Long-suffering Long"-suf`fer·ing noun Long patience of offense. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering ?
Rom. ii. 4.
Long-tongue Long"-tongue` noun (Zoology) The wryneck.
Long-tongued Long"-tongued` adjective 1. Having a long tongue. 2. Talkative; babbling; loquacious. Shak.
Long-waisted Long"-waist`ed adjective 1. Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons. 2. Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
Long-winded Long"-wind"ed adjective Long- breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker. --
Long"-wind"ed*ness ,
noun A tedious, long-winded harangue.
South.
Longan Lon"gan noun (Botany) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree ( Nephelium Longan ).
Longanimity Lon`ga·nim"i·ty noun [ Latin
longanimitas ;
longus long +
animus mind: confer French
longanimité .]
Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience. Jer. Taylor.
Longbeak Long"beak` noun (Zoology) The American redbellied snipe ( Macrorhamphus scolopaceus ); -- called also long-billed dowitcher .
Longboat Long"boat` noun (Nautical) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
Longbow Long"bow` noun The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one. To draw the longbow ,
to tell large stories.
Longe Longe noun [ Abbrev. from
allonge . See
Lunge .]
1. A thrust. See Lunge . Smollett. 2. The training ground for a horse. Farrow.
Longe Longe noun (Zoology) Same as 4th Lunge .
Longer Long"er noun One who longs for anything.
Longeval Lon·ge"val adjective Long-loved; longevous. [ R.]
Pope.
Longevity Lon·gev"i·ty noun [ Latin
longaevitas . See
Longevous .]
Long duration of life; length of life. The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.
Arbuthnot.
Longevous Lon·ge"vous adjective [ Latin
longaevus ;
longus long +
aevum lifetime, age. See
Long , and
Age .]
Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne.
Longhand Long"hand` noun The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand .
Longheaded Long"head"ed adjective Having unusual foresight or sagacity. --
Long"-head`ed*ness ,
noun
Longhorn Long"horn` noun (Zoology) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long- horned .
Longicorn Lon"gi·corn adjective [ Latin
longus long +
cornu horn: confer French
longicorne .]
(Zoology) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. --
noun One of the Longicornia.
Longicornia Lon`gi·cor"ni·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
longus long +
cornu horn.]
(Zoology) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennæ are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer , under Apple , and Locust beetle , under Locust .
Longilateral Lon`gi·lat"er·al adjective [ Latin
longus long +
lateralis lateral, from
latus side.]
Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long parallelogram. Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long.
Sir T. Browne.
Longiloquence Lon·gil"o·quence noun [ Latin
langus long +
loquentia a talking.]
Long- windedness. American longiloquence in oratory.
Fitzed. Hall.
Longimanous Lon·gim"a·nous adjective [ Latin
longus long +
manus hand.]
Having long hands. Sir T. Browne.
Longimetry Lon·gim"e·try noun [ Latin
longus long +
-metry : confer French
longimétrie .]
The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne.
Longing Long"ing noun An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have
immortal longings in me.
Shak.
Longingly Long"ing·ly adverb With longing. Dryden.
Longinquity Lon·gin"qui·ty noun [ Latin
longinquitas , from
longinquus extensive, remote, from
longus long.]
Greatness of distance; remoteness. [ R.]
Barrow.
Longipalp Lon"gi·palp noun [ French
longipalpe , from Latin
longus long + French
palpe a feeler, a palp.]
(Zoology) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.
Longipennate Lon"gi·pen"nate adjective [ Latin
longus long + English
pennate .]
(Zoology) Having long wings, or quills.
Longipennes Lon`gi·pen"nes noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
longus long +
penna wing.]
(Zoology) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.
Longipennine Lon`gi·pen"nine adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.
Longiroster Lon`gi·ros"ter noun ;
plural Latin
Longirostres , English
Longirosters . [ Latin
longus long +
rostrum beak: confer French
longirostre .]
(Zoology) One of the Longirostres.
Longirostral Lon`gi·ros"tral adjective (Zoology) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
Longirostres Lon`gi·ros"tres noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
longus long +
rostrum beak.]
(Zoology) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.
Longish Long"ish adjective Somewhat long; moderately long.
Longitude Lon"gi·tude noun [ French, from Latin
longitudo , from
longus long.]
1. Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness ; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. Sir H. Wotton. The longitude of their cloaks.
Sir. W. Scott. Mine [ shadow] spindling into longitude immense.
Cowper. 2. (Geology) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74° or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich. 3. (Astron.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79°. Geocentric longitude (Astron.) ,
the longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth. --
Heliocentric longitude ,
the longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center. --
Longitude stars ,
certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances.
Longitudinal Lon`gi·tu"di·nal adjective [ Confer French
longitudinal .]
1. Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance. 2. Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse ; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. Cheyne.
Longitudinal Lon`gi·tu"di·nal noun A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Longitudinally Lon`gi·tu"di·nal·ly adverb In the direction of length.
Longlegs Long"legs` noun (Zoology) A daddy longlegs.
Longly Long"ly adverb 1. With longing desire. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 2. For a long time; hence, wearisomely.
Longmynd rocks Long"mynd rocks" (Geol.) The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and slates of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
Longness Long"ness noun Length.
Longnose Long"nose` noun (Zoology) The European garfish.
Longshanks Long"shanks` noun (Zoology) The stilt.
Longshore Long"shore` adjective [ Abbrev. from
alongshore .]
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "
Longshore thieves."
R. Browning.
Longshoreman Long"shore`man noun ;
plural Longshoremen . [ Abbrev. from
alongshoreman .]
One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
Longsome Long"some adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
langsum .]
Extended in length; tiresome. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall. Prior. --
Long"some*ness ,
noun [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Longspun Long"spun` adjective Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. The longspun allegories fulsome grow,
While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Addison.
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