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<h1>Loathingly</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With loathing.</def>

<h1>Loathliness</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Loathsomeness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Loathly</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>l\'be<?/lic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Loathsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " <i>Loathly</i> mouth."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Loathly</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Unwillingly; reluctantly.</def>

<blockquote>This shows that you from nature <b>loathly</b> stray. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>(<?/) So as to cause loathing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With dust and blood his locks were <b>loathly</b> dight. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loathness</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unwillingness; reluctance.</def>

<blockquote>A general silence and <b>loathness</b> to speak. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loathsome</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.</def>

<blockquote>The most <b>loathsome</b> and deadly forms of infection. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Loath"some*ly</wf>. <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Loath"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Loathy</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loath"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Loathsome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Loaves</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Loaves</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <def><tt>pl.</tt> of <er>Loaf</er>.</def>

<h1>Lob</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>llob</ets> an unwieldy lump, a dull fellow, a blockhead. Cf. <er>Looby</er>, <er>Lubber</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A dull, heavy person.</def> " Country <i>lobs</i>."

<i>Gauden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something thick and heavy.</def>

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