Losing Los"ing adjective [ See Lose , transitive verb ] Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.

Who strive to sit out losing hands are lost.

Herbert.

Losingly Los"ing·ly adverb In a manner to incur loss.

Loss Loss (lŏs; 115) noun [ Anglo-Saxon los loss, losing, from leósan to lose. √127. See Lose , transitive verb ] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

Assured loss before the match be played.

Shak.

2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.

Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss .

Shak.

3. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase ; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.

4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.

6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.

7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.

8. (Insurance) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.

To bear a loss , to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it. -- To be at a loss , to be in a state of uncertainty.

Syn. -- Privation; detriment; injury; damage.

Lossful Loss"ful adjective Detrimental. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Lossless Loss"less adjective Free from loss. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Lost Lost adjective [ Propast participle p. of Middle English losien . See Lose , transitive verb ] 1. Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

2. Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

3. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

5. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.

7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.

8. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

9. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

Lost motion (Machinery) , the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.

Lot Lot (lŏt) noun [ Anglo-Saxon hlot ; akin to hleótan to cast lots, Old Saxon hlōt lot, Dutch lot , German loos , Old High German lōz , Icelandic hlutr , Swedish lott , Danish lod , Goth. hlauts . Confer Allot , Lotto , Lottery .]

1. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.

Spenser.

2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots .

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

Prov. xvi. 33.

If we draw lots , he speeds.

Shak.

3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's
Enough to bear.

Milton.

He was but born to try
The lot of man -- to suffer and to die.

Pope.

4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot ; a bad lot .

I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I.

Walpole.

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.

The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.

Kent.

6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so. [ Colloq.]

He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business.

W. Black.

7. A prize in a lottery. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.

To cast in one's lot with , to share the fortunes of. -- To cast lots , to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. -- To draw lots , to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer. -- To pay scot and lot , to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot .

Lot Lot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lotted ; present participle & verbal noun Lotting .] To allot; to sort; to portion. [ R.]

To lot on or upon , to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [ Colloq. U. S.]

Lote Lote noun [ Latin lotus , Greek .... Confer Lotus .] (Botany) A large tree ( Celtis australis ), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree . Eng. Cyc.

Lote Lote noun [ French lotte .] (Zoology) The European burbot.

Lote Lote intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon lutian .] To lurk; to lie hid. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Loth Loth adjective , Loth"ly adjective & adverb , Loth"some adjective , See Loath , Loathly , etc.

Lothario Lo·tha"ri·o noun [ Name of a character in Rowe's drama, "The Fair Penitent."] A gay seducer of women; a libertine.

Lotion Lo"tion noun [ Latin lotio , from lavare , lotum , to wash: confer French lotion . See Lave to wash.] 1. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.

2. A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.

Loto Lo"to noun See Lotto .

Lotong Lo·tong" noun [ Malay lūtong .] (Zoology) An East Indian monkey ( Semnopithecus femoralis ).

Lotophagi Lo·toph"a·gi noun plural [ Latin , from Greek ...; ... the lotus + ... to eat.] (Class. Myth.) A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b) , and Lotus- eater .

Lotos Lo"tos noun [ New Latin ] (Botany) See Lotus .

Lottery Lot"ter·y noun ; plural Lotteries . [ Lot + -ery , as in brewe ry , bind ery .] 1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of the tickets are blanks. Fig.: An affair of chance.

» The laws of the United States and of most of the States make lotteries illegal.

2. Allotment; thing allotted. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Lotto Lot"to noun [ French loto or Italian lotto , prop., a lot; of German origin. See Lot .] A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno . [ Often written loto .]

Loture Lo"ture noun [ Latin lotura . See Lotion .] See Lotion . [ Obsolete] Holland.

Lotus Lo"tus (lō"tŭs) noun [ Latin lotus , Greek lwto`s . Confer Lote .] 1. (Botany) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum , used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum , the American lotus; and Nymphæa Lotus and N. cærulea , the respectively white- flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum , are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters , probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ( Zizyphus Lotus ), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote . (d) A genus ( Lotus ) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [ Written also lotos .]

European lotus , a small tree ( Diospyros Lotus ) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum .

