love-lies-bleeding 
love-lies-bleeding (luv'liz-iile'ding), . A 
iiniiir of tin 1 reil iiniiininths, .tiniiritiiliix rtiniltt- 
titx mill .1. I'niii/' lifii.-i, \\itli crimson spikes nnil 
(sometimes) foliage, and small annual roots. 
( hving to the weak root, they often fall and lie 
prostrate in the garden. 
lOVelily(luv'li-li), w/c. [< MK. Inn-lt/ly ; < /)/// 
+ -ty a .] In a lovely manner; amiably; in a 
manner to exrite love. [Uaro.] 
Hot yr Arthure onoiio nycivs HUM iiftyre 
Kwyni! to the: Knipcruiir, with bonoonbla kyngis; 
Unghte hym u|n- fiille ImvltilH with lordllone knyghttei, 
Mid leilde IWIIK to the l;i>nv, thaiv tliu kynit lygges. 
Morte Arthure (K. K. T. s.), 1. 2293. 
loveliness (luv'Ii-nes), n. The character of be- 
ing lovely; mental or physical attractiveness; 
capability of exciting love or strong admiration: 
as, female Inn lints* ; the lonliiicss of the rose, 
ller gentle limbs did she undress, 
Ami lay down in her loveliness. 
Coleridge, Christabel, i. 
In loveliness of perfect deeds. 
Teiinyeon, In Memorlam, xxxvi. 
= 8yn. See lovelyl and beautiful. 
leveling (luv'ling), n. [< lure 1 + -lint/i.] A 
little love; a beloved or lovable being. 
These frolike lowling* freighted nests doe make. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, it, The Magnificence. 
love-lock (luv'lok), w. 1. Formerly, a long and 
flowing lock on a man's head dressed separately 
from the rest of the hair, curled or tied with 
a ribbon, sometimes with several bows, and 
allowed to hang down over the neck and in 
front of the shoulder. It was usual to wear but one, 
and this was the mark of a man of careful and elegant 
dress during the tlrst hulf of the seventeenth century. 
In some instances two were worn, one on each side. Also 
called French lock. 
How, sir, will you be trimmed? Will you have . . . 
your love-locks wreathed with a silken twist, or shaggy to 
fall on your shoulders? /,/<///, Midas, iii. 2. 
2. Now, a separate lock hanging conspicuously 
on the head of either a man or a woman. 
Her hair . . . escaped in one vagrant lovelock, perfectly 
curled, that dropped over her left shoulder. 
H'illne CoUint, Armadale, n. 234. 
love-lorn (l' lv '16rn), n . Forsaken by one's love ; 
forlorn, pining, or suffering from love. 
The lure-lorn nightingale 
Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well. 
MOtan, (-Minus, 1. 234. 
love-lornness (luv'16rn*nes), . The state of 
being love-lorn. [Bare.] 
It was the story of that fair Oostanza who in her lovelorn- 
ness desired to live no longer. George Eliot, Rotnola, Ixi. 
lovely 1 (luv'li), a. [< ME. lovely, luvelich, lufli, 
< AS. luflic, lovely, < lufu, love: see love 1 , n., 
and -ly 1 . The AS. tedflic, dear, pleasant (= OS. 
lioflik, lioUik = OFrie's. liaflik, NFries. Ijcnflyck 
= D. liefelijk = OHG. liublih, liunlih, MHG. liep- 
Keh, G. lieblich, lovely, = Dan. Sw. liflig, pleas- 
ant, = Goth, liubaleiks, lovely), is a diff. word, < 
leaf, E. lief, dear, + -lie, E. -fy 1 -] 1. Fitted to 
excite love or emotion ; possessing or charac- 
terized by engaging qualities; lovable; attrac- 
tive; charming: as, a lovely woman; a lovely 
view ; a lovely dress. 
lately or able to be lovyd, amabilis, diligibilis. 
Prompt. Parv. 
A lusty ladde. a stately man to see, . . . 
Beganne to woo my sister, not for wealth, 
But for hir face was lovely to beholde. 
Oaseoigne, Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 51. 
Mir. Can you love a man ? 
Lit. Yes, if the man be lovely, 
That is. be honest, modest. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, i. 3. 
Nothing lovelier can be found 
In woman than to study household good. 
Milton, P. I*, in. 232. 
2. Attractive to appetite or desire; enticing; 
inviting. [Colloq.j 
Come, let's to supper. Come, my friend Coridon, this 
Trout looks lovely. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 85. 
3f. Loving; tender. 
Many a lovely look nn hem he caste. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 166. 
Haul and Jonathan were f^r.-lu and pleasant in their lives. 
2 Sam. i. 23. 
Seal the title with a loivly kiss! 
Shak., T. of the 8., ill. 2. 125. 
= Syn. 1. Amiable. Lowly (see quotation from Archbishop 
Trench under rrwwrMr): Htrnilttonif, Pretty, etc. (see beau- 
tif'il)'. pleasing, charming, fair. 
lovely 1 (luv'li), ddr. [< ME. lorcly, liinlicli,. Inf. 
li/fli, < AS. littllce, lovely, < luflic, a., lovely: see 
Ivrcly 1 , .] 1. So as to induce or excite love; 
very beautifully or pleasantly. 
thcu weed, 
Who art so Itrveltt fair, and smell'st so sweet. 
