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<hw>Loos"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, loosens.</def>

<h1>Looseness</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Loose"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; <as>as, the <ex>looseness</ex> of a cord; <ex>looseness</ex> of style; <ex>looseness</ex> of morals or of principles.</as></def>

<h1>Loosestrife</h1> <Xpage=868>

<hw>Loose"strife`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The name of several species of plants of the genus <spn>Lysimachia</spn>, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any species of the genus <spn>Lythrum</spn>, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.</def> <i>Gray</i>.

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<cs><col>False loosestrife</col>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Ludwigia</spn>, which includes several species, most of which are found in the United States.</cd> -- <col>Tufted loosestrife</col>, <cd>the plant <spn>Lysimachia thyrsiflora</spn>, found in the northern parts of the United States and in Europe.</cd></cs>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Loosish</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Loos"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat loose.</def>

<h1>Loot</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Loot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>l<?/t</ets>, Skr. <ets>l<?/tra</ets>, <ets>l<?/ptra</ets>, booty, <ets>lup</ets> to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. <ets>rob</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of plundering.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.</def>

<h1>Loot</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