2. (Architecture) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.

Lotus-eater Lo"tus-eat`er (lō"tŭs-ēt`ẽr), Lo"tos-eat`er (lō"tŏs-ēt`ẽr) noun (Class. Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.

The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos- eaters .

Tennyson.

Louchettes Lou·chettes" noun plural [ French] Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight.

Loud Loud (loud) adjective [ Compar. Louder (loud"ẽr); superl. Loudest .] [ Middle English loud , lud , Anglo-Saxon hlūd ; akin to Old Saxon hlūd , Dutch luid , Old High German lūt , German laut , Latin - clutus , in in clutus , in clitus , celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Greek klyto`s heard, loud, famous, kly`ein to hear, Sanskrit çru . √41. Confer Client , Listen , Slave a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified.

Luke xxiii. 23.

2. Clamorous; boisterous.

She is loud and stubborn.

Prov. vii. 11.

3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [ Colloq.]

4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [ Slang]

Syn. -- Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement.

Loud Loud adverb [ Anglo-Saxon hlūde .] With loudness; loudly.

To speak loud in public assemblies.

Addison.

Loud-mouthed Loud"-mouthed` adjective Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

Loud-voiced Loud"-voiced` adjective Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron.

Loudful Loud"ful adjective Noisy. [ Obsolete] Marsion.

Loudly Loud"ly adverb In a loud manner. Denham.

Loudness Loud"ness noun The quality or state of being loud.

Lough Lough noun [ See 1st Loch .] A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Lough Lough obsolete strong imperfect of Laugh . Chaucer.

Louis d'or Lou"is d'or` [ French, gold louis.] Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

Louis quatorze Lou"is qua·torze" (lō"ĭ kȧ*tôrz"). [ French, Louis fourteenth.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

Louk Louk (louk) noun An accomplice; a "pal." [ Obsolete]

There is no thief without a louk .

Chaucer.

Lounge Lounge (lounj) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lounged (lounjd); present participle & verbal noun Lounging (loun"jĭng).] [ Middle English lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, Old French longis , longin , said to be from Longinus , the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to Latin longus long. Confer Long , adjective ] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

J. Hannay.

Lounge Lounge noun 1. An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.

She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge .

Miss Edgeworth.

2. A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Lounger Loun"ger noun One who lounges; an idler.

Loup Loup (lōp) noun (Iron Works) See 1st Loop .

Loup-cervier Loup"-cer`vier" noun [ French Confer Lusern .] (Zoology) The Canada lynx. See Lynx .

Loup-garou Loup`-ga`rou" noun ; plural Loups-garous . [ French, from loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to English werewolf .] A werewolf; a lycanthrope.

The superstition of the loup-garou , or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others.

Brinton.

Loup-loup Loup`-loup" (lō`lō") noun [ French] (Zoology) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.

Louping Loup"ing [ From Loup to leap.] (Veter.) An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

Loups Loups noun plural ; sing. Loup . [ French, prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

Lour Lour noun [ Native name.] (Zoology) An Asiatic sardine ( Clupea Neohowii ), valued for its oil.

Louri Lou"ri noun (Zoology) See Lory .

Louse Louse (lous) noun ; plural Lice (līs). [ Middle English lous , Anglo-Saxon lūs , plural lȳs ; akin to Dutch luis , German laus , Old High German lūs , Icelandic lūs , Swedish lus , Danish luus ; perhaps so named because it is destructive, and akin to English lose , loose .] (Zoology) 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe ( Pediculina ), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man ( Pediculus capitis ), the body louse ( P. vestimenti ), and the crab louse ( Phthirius pubis ), and many others. See Crab louse , Dog louse , Cattle louse , etc., under Crab , Dog , etc.

2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga .

3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid .

4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura , and Ichthvophthira .

» The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse , bee louse , horse louse .

Louse fly (Zoology) , a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. -- Louse mite (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia , Dermaleichus , Mycoptes , and several other genera.

Louse Louse (louz) transitive verb To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." Swift.

Lousewort Louse"wort` noun (Botany) Any species of Pedicularis , a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.

Yellow lousewort , a plant of the genus Rhinanthus .

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