Part 6603

<h1>Loafer</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loaf"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>l\'84ufer</ets> a runner, Prov. G. <ets>laufer</ets>, <ets>lofer</ets>, fr. <ets>laufen</ets> to run. See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <def>One who loafs; a lazy lounger.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Loam</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>l\'bem</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leem</ets>, G. <ets>lehm</ets>, and E. <ets>lime</ets>. See 4th <er>Lime</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.</def>

<blockquote>We wash a wall of <b>loam</b>; we labor in vain. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.</def>

<cs><col>Loam mold</col> <fld>(Founding)</fld>, <cd>a mold made with loam. See <er>Loam</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</cd> -- <col>Loam molding</col>, <cd>the process or business of making loam molds.</cd> <col>Loam plate</col>, <cd>an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended.</cd> -- <col>Loam work</col>, <cd>loam molding or loam molds.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loam</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loam</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loamed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loaming</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover, smear, or fill with loam.</def>

<h1>Loamy</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loam"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Loan</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lawn</er>.]</ety> <def>A loanin.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Loan</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loan</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lone</ets>, <ets>lane</ets>, AS. <ets>l\'ben</ets>, <ets>l\'91n</ets>, fr. <ets>le\'a2n</ets> to lend; akin to D. <ets>leen</ets> loan, fief, G. <ets>lehen</ets> fief, Icel. <ets>l\'ben</ets>, G. <ets>leihen</ets> to lend, OHG. <ets>l\'c6han</ets>, Icel. <ets>lj\'c6</ets>, Goth. <ets>leihwan</ets>, L. <ets>linquere</ets> to leave, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>ric</ets>. <?/ Cf. <er>Delinquent</er>, <er>Eclipse</er>, <er>Eleven</er>, <er>Ellipse</er>, <er>Lend</er>, <er>License</er>, <er>Relic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; <as>as, the <ex>loan</ex> of a book, money, services</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; <as>as, he repaid the <ex>loan</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Loan office</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A pawnbroker's shop.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loan</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loan</hw>, <tt>n. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loaned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loaning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To lend; -- sometimes with <i>out</i>.</def>

<i>Kent.</i>

<blockquote>By way of location or <b>loaning</b> them out. <i>J. Langley (1644).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loanable</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loan"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be lent; available for lending; <as>as, <ex>loanable</ex> funds</as>; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.</def>

<h1>Loanin, Loaning</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Loan"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Loan"ing</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Scotch <ets>loan</ets>, E. <ets>lawn</ets>.]</ety> <def>An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott. </i>