Shot., Othello, iv. 2. 68. 
2f. Lovingly; kindly. 
Mat lufltjch adoun, * lengc, I the praye, 
& qnat so thy wylle U, we schal wyt after. 
a nil lite Oreen Knight (K. K. T. S.), 1. 2.14. 
lovely'-'t, . [< MK. /iT///, praiseworthy; < 1m;- 
+ -ly 1 .} Worthy to be praised. HnlliictU. 
love-making (luv'ma"kiug), . Courtship, 
loyeman (luv'man), n. [< ln-i, r., + obj.maw.] 
The common goosegrass or cleavers, (lalitun 
.1/iiirini . 
love-match (lu v'mach), n. A marriage founded 
ii]ni love; a marriage into which convenience. 
money considerations, etc., do not enter, 
lovemongert (luv'mung'ger), n. [< love 1 - 
monger.'} One who deals in affairs of love; a 
go-between in courtship. [Rare.] 
Thou ait an old love-monger, and spcakest skilfully. 
Shale., L. L. L., U. 1. 263. 
Loven's larva. See lan-a. 
love-parrakeet (luv'par'a-ket), n. A love-bird. 
love-parrot (luv'par'ot), n. A love-bird. 
love-plant (luv'plant'j, n. 1. A name of the 
showy South African portulacaceous plants of 
the genus Anacampseros, common in cultiva- 
tion. 2. The Victorian blue creeper, Come- 
upcrma roluMe, an evergreen twining plant of 
Australia. 
love-potion (luv'po'shpn), n. A potion or 
draught designed to excite love ; a philter. 
We waste our best years in distilling the sweetest flow- 
ere of life into love-potions. Longfellow, Hyperion, iii. 9. 
lover 1 (hiv'er), n. [Also dial, or obs. lovycr; < 
ME. lover, lori/erc. Infer, < loven, lovien, love : see 
lin'i- 1 and -erf, -ier 1 , -yer.] 1. One who loves; 
one who has a feeling of love or earnest liking 
for any person or thing ; a zealous admirer: as, 
a lorer of good men or of Christianity; a loner 
of books or of science ; a lover of wine. 
Thus ihesus crist harewide helle, 
And ledde hisc lowers to pantdljs. 
Uymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. r>3. 
He of Winchester 
Is held no great good lover of the archbishop's. 
Shalt., Hen. VIII., iv. 1. 104. 
2. Specifically, one who is enamored ; a person 
in love: now used in the singular almost ex- 
clusively of the man, though formerly also of 
the woman, while the plural is still commonly 
used of both: as, a lorer and his sweetheart ; a 
pair of lovers. 
If I freely may discover 
What would please me in a lover, 
I would have her fair and witty. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, ii. 1. 
Where is Mark Antony? 
The man, my lover, with whom I rode sublime 
On Fortune's neck. Tennyson, Fair Women. 
Iover 2 t, An obsolete form of louver. 
lover'H, a. An obsolete comparative of lief. 
loyered (luv'erd), a. [< lover 1 + -e<ft.} Pro- 
vided with or having a lover. 
Who, young and simple, would not be so lover' At 
Shot., Lover's Complaint, L 320. 
love-ribbon (luy'rib'on), w. A narrow gauze 
ribbon with satin stripes, 
loverly (luv'er-li), o. [< lover + -ly 1 .] Like a 
lover; suitable for a lover; lover-like. [Rare.] 
Said the chief abruptly. "I want only herself." ... A 
very loverly way of speaking. 
George MacDonald, What's Mine's Mine, p. 800. 
loveryt (lo'ver-i), n. Same as louver. 
For now he makes no count of perjuries, 
Hath drawn false lights from pitch-black Imeries, 
Olased his braided ware, cogs, sweares, and lies. 
Marstan, Scourge of Villanie, U. !,. 
love-scene (luv'sen), . A marked exhibition 
of mutual love ; an interview between lovers : 
a pictured, written, or acted representation of 
such an interview. 
"Mind your own work, my dear," said her husband, 
gently. Circe resumed a love-scene between Adele and the 
tender forcat. Hannay, Singleton Fontenoy, 1. 9. 
love-shaft (luv'shaft). . A shaft or dart of 
love ; specifically, Cupid's arrow. 
A certain aim he took 
At a fair vestal throned by the west. 
And loosed his love-thafl smartly from his bow. 
ShaJc., M. N. D., ii. 1. 169. 
love-Sick (luv'sik), a. 1. Sick or languishing 
with love or amorous desire: as, a love-sick 
swain. 
To the dear mistress of my lore-sick mind. 
Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, Iii. 103. 
2. Expressive of languishing love. 
Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. Dryden. 
love-sickness (luv'sik'nes), . Amorous lan- 
guor : sickness or longing caused by love. 
lovesome (luv'sum). . [Also dial. Inosnmf, 1ns- 
som ; < MK. liifxiiin, lufxiim, < AS. lufsum, lova- 
low 
ble, < lufu. love: see tore', n., and -*onw.] 1. 
lively: winsome. 
