Part 767

Ps. cxix. 40.

I have longed for thy salvation.

Ps. cxix. 174.

Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea.

Arbuthnot.

2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]

The labor which that longeth unto me.

Chaucer.

Lon"gan (?), n. (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).

Lon`ga*nim"i*ty (?), n. [L. longanimitas; longus long + animus mind: cf. F. longanimité.] Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience. Jer. Taylor.

Long"-armed` (?), a. Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.

Long"beak` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

Long"boat` (?), n. (Naut.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

Long"bow` (?), n. 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.

Long"-breathed` (?), a. Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

Long"-drawn` (?), a. Extended to a great length.

The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear- splitting strains.

G. W. Cable.

Longe (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. allonge. See Lunge.]

1. A thrust. See Lunge. Smollett.

2. The training ground for a horse. Farrow.

Longe, n. (Zoöl.) Same as 4th Lunge.

Long"er (?), n. One who longs for anything.

Lon*ge"val (?), a. Long-loved; longevous.[R.] Pope.

Lon*gev"i*ty (?), n. [L. longaevitas. See Longevous.] Long duration of life; length of life.

The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.

Arbuthnot.