Part 6607

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

<hw>Lob"by</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; <as>as, to <ex>lobby</ex> a bill</as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Lobbyist</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"by*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Lobcock</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"cock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Lobe</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lobe</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A rounded projection or division of a leaf</def>. <i>Gray</i>. <sd>(b)</sd><fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See <i>Illust.</i> of <er>Brain</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.</def>

<cs><col>Lobe of the ear</col>, <cd>the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below. See. <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Ear</er>.</cd></cs><-- = earlobe -->

<h1>Lobed</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having lobes; lobate.</def>

<h1>Lobefoot</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobe"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.</def>

<h1>Lobe-footed</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobe"-foot`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Lobiped.</def>

<h1>Lobelet</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobe"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small lobe; a lobule.</def>

<h1>Lobelia</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo*be"li*a</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. So called from <ets>Lobel</ets>, botanist to King James I.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including a great number of species. <spn>Lobelia inflata</spn>, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. <spn>L. cardinalis</spn> is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.</def>

<h1>Lobeliaceous</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo*be`li*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus <spn>Lobelia</spn> is the type.</def>

<h1>Lobelin</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo*be"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A yellowish green resin from <spn>Lobelia</spn>, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.</def>

<h1>Lobeline</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo*be"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (<spn>Lobelia inflata</spn>) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.</def>

<h1>Lobiped</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo"bi*ped</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lobe</ets> + L. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having lobate toes, as a coot.</def>

<h1>Loblolly</h1> <Xpage=863>