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<hw>Lob"lol`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.</def>

<cs><col>Loblolly bay</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus <spn>Gordonia</spn> (<spn>G. Lasianthus</spn>), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (<spn>Laplacea h\'91matoxylon</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Loblolly boy</col>, <cd>a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. <i>Smollett</i>.</cd> -- <col>Loblolly pine</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (<spn>Pinus T\'91da</spn>). Also, <spn>P. Bahamensis</spn>, of the West Indies.</cd> -- <col>Loblolly tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as <spn>Pisonia subcordata</spn>, <spn>Cordia alba</spn>, and <spn>Cupania glabra</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lobosa</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo*bo"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the <i>Am\'d2ba</i>.</def>

<h1>Lobscouse</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"scouse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>lobscourse</ets> from which <ets>lobscouse</ets> is corrupted.]</ety> <ety>[<ets>Lob</ets> + <ets>course</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.</def>

<h1>Lobsided</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"sid`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Lopsided</er>.</def>

<h1>Lobspound</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lobs"pound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lob</ets> + <ets>pound</ets> a prison.]</ety> <def>A prison.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Lobster</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>loppestre</ets>, <ets>lopystre</ets> prob., corrupted fr. L. <ets>locusta</ets> a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. <er>Locust</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus <spn>Homarus</spn>; as the American lobster (<spn>H. Americanus</spn>), and the European lobster (<spn>H. vulgaris</spn>). The Norwegian lobster (<spn>Nephrops Norvegicus</spn>) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to <spn>Palinurus</spn>, <spn>Panulirus</spn>, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called <i>lobsters</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Lobster caterpillar</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (<spn>Stauropus fagi</spn>); -- so called from its form.</cd> <col>Lobster louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a copepod crustacean (<spn>Nicotho\'89 astaci</spn>) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lobular</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"u*lar</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lobulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.</def>

<h1>Lobulate, Lobulated</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw><hw>Lob"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lob"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made up of, or divided into, lobules; <as>as, a <ex>lobulated</ex> gland</as>.</def>

<h1>Lobule</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"ule</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lobule</ets>, dim. of <ets>lobe</ets>. See <er>Lobe</er>.]</ety> <def>A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.</def>

<cs><col>Lobule of the ear</col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>Same as <cref>Lobe of the ear</cref>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lobulette</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob`u*lette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>lobule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.</def>

<h1>Lobworm</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lob"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lugworm.</def>

<h1>Local</h1> <Xpage=863>

<hw>Lo"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>localis</ets>, fr. <ets>locus</ets> place: cf. F. <ets>local</ets>. See <er>Lieu</er>, <er>Locus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; <as>as, a <ex>local</ex> custom</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Gives to airy nothing A <b>local</b> habitation and a name. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>