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2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar]

Such lousy learning as this is.

Bale.

Lout (lout), v. i. [OE. louten, luten, AS. ltan; akin to Icel. lta, Dan. lude, OHG. lzn to lie hid.] To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.

He fair the knight saluted, louting low.

Spenser.

Lout, n. [Formerly also written lowt.] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.

Lout, v. t. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.

Lout"ish, a. Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney. -- Lout"ish*ly, adv. -- Lout"ish*ness, n.

||Lou*tou" (?), n. [Native names.] (Zoöl.) A crested black monkey ||(Semnopithecus maurus) of Java. || { Lou"ver, Lou"vre } (?), n. [OE. lover, OF. lover, lovier; or l'ouvert the opening, fr. overt, ouvert, p. p. of ovrir, ouvrir, to open, F. ouvrir. Cf. Overt.] (Arch.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a). [Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]

Louver boards or boarding, the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc. -- Louver work, slatted work.

Lov"a*ble (?), a. Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat.

Tennyson.

Lov"age (?), n. [F. livèche, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

Love (?), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See Lief.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own.

Keble.

2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.

He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored.

Milton.

3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul.

Shak.

4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.

Love, and health to all.

Shak.

Smit with the love of sacred song.