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<hw>Lob</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lobbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lobbing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To let fall heavily or lazily.</def>

<blockquote>And their poor jades <b>Lob</b> down their heads. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To lob a ball</col> <fld>(Lawn Tennis)</fld>, <cd>to strike a ball so as to send it up into the air.</cd></cs>

<-- to propel (relatively slowly) in a high arcing trajectory -->

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<hw>Lob</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>See <er>Cob</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

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<hw>Lob</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dan. <ets>lubbe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European pollock.</def>

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<hw>Lo"bar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.</def>

<h1>Lobate, Lobated</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Lo"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lo"ba*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; <as>as, a <ex>lobate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See <i>Illust</i>. <iref>(m)</iref> under <er>Aves</er>.</def>

<h1>Lobately</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo"bate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.</def>

<h1>Lobbish</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"bish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lob; consisting of lobs.</def>

<i>Sir. P. Sidney.</i>

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<hw>Lob"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lobbies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[LL. <ets>lobium</ets>, <ets>lobia</ets>, <ets>laubia</ets>, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.<ets>louba</ets>, G. <ets>laube</ets>, arbor. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an <i>antechamber</i> in that a <i>lobby</i> communicates between several rooms, an <i>antechamber</i> to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency<-- = lobbyist -->.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.</def>

<cs><col>Lobby member</col>, <cd>a lobbyist. <mark>[Humorous cant, U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Lobby</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lobbied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lobbying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.</def><mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>