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<hw>Lon*ge"vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longaevus</ets>; <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>aevum</ets> lifetime, age. See <er>Long</er>, and <er>Age</er>.]</ety> <def>Living a long time; of great age.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Longhand</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"hand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to <i>shorthand</i>.</def>

<h1>Longheaded</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"head"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having unusual foresight or sagacity.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Long"-head`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Longhorn</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"horn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See <er>Long-horned</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Long"-horned`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>Having a long horn or horns; <as>as, a <ex>long-horned</ex> goat, or cow</as>; having long antenn\'91, as certain beetles (<spn>Longicornia</spn>).</def>

<h1>Longicorn</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon"gi*corn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>longicorne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Longicornia.</def></def2>

<h1>Longicornia</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*cor"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>cornu</ets> horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antenn\'91 are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See <stype>Apple borer</stype>, under <er>Apple</er>, and <stype>Locust beetle</stype>, under <er>Locust</er>.</def>

<h1>Longilateral</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*lat"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>lateralis</ets> lateral, fr. <ets>latus</ets> side.]</ety> <def>Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.</def>

<blockquote>Nineveh . . . was of a <b>longilateral</b> figure, ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Longiloquence</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon*gil"o*quence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>langus</ets> long + <ets>loquentia</ets> a talking.]</ety> <def>Long-windedness.</def>

<blockquote>American <b>longiloquence</b> in oratory. <i>Fitzed. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Longimanous</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon*gim"a*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>manus</ets> hand.]</ety> <def>Having long hands.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Longimetry</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon*gim"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>-metry</ets>: cf. F. <ets>longim\'82trie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.</def>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<h1>Longing</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.</def>