Part 6614

<h1>Locky</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lock"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having locks or tufts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Loco</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.</def>

<h1>Loco</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"co</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>loco</ets> insane.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Astragalus Hornii</spn>) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also <altname>loco weed</altname>.</def>

<h1>Locofoco</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo`co*fo"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. <ets>loco foci</ets> instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by him <ets>locofoco cigar</ets>, in imitation of the word <ets>locomotive</ets>, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A friction match.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<note>&hand; The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced <i>locofoco</i> matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object.</note>

<h1>Locomotion</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo`co*mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>locus</ets> place + <ets>motio</ets> motion: cf. F. <ets>locomotion</ets>. See <er>Local</er>, and <er>Motion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of moving from place to place. " Animal <i>locomotion</i>." <i>Milton.</i></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.</def>

<-- 3. the name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's -->

<h1>Locomotive</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>locomotif</ets>. See <er>Locomotion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; <as>as, a <ex>locomotive</ex> animal</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Used in producing motion; <as>as, the <ex>locomotive</ex> organs of an animal</as>.</def>

<h1>Locomotive</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"co*mo`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<cs><col>Consolidation locomotive</col>, <cd>a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.</cd> -- <col>Locomotive car</col>, <cd>a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Locomotive engine</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Locomotive</er>, above.</cd> -- <col>Mogul locomotive</col>. <cd>See <er>Mogul</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Locomotiveness, Locomotivity</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw><hw>Lo"co*mo`tive*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lo`co*mo*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>locomotivit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The power of changing place.</def>

<h1>Locomotor</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo`co*mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Locomotion</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Locomotor ataxia</col>, &or; <col>Progressive locomotor ataxy</col></mcol> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in co\'94rdinating voluntary movements.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loculament</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Loc"u*la*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>loculamentum</ets> case, box, fr. <ets>loculus</ets> a compartment, dim. of <ets>locus</ets> place.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.</def>