Part 6635

<blockquote>Put on my crown; I have immortal <b>longings</b> in me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Longingly</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With longing.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Longinquity</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon*gin"qui*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longinquitas</ets>, fr. <ets>longinquus</ets> extensive, remote, fr. <ets>longus</ets> long.]</ety> <def>Greatness of distance; remoteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Longipalp</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon"gi*palp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>longipalpe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + F. <ets>palpe</ets> a feeler, a palp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.</def>

<h1>Longipennate</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon"gi*pen"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + E. <ets>pennate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having long wings, or quills.</def>

<h1>Longipennes</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*pen"nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>penna</ets> wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.</def>

<h1>Longipennine</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*pen"nine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.</def>

<h1>Longiroster</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*ros"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Longirostres</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Longirosters</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak: cf. F. <ets>longirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Longirostres.</def>

<h1>Longirostral</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*ros"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.</def>

<h1>Longirostres</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon`gi*ros"tres</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>longus</ets> long + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.</def>

<h1>Longish</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Long"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat long; moderately long.</def>

<h1>Longitude</h1> <Xpage=867>

<hw>Lon"gi*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>longitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>longus</ets> long.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from <i>breadth</i> or <i>thickness</i>; <as>as, the <ex>longitude</ex> of a room</as>; rare now, except in a humorous sense.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>longitude</b> of their cloaks. <i>Sir. W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mine [shadow] spindling into <b>longitude</b> immense. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>