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<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Locustella</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo`cus*tel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>locusta</ets> a locust.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European cricket warbler.</def>

<h1>Locustic</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo*cus"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.</def>

<h1>Locusting</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"cust*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Swarming and devastating like locusts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Locust tree</h1> <Xpage=864>

<hw>Lo"cust tree`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large North American tree of the genus <spn>Robinia</spn> (<spn>R. Pseudacacia</spn>), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called <altname>acacia</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus <spn>Hymen\'91a</spn>, of which <spn>H. Courbaril</spn> is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (<spn>Ceratonia siliqua</spn>), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region.</note>

<cs><col>Honey locust tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tree of the genus <spn>Gleditschia</spn> ) <spn>G. triacanthus</spn>), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply <altname>honey locust</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Water locust tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a small swamp tree (<spn>Gleditschia monosperma</spn>), of the Southern United States.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Locution</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lo*cu"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>locutio</ets>, fr. <ets>loqui</ets> to speak: cf. F. <ets>locution</ets>. ]</ety> <def>Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.</def> " Stumbling <i>locutions</i>."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<blockquote>I hate these figures in <b>locution</b>, These about phrases forced by ceremony. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Locutory</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loc"u*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.</def>

<h1>Lodde</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lod"de</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The capelin.</def>

<h1>Lode</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>l\'bed</ets> way, journey, fr. <ets>l\'c6\'eban</ets> to go. See <er>Lead</er> to guide, and cf. <er>Load</er> a burden.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A water course or way; a reach of water.</def>

<blockquote>Down that long, dark <b>lode</b> . . . he and his brother skated home in triumph. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.</def>

<h1>Lodemanage</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lode"man*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lodemenage</ets>. <ets>Chaucer</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pilotage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lodeship</h1> <Xpage=865>