Part 6604

<h1>Loanmonger</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loan"mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.</def>

<blockquote>The millions of the <b>loanmonger</b>. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loath</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>looth</ets>, <ets>loth</ets>, AS. <ets>l\'be<?/</ets> hostile, odious; akin to OS. <ets>l<?/<?/</ets>, G. <ets>leid</ets>, Icel. <ets>lei<?/r</ets>, Sw. <ets>led</ets>, G. <ets>leiden</ets> to suffer, OHG. <ets>l\'c6dan</ets> to suffer, go, cf. AS. <ets>l\'c6<?/an</ets> to go, Goth. <ets>leipan</ets>, and E. <ets>lead</ets> to guide.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Hateful; odious; disliked.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; <as>as, <ex>loath</ex> to part</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Full <b>loth</b> were him to curse for his tithes. <i>Chaucer</i></blockquote>.

<blockquote>Why, then, though <b>loath</b>, yet must I be content. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loathe</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loathe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loathed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loathing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>l\'be<?/ian</ets> to hate. See <er>Loath</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.</def>

<blockquote><b>Loathing</b> the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.</def>

<blockquote>The secret which I <b>loathe</b>. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>She <b>loathes</b> the vital sir. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See <er>Hate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Loathe</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loathe</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To feel disgust or nausea.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Loather</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who loathes.</def>

<h1>Loathful</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.</def> "<i>Loathful</i> eyes."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.</def>

<blockquote>Above the reach of <b>loathful</b>, sinful lust. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loathing</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.</def>

<blockquote>The mutual fear and <b>loathing</b> of the hostile races. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>