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Lou"is d'or` (?). [F., gold louis.] Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

Lou"is qua*torze" (l" k*tôrz"). [F., Louis fourteenth.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

Louk (louk), n. An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.]

There is no thief without a louk.

Chaucer.

Lounge (lounj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged (lounjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging (loun"jng).] [OE. lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. longis, longin, said to be fr. Longinus, the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. longus long. Cf. Long, a.] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

J. Hannay.

Lounge, n. 1. An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.

She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge.

Miss Edgeworth.

2. A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Loun"ger (?), n. One who lounges; an idler.

Loup (lp), n. (Iron Works) See 1st Loop.

||Loup"-cer`vier" (?), n. [F. Cf. Lusern.] (Zoöl.) The Canada lynx. See ||Lynx. || ||Loup`-loup" (l`l"), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The Pomeranian or Spitz dog. || Loups (?), n. pl.; sing. Loup. [F., prop., a wolf.] (Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

||Lour (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An Asiatic sardine (Clupea ||Neohowii), valued for its oil. || Lou"ri (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Lory.

Louse (lous), n.; pl. Lice (ls). [OE. lous, AS. ls, pl. ls; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. ls, Icel. ls, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zoöl.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.

2. Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.

3. Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.

4. Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.

The term is also applied to various other parasites; as, the whale louse, beelouse, horse louse.

Louse fly (Zoöl.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the group Pupipara. Some of them are wingless, as the bee louse. -- Louse mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of mites which infest mammals and birds, clinging to the hair and feathers like lice. They belong to Myobia, Dermaleichus, Mycoptes, and several other genera.

Louse (louz), v. t. To clean from lice. "You sat and loused him." Swift.

Louse"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.

Yellow lousewort , a plant of the genus Rhinanthus.

Lous"i*ly (?), adv. [From Lousy.] In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily. [Vulgar]

Lous"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being lousy.

Lous"y (?), a. 1. Infested with lice.