Part 6632

<i>Addison.</i>

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

<hw>Long</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To a great extent in apace; <as>as, a <ex>long</ex> drawn out line</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To a great extent in time; during a long time.</def>

<blockquote>They that tarry <b>long</b> at the wine. <i>Prov. xxiii. 30.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When the trumpet soundeth <b>long</b>. <i>Ex. xix. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; <as>as, not <ex>long</ex> before; not <ex>long</ex> after; <ex>long</ex> before the foundation of Rome; <ex>long</ex> after the Conquest.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Through the whole extent or duration.</def>

<blockquote>The bird of dawning singeth all night <b>long</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how <i>long</i> will you be gone?</def>

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<hw>Long</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[Abbreviated fr. <ets>along</ets>. See 3d <er>Along</er>.]</ety> <def>By means of; by the fault of; because of. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <cref>Along of</cref>, under 3d <er>Along</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Long</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Longed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Longing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>langian</ets> to increase, to lengthen, to stretch out the mind after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. <ets>lang</ets> long. See <er>Long</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by <ptcl>after</ptcl> or <ptcl>for</ptcl>.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>long</b> to see you. <i>Rom. i. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have <b>longed</b> after thy precepts. <i>Ps. cxix. 40.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have <b>longed</b> for thy salvation. <i>Ps. cxix. 174.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nicomedes, <b>longing</b> for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To belong; -- used with <ptcl>to</ptcl>, <ptcl>unto</ptcl>, or <ptcl>for</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The labor which that <b>longeth</b> unto me. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Longan</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (<spn>Nephelium Longan</spn>).</def>

<h1>Longanimity</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`ga*nim"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longanimitas</ets>; <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>animus</ets> mind: cf. F. <ets>longanimit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

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

<hw>Long"-armed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having long arms; <as>as, the <ex>long-armed</ex> ape or gibbon</as>.</def>

<h1>Longbeak</h1> <Xpage=867>