O lufnmi lady liryghtr, 
How have ye faren syn that ye were heere? 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 465. 
One praised her ancles, one her eyes, 
One her dark hair and Invrminr mien. 
Tennyson, The Beggar Maid. 
2. Loving; manifesting love or affection. 
The thousand bright-leaved shrubs that twined their 
arms together In lovesome tangles. Kinglake, Eothen, vll. 
lovesomely (luv'sum-li), adr. Lovingly. 
Sae Rosmer took her sister-son, 
Het him upon his knee; 
He clappit him sae lurijsomely. 
He turned baith blue and blae. 
/tanner Ha/mand (Child's Ballads, I. 256). 
love-song (luv'sdng), ti. A song expressive of 
love; an amatory poem. 
love-spell (luv'spel), n. A spell to induce love, 
love-suit (luv'sut), n. Courtship; solicitation 
of union in marriage. 
Cloten, whose love mil hath been to me 
As fearful as a siege. Shale., Cymbeline, ill. 4. 136. 
love-tap (luv'tap), n. A slight blow given as a 
caress. 
love-tickt (luv'tik), n. A love-tap. 
Lord, If the peevish infant nghts and fliea 
With unpar (1 weapons at his mothers eyes, 
Her frowns (half mix'd with smiles) may chance to show 
An angry love-tick on his arm, or so. 
Ovaries, Emblems, ill. 6. 
love-token (luv'to'kn), n. A gift in memory 
of or as a sign of love. 
love-tootht (Tuv'toth), w. An inclination to love. 
Beleeve me, Philautus, I am now old, yet have I in my 
bead a love-tooth. Lyly, Euphues and his England. 
love-tree (luv'tre), n. The Judas-tree, Cercix 
Siliqiiastrum. 
love-trout (luv'trout), n. The pilchard. ' 
It haa been termed a love trout when impressed on a 
token struck at Love in the reign of Charles II. Day. 
love-worth (luv'werth), n. Worthiness of love. 
Homer for himself should be belov'd, 
Who ev'ry sort of love-worth did contain. 
Chapman, Iliad, To the Reader, 1. 73. 
love-worthy (luv'wer'THi), a. Lovable ; fitted 
to inspire love. 
loving 1 (luv'ing), p. a. 1. Feeling love or ten- 
der regard ; affectionate : as, a loving friend. 
2. Expressing or manifesting love or kindness: 
as, loving words ; a loving caress. 
Ioving 2 t, . [ME. loryngc, < AS. lofung, prais- 
ing, appraising, verbal u. of lofan, praise: see 
loveV, t>.] Praise ; honor. 
For to wynne me lovcyng 
Bothe of emperowre ami of kynge. 
MS. Cantab, ft. ii. 38, f. 152. (UaUiwxU.) 
loving-cup (luv'ing-kup), n. A wine-cup in- 
tended for several persons to drink from and 
to pass from hand to hand. It is commonly 
made with several handles. See parting^up. 
loving-kindness (luv'ing-kind'nes), n. Kind- 
ness which springs from and manifests personal 
love : used in Scripture to describe God's favor 
to his people. 
My lovinq -kindness will I not utterly take from him. 
Ps. Unix. 38. 
lovingly (luv'ing-li), adv. With love or affec- 
tion; affectionately. 
lovingness (luv'ing-nes) , n. A loving manner ; 
affectionate bearing or conduct. 
The only two bands of good-will, loveliness and loving- 
ness. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, II. 
lovyer (luv'yer), n. An obsolete or dialectal 
form of lover 1 . Chavcer. 
low 1 (16), r. t. [< ME. lowen, < AS. hlovan = 
D. loeijen = MLG. loien, lugen = OHG. hloian, 
lowan, MHG. luogen, Iveicen, luejen, liien = Icel. 
liloa, bellow, low; prob. of imitative origin.] 
To utter the soft bellow peculiar to animals of 
the cow kind ; moo. 
I'd rather hear that cow to low, 
Than ha'e a' the kine in Fy vie. 
Andrew; Lammie (Child's Ballads, n. 196). 
The sober herd that loir'd to meet their young. 
Goldsmith, Des. ViL, L 118. 
low 1 (16), n. [< lotcl, t).] The bellow of cattle ; 
a moo. 
Bull Jove, sir, had an amiable low. 
Shot., Much Ado, v. 4. 48. 
low 2 (16), (i. and n. [< ME. loice, lough, toiili, 
loh. Inge, lawe, laqh, lah (not in AS., and prob. 
< Scand.); = OFries. lege, lech = D. laag = 
MLG. lech, Iege = 'MI>. lorgh, leegh=I&. leg, 1- '/' . 
In i'li Icel. Idgr = Sw. l&g = Dan. lav, low; 
lit. ' lying' (low), from the verb, AS. licgan (pret. 
l<vit) (= Icel. lififijn, pret. pi. W</, etc.), lie: see 
lii'i . Cf. law 1 and log*-, from the same nit. source. 
