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<p><b>2.</b> <def>An idle vagabond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A Lollard.</def>

<h1>Lollingly</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Loll"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lolling manner.</def>

<i>Buckle.</i>

<h1>Lollipop</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lol"li*pop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perhaps fr. Prov. E. <ets>loll</ets> to soothe + <ets>pope</ets> a mixed liquor.]</ety> <def>A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.</def>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Lollop</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lol"lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Loll</er>.]</ety> <def>To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.</def> <mark>[Law.]</mark>

<i>Charles Reade.</i>

<h1>Loma</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lomata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a fringe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.</def>

<h1>Lomatinous</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*mat"i*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Loma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Furnished with lobes or flaps.</def>

<h1>Lombard</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lom"bard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.</def>

<h1>Lombard</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lom"bard</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lombard</ets>, fr. the <ets>Longobardi</ets> or <ets>Langobardi</ets>, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See <er>Long</er>, and <er>Beard</er>, and cf. <er>Lumber</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by <ets>Lombards</ets>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Same as <er>Lombard-house</er>.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>Lombard</b> unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A form of cannon formerly in use.</def>

<i>Prescott.</i>

<cs><col>Lombard Street</col>, <cd>the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lombardeer</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lom`bard*eer"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pawnbroker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>