Part 785

-- To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep. -- To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

Lose (?), v. i. To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out.

Shak.

Los"el (?), n. [From the root of lose, loss. √127. Cf. Lorel.] One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. [Archaic] Spenser.

One sad losel soils a name for aye.

Byron.

Los"el, a. Wasteful; slothful.

Los"en*ger (?), n. [OF. losengier, losengeor, fr. losengier to deceive, flatter, losenge, flattery, Pr. lauzenga, fr. L. laus praise. Cf. Lozenge.] A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done.

Holinshed.

Los"en*ger*ie (?), n. [OF.] Flattery; deceit; trickery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Los"er (?), n. One who loses. South.

Lo"sing (?), a. [See Losenger.] Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.]

Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Flatterer.

Fuller.

Los"ing (?), a. [See Lose, v. t.] Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.

Who strive to sit out losing hands are lost.

Herbert.

Los"ing*ly (?), adv. In a manner to incur loss.

Loss (ls; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. leósan to lose. √127. See Lose, v. t.] 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.