . The quality of 
attracting'affection ; lovable character. Also 
loreableness. 
Man for man, he [Wordsworth] was infinitely inferior to 
Coleridge for personal charm and to Southey for general 
ImvaNenets. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 526. 
[Also (dial.) loveagc, love- 
It hath two rowes of Pillars each ouer other, those upper 
nlch 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 298. 
ones supporting the hemisphere, loouer, or steeple, w 
is wrought all 
l with Musaike worke. 
tttt'Cftt' ^= lOfJt Itf/WOl-W/W J. vJ/"u 
levistico, libistico (ML. lubesticum, NMfttMM, le- 
visticum (> AS. lufestice, appar. simulating lufu, 
love) = MLG. lubbestock = OHG. liibesteceo, lu- 
bistechal, MHG. lubstickel, lubisteche, liibestectie 
(simulating OHG. luppi, MHG. Kim>= AS. lybb, 
poison), liebstuchel, G. liebstockel (simulating 
Hebe, love) = Pol. tubszczyk, Ivbczyk, lubistek = 
Bohem. libechek, libchele = Russ. tubistoku = 
Lith. lipshtukas, lubistos = Lett, lupstaga = 
Hung, lestvan, levistikom) (= Turk, logostekon, < 
Gr. A()T)oT<(iv), < L. ligusticum, lovage, prop. 
There is a steppe declivy way 
Which to th' infernall kingdo 
A loover, or tunnell in the roofe or top of a great hall to 
avoid smoke. Baret, Alvearie, 1580. (Halliwell. ) 
For all the issue, both of vent and light, 
Came from a loover at the tower's toppe. 
DeathofB. E. <^ Hunt., sig. L 3. (ffares.) .. ,_ f /7 . _. _ = , ^ A 
2. A chimney-flue. [Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] neut. of Ligmticus, belonging to Liguria, < Li- 
:livy way lookes downe, 9ria, Liguria: see Ligusticum, Ligurian.~\ 1. 
The umbelliferous plant Levffmwm officmale, a 
native of the mountains of central Europe, cul- 
tivated in old gardens. This is the lovage of 
the older books. It is sometimes distinguished 
as Italian or garden lovage. 2. Another plant 
of the same family, Ligusticum Scotictim, often 
called Scotch lovage. The name extends also 
to other species of the genus. 
love 1 (luv), t!. ; pret. and pp. loved, ppr. Iwiii;/. 
dome Orpheus guides, 
Whose louver vapors breathes. 
Heymtod, Trola Britannica(1609). (Nares.) 
Don't stop cowerin' in th' ingle. . . . Some day we'st 
find as thou's got drawn up th' lover wi' the draught. 
Jegsie Fotheryill, From Moor Isles, i. 
3. In arch., a long window-like opening closed 
with broad slats sloping downward and out- 
ward. See abat-rrnt. 
Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover, 
But with contlniiiill candle-light. 
>V'/wwr, F. Q.,VI. x. 42. 
222 
[Also dial. (Sc.) li,r<; lo; < ME. lorni. lurcn. 
loi-ioi, lin-ien, < AS. lufian, leofian (with short 
love 
vowel, depending on the noun lufu, love), orig. 
/. ,;n,i,, = ( )Kri-s. linnii, lurid, i> r in = D. Uevm 
= ML< ;. Ifren, L. levea = OHG. Unban, Hupon, 
MIKi. <;. lirbfn, love; akin ti. AS. \<-<if = Goth. 
Hubs, etc., dear, lief, < Teut. V '<> **> pleasing, 
= L. libet, lubet, it pleases, = OBolff. HK8M, 
love (/iufcu.dear), = Bohem. lubiti, liliiti = HUBS. 
liubitt, love, = Lith. lubjn, long, = Skt. V '&*. 
desire: see tot-el, ., tore*, lief, believe, leave'*, 
lilii-fiil, HlH-rty,v\.K.] I. tram. 1. To regard with 
a strong feeling of affection; hold dear; have 
a strong regard for. 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy Hod with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mat xxiL 37. 
Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself. Mat. xiiL 89. 
A maid whom there were none to praise, 
And very few to lave. Wnrdncorth, Lucy. 
2. Specifically, to regard (one of the opposite 
sex) with the admiration and devotion charac- 
teristic of the sexual relation; be in love with. 
The lady made grcte loye of the kynge, for she wende 
verily it hadde ben the Duke hlr lorde, that she loved moche 
with a trewe herte. Merlin (E. K T. H.\ L 77. 
To see her In to love her, 
An* love but her for ever. 
llunu, Bonnie Lesley. 
3. To have a strong liking, craving, or appetite 
for; like; take pleasure in; delight in: followed 
by a noun or an infinitive. 
Lordfs ! if je jour Astate and honour 
Loven, flemyth this vicious errour ! 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.X L 107. 
I love a fat goose as I love allegiance. 
Fletcher, Ueggars' Bush, tv. S. 
What a man actually lovet, this he proposes to himself, 
and strives to attain. 
Smdenborg, Christian Psychol. (tr. by Gorman), p. 9. 
There Is no place in the town which I so much love to fre- 
quent as the Royal Exchange. 
Additon, The Royal Exchange. 
4. To caress; show affection by caresses: a 
childish use of the word. 
He climbed often Into her lap, and, putting his arms 
round her neck, loved her with his cheek against hers, and 
with all his little heart Barper't Mag., LXXIX. 271. 
To love one's love with an A, B, etc., a formula ued in 
redeeming forfeits. 
For these you play at purposes, 
And love your loves tritJi An and Bit; 
For these, at Beast and Ombre woo. 
And play for love and money too. 
S. Butler, Hudlbras, III. L 1007. 
I'll give yon a clue to my trade, in a game of forfeits. I 
lore my lore with a B because she's Beautiful ; I hate my 
love with a B because she's Brazen ; I took her to the sign 
of the Blue Boar, and I treated her with Bonnet* ; her 
name's Bouncer, and she lives in Bedlam. 
LHckeiu, Our Mutual Friend, ii. 1. 
n. intrans. To have strong affection; espe- 
cially, to be passionately attached to one of the 
opposite sex. 
But since thou lovest, love still and thrive therein, 
Even as I would when I to lime begin. 
Shot., T. O. of V., i 1. 9. 
Tis better to have loved and lost 
Than never to have loved at all. 
Tennymn, In Memoriam, xxvll. 
love 1 (luv), n. [Also dial. (Sc.) lave; < ME. love, 
lure, < AS. lufu, lufe (= MLG. leve = OHG. livbi, 
liuni, liuna, MHG. G. liebe; cf. OFries. liafte, 
NFries. tjeafde = D. liefde), love, < lufian, love: 
see love l, v.] 1 . The principle of sympathetic or 
pleasurable attraction in sentient and thinking 
beings ; that feeling of predilection or solicitude 
for, or delight in, certain individuals or classes, 
principles, qualities, or things, which excites a 
strong desire or craving for the welfare, com- 
panionship, possession, enjoyment, or promo- 
tion of its object or objects ; the yearning de- 
sire (whether right or perverted) for what is 
thought to be best in any relation or from any 
point of view. In It* purest and most universal form, 
love Is regarded in the highest conception of God as the 
essence of divinity. 
Nature worketh In us all a love to our own counsels. 
Booker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., II. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. John xv. 13. 
The love of money is the root of all evU. 1 Tim. vt 10. 
We render you our lovet, sir, 
The best wealth we bring home. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, I. a 
Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the de- 
light which any present or absent thing is apt to produce 
In him has the idea we call love. For when a man de- 
clares in autumn, when he Is eating them, or in sprins, 
when there are none, that he loves grapes, it is no more 
but that the taste of grapes delights him : let an altera- 
tion of health or constitution destroy the delight of their 
taste, and he can then be said to love grapes no longer. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. xx. 4. 
2. Intimate personal affection between indi- 
viduals of opposite sex capable of intermar- 
