Part 6619

<h1>Lodgment</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lodg"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lodgement</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logement</ets>. See <er>Lodge</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.</def>

<blockquote>Any particle which is of size enough to make a <b>lodgment</b> afterwards in the small arteries. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lodging place; a room.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; <as>as, to effect a <ex>lodgment</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Lodicule</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Lod"i*cule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lodicula</ets>. dim, of <ets>lodix</ets>, <ets>lodicis</ets>, a coverlet: cf. F. <ets>lodicule</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.</def>

<h1>Loellingite</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loel"ling*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from <ets>L\'94lling</ets>, in Austria.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.</def>

<h1>Loess</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>l\'94ss</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.</def>

<h1>Loeven's larva</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loev"en's lar"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Named after the Swedish zo\'94logist, S. F. <ets>L\'94ven</ets>, who discovered it.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See <er>Polygordius</er>.</def>

<h1>Loffe</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loffe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To laugh.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Loft</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loft</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>lopt</ets> air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. <ets>lyft</ets> air, G. <ets>luft</ets>, Dan. <ets>loft</ets> loft, Goth. <ets>luftus</ets> air. Cf. <er>Lift</er>, <tt>v.</tt> & <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <def>That which is lifted up; an elevation.</def> Hence, especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; <as>as, an organ <ex>loft</ex></as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A floor or room placed above another; a story.</def>

<blockquote>Eutychus . . . fell down from the third <b>loft</b>. <i>Acts xx. 9.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>On loft</col>, <cd>aloft; on high. Cf. <er>Onloft</er>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loft</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loft</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lofty; proud.</def> <mark>[R. & Obs.]</mark>

<i>Surrey.</i>

<h1>Loftily</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Loft"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lofty</er>.]</ety> <def>In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.</def>

<h1>Loftiness</h1> <Xpage=865>