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Lon*ge"vous (?), a. [L. longaevus; longus long + aevum lifetime, age. See Long, and Age.] Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne.

Long"hand` (?), n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

Long"head"ed (?), a. Having unusual foresight or sagacity. -- Long"-head`ed*ness, n.

Long"horn` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long- horned.

Long"-horned` (?), a. (Zoöl.) [Obs.] Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennæ, as certain beetles (Longicornia).

Lon"gi*corn (?), a. [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.] (Zoöl.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. -- n. One of the Longicornia.

||Lon`gi*cor"ni*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + cornu horn.] ||(Zoöl.) 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. || Lon`gi*lat"er*al (?), a. [L. longus long + lateralis lateral, fr. 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.

Lon*gil"o*quence (?), n. [L. langus long + loquentia a talking.] Long- windedness.

American longiloquence in oratory.

Fitzed. Hall.

Lon*gim"a*nous (?), a. [L. longus long + manus hand.] Having long hands. Sir T. Browne.

Lon*gim"e*try (?), n. [L. longus long + -metry: cf. F. longimétrie.] The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. Cheyne.

Long"ing (?), n. An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.

Shak.

Long"ing*ly, adv. With longing. Dryden.

Lon*gin"qui*ty (?), n. [L. longinquitas, fr. longinquus extensive, remote, fr. longus long.] Greatness of distance; remoteness. [R.] Barrow.

Lon"gi*palp (?), n. [F. longipalpe, fr. L. longus long + F. palpe a feeler, a palp.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.

Lon"gi*pen"nate (?), a. [L. longus long + E. pennate.] (Zoöl.) Having long wings, or quills.

||Lon`gi*pen"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. longus long + penna wing.] ||(Zoöl.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, ||petrels, etc. || Lon`gi*pen"nine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

Lon`gi*ros"ter (?), n.; pl. L. Longirostres (#), E. Longirosters (#). [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F. longirostre.] (Zoöl.) One of the Longirostres.

Lon`gi*ros"tral (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

||Lon`gi*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + rostrum beak.] ||(Zoöl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, ||as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an ||artificial division. || Long"ish (?), a. Somewhat long; moderately long.

Lon"gi*tude (?), n. [F., fr. L. longitudo, fr. 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.