LOR 
n ship that was going large before flie wind 
is brought close by the wind. 
LOOKING-g’lusscs, are nothing but plane 
mirrors of glass ; which being impervious to 
the light, reflect the images of things placed 
before them. See Optics. 
LOOM, a frame composed of a variety 
of parts, used in all the branches of weav- 
ing ; for a particular description of which 
see Weaving. 
Loom, in the sea-language ; when d ship 
appears big, when seen at a distance, they 
say she looms. 
Loom gale, a gentle easy gale of wind, in 
which a shiii can <rarry her topsails a trip. 
LOOP, in the iron works, denotes a part 
of a sow, or block of cast iron,, broken or 
melted off' from the rest. 
Loop holes, in a ship, are holes made in 
the coamings of the hatches of a ship, and 
in their bulk-heads, to fire muskets through, 
in a close fight. 
LOPPIUS,the angler, in natural history, 
a genus of fishes of the order Cartilaginei. 
Generic character : head depressed ; teeth 
numerous and sharp ; mouth armed with 
teeth ; pectoral fins brachiated. Tliere are 
eight species, of which we shall notice the 
following. L. europmus, or the European 
angler, is a native of the European seas, and 
measures sometimes seven feet in length, 
but is generally about three, in shape simi- 
lar to a tadpole. It frequents the shallow 
parts of the sea, and imbedding itself almost 
completely in sand or gravel, moves its ten- 
tacula, or the long processes on its head, in 
various directions. The small fishes mis- 
taking these for worms, catch at them with 
avidity, and in the moment of expected 
happiness find certain destruction. L. his- 
trio, or the harlequin angler, is a native of 
the Indian and American seas, and is one of 
the most curious and remarkable of fishes ; 
but we have not here room for the detail of 
its form and appendages. Its general 
length is about a foot Its ventral fins re- 
semble short arms, and Shaw mentions 
Renard’s stating, that he knew an instance 
of some of these fishes living without water 
for three days, and walking about the house 
in the manner of a dog! For a representa- 
tion of this fish see Pisces, Plate 'V. fig. 3. 
LOPPING, among gardeners, the cut- 
ting off the side-branches of trees. 
LORANTHUS, in botany, a genus of 
the Hexandria Monogynia class and order. 
Natural order of Aggregate. Caprifolia, 
Jussieu. Essential character: germ infe- 
rior ; calyx none ; corolla six-cleft, revolute ; 
LOT 
stamens at the tips of the petals; berry 
one-seeded. There are eighteen species; 
these are mostly parasitical shrubs, having 
thick opposite leaves ; and axillary flowers ; 
natives of warm climates. 
LORD’S day. All persons not having a 
reasonable excuse, shall resort to their pa- 
rish church or chapel (or some congregation 
of religious worship allowed by the tolera- 
tion act) on every Sunday, on pain of pu- 
nishment by the censures of the church, 
and of forfeiting one shilling to the poor for 
every oflFence. To be levied by the church- 
wardens by distress, by warrant of one jus- 
tice. The hundred shall not be answerable 
for any robbery committed on the Lord’s 
day. No person upon the Lord’s day shall 
serve or execute any writ, process, warrant, 
order, judgment^ or decree (except in ca.ses 
of treason, felony, or breach of the peace), 
but the service thereof shall be void. Pub- 
lic houses are shut during the usual hours of 
divine service. 
LORICARIA, in natural history, a genus 
of fishes of the order Abdominales. Gene- 
ric character : head smooth ; mouth with- 
out teeth; gill membrane six-rayed ; body 
mailed. Of this genus there are, according 
to Gmelin, tw'o species. Shaw enumerates 
seven. The L. costata is found both in 
the seas of India and America, and is a 
fish highly daring, and, by the strength and 
acuteness of its spines, capable of wounding 
and lacerating those who attempt to take 
it witli great severity. By the fishermen in 
those seas they are regarded as formidable 
enemies. See Pisces, Plate V. fig. 4. L. 
callicthys, which alone we shall add to 
the former, is about twelve inches in 
length, and by the inhabitants of Surinam 
is regarded as a delicacy. It is stated by a 
writer of most ludicrous or contemptible 
credulity, that this fish being harassed oc- 
casionally by the shallowness of the stream 
which it has inhabited, makes an excursion 
by land in search of another that it may 
find deeper, or even perforates the land 
for tlie same purpose. 
LOTION, in medicine and pharmacy, 
is such washing as concerns beautifying the 
skin, by cleansing it of those deformities 
which a distempered blood sometimes 
throws upon it, or rather are made by a 
preternatural secretion. There is reason to 
believe, that almost all the lotions adver- 
tised for sale as quack medicines, contain 
much deleterious matter, such as mnriated 
mercury, and therefore ought never to be 
had recourse to. 
