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Loos"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, loosens.

Loose"ness, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

Loose"strife` (-strf`), n. (Bot.) (a) The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color. (b) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray.

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False loosestrife, a plant of the genus Ludwigia, which includes several species, most of which are found in the United States. -- Tufted loosestrife, the plant Lysimachia thyrsiflora, found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe. Gray.

Loos"ish (ls"sh), a. Somewhat loose. [1913 Webster]

Loot (lt), n. [Hind. l, Skr. ltra, lptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob.] 1. The act of plundering.

2. Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.

Loot, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Looted; p. pr. & vb. n. Looting.] To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.

L. Oliphant.

Loot"er (lt"r), n. A plunderer.

Loo"ver (l"vr), n. See Louver.

Lop (?), n. [AS. loppe.] A flea.[Obs.] Cleveland.

Lop (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lopping (?).] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben,to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shoorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." Milton.

Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.

Pope.

2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.

Lop, n. That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree. Shak. Mortimer.

Lop, v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

Lop, v. t. To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

Lop, a. Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.

Lope (?), imp. of Leap. [Obs.]

And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See Leap.] 1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes." Middleton.

2. To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]

Lope, n. 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.]