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<hw>Loi"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a loitering manner.</def>

<h1>Lok, Loki</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw><hw>Lok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lo"ki</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>Loki</ets>, perh. akin to <ets>lokka</ets>, <ets>locka</ets> to allure, entice.]</ety> <fld>(Scandinavian Myth.)</fld> <def>The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the <i>African</i> of the Persians.</def>

<h1>Locao</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*ca"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A green vegetable dye imported from China.</def>

<h1>Loke</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Loke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lock</er> a fastening.]</ety> <def>A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Lokorys</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lok"o*rys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Liquorice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loligo</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*li"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., cuttle fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.</def>

<h1>Loll</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Loll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lolled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lolling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>lolla</ets> to act lazily, <ets>loll</ets>, <ets>lolla</ets>, laziness, OD. <ets>lollen</ets> to sit over the fire, and E. <ets>lull</ets>. Cf. <er>Lill</er>, <er>Lull</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.</def>

<blockquote>Void of care, he <b>lolls</b> supine in state. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.</def>

<blockquote>The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With <b>lolling</b> tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. <i>Dryden</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; <as>as, the ox stood <ex>lolling</ex> in the furrow</as>.</def>

<h1>Loll</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Loll</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.</def>

<blockquote>Fierce tigers couched around and <b>lolled</b> their fawning tongues. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lollard</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lol"lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>Lollardi</ets>, <ets>Lullardi</ets>, from Walter <ets>Lolhardus</ets>, a German; cf. LG. & D. <ets>lollen</ets> to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. <ets>lollaerd</ets> a mumbler, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See <er>Loll</er>, <er>Lull</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the followers of Wyclif in England.</def> <altsp>[Called also <asp>Loller</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>By <b>Lollards</b> all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lollardism, Lollardy</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw><hw>Lol"lard*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lol"lard*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.</def>

<h1>Loller</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Loll"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Loll</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lolls.</def>

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