Part 6629

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Lombard-house, Lombar-house</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw><hw>Lom"bard-house</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lom"bar-house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><ety>[F. or D. <ets>lombard</ets>. See <er>Lombard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also <altname>mont de pi\'82t\'82</altname>.</def>

<h1>Lombardic</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lom*bar"dic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.</def>

<cs><col>Lombardic alphabet</col>, <cd>the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy.</cd> -- <col>Lombardic architecture</col>, <cd>the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy.</cd> <i>F. G. Lee</i>. <col>Lombardy poplar</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Poplar</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loment</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lomentum</ets> a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. <ets>lavare</ets>, <ets>lotum</ets>, to wash.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.</def>

<h1>Lomentaceous</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo`men*ta"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Loment</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.</def>

<h1>Lomonite</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lom"o*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Laumontite</er>.</def>

<h1>Lompish</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lomp"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lumpish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lond</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>London</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lon"don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The capital city of England.</def>

<cs><col>London paste</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.</cd> -- <col>London pride</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A garden name for <spn>Saxifraga umbrosa</spn>, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A name anciently given to the Sweet William</cd>. <i>Dr. Prior</i>.</cd> -- <col>London rocket</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a cruciferous plant (<spn>Sisymbrium Irio</spn>) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.</cd></cs>

<h1>Londoner</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lon"don*er</hw> <tt>(-&etil;r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of London.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Londonism</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lon"don*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.</def>

<h1>Londonize</h1> <Xpage=866>