Part 782

But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is part of our creed ?

Thackeray.

||Lor*do"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; , fr. &?; bent so as to be ||convex in front.] (Med.) (a) A curvature of the spine forwards, ||usually in the lumbar region. (b) Any abnormal curvature of the ||bones. || Lords" and La"dies (?). (Bot.) The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr. Prior.

Lord"ship (?), n. 1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.

2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber.

Dryden.

3. Dominion; power; authority.

They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them.

Mark x. 42.

Lore (lr), n. [F. lore, L. lorum thong.] (Zoöl.) (a) The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes. (b) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Lore, obs. imp. & p. p. of Lose.. [See Lose.] Lost.

Neither of them she found where she them lore.

Spenser.

Lore, n. [OE. lore, lare, AS. lr, fr. lran to teach; akin to D. leer teaching, doctrine, G. lehre, Dan. lære, Sw. lära. See Learn, and cf. Lere, v. t.] 1. That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore. "The lore of war." Fairfax.

His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore.

Milton.

2. That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel. Chaucer.

If please ye, listen to my lore.

Spenser.

3. Workmanship. [Obs.] Spenser.

{ Lor"e*al (?), Lor"al (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.

Lor"el (?), n. [&?;. Cf. Losel.] A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lor"en (?), obs. strong p. p. of Lose. Chaucer.

Lores"man (?), n. [Lore learning + man.] An instructor. [Obs.] Gower.

||Lo`rette" (?), n. [F.] In France, a name for a woman who is supported ||by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; ||-- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near ||which many of them resided. || Lo`ret*tine" (?), n. (R. C. Ch.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.

Lor`gnette" (?) n. [F.] An opera glass; pl. elaborate double eyeglasses.

Lo"ri (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Lory.