Part 6631

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.</def>

<blockquote>I am very often alone. I don't mean I am <b>lonely</b>. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented; sequestered; secluded.</syn>

<h1>Loneness</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Solitude; seclusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Lonesome</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lone"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lonesomer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lonesomest</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.</def>

<blockquote>Like one that on a <b>lonesome</b> road Doth walk in fear and dread. <i>Coleridge</i></blockquote>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; <as>as, to feel <ex>lonesome</ex></as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lone"some*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Lone"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Long</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Long</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Longer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Longest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>long</ets>, <ets>lang</ets>; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. <ets>lang</ets>, Icel. <ets>langr</ets>, Sw. <ets>l\'86ng</ets>, Dan. <ets>lang</ets>, Goth. <ets>laggs</ets>, L.<ets>longus</ets>. &root;125. Cf. <er>Length</er>, <er>Ling</er> a fish, <er>Linger</er>, <er>Lunge</er>, <er>Purloin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> line; -- opposed to <ex>short</ex>, and distinguished from <ex>broad</ex> or <ex>wide</ex>.</as></def>

<hr> <page="867"> Page 867<p>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> series of events; a <ex>long</ex> debate; a <ex>long</ex> drama; a <ex>long</ex> history; a <ex>long</ex> book.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; <as>as, <ex>long</ex> hours of watching</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.</def>

<blockquote>The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not <b>long</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; <as>as, a span <ex>long</ex>; a yard <ex>long</ex>; a mile <ex>long</ex>, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Far-reaching; extensive.</def> " <i>Long</i> views."

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See <er>Short</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 13, and <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 22, 30.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Long</i> is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, <i>long-</i>armed, <i>long-</i>beaked, <i>long-</i>haired, <i>long-</i>horned, <i>long-</i>necked, <i>long-</i>sleeved, <i>long-</i>tailed, <i>long-</i> worded, etc.</note>

<cs><col>In the long run</col>, <cd>in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.</cd> -- <col>Long clam</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common clam (<spn>Mya arenaria</spn>) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also <altname>soft-shell clam</altname> and <altname>long-neck clam</altname>. See <er>Mya</er>.</cd> -- <col>Long cloth</col>, <cd>a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.</cd> -- <col>Long clothes</col>, <cd>clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet.</cd> -- <col>Long division</col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Division</er>.</cd> -- <col>Long dozen</col>, <cd>one more than a dozen; thirteen.</cd> -- <col>Long home</col>, <cd>the grave.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Long measure</col>, <col>Long mater</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Measure</er>, <er>Meter</er>.</cd> -- <col>Long Parliament</col> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653.</cd> -- <col>Long price</col>, <cd>the full retail price.</cd> -- <col>Long purple</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the <spn>Orchis mascula</spn>. <i>Dr. Prior</i>.</cd> -- <col>Long suit</col> <fld>(Whist)</fld>, <cd>a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. <i>R. A. Proctor</i>.</cd> -- <col>Long tom</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A long trough for washing auriferous earth</cd>. <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>The long-tailed titmouse.</cd> -- <col>Long wall</col> <fld>(Coal Mining)</fld>, <cd>a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are needed.</cd> -- <col>Of long</col>, <cd>a long time. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Fairfax</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To be</col>, &or; <col>go</col>, <col>long of the market</col>, <col>To be on the long side of the market</col></mcol>, etc. <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to <i>short<i> in such phrases as, <i>to be short of stock<i>, <i>to sell short<i>, etc. <mark></mark> See <er>Short</er>.</cd> -- <col>To have a long head</col>, <cd>to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.</cd></cs>

<h1>Long</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>A long sound, syllable, or vowel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, <i>the long and the short of it</i>, that is, the sum and substance of it.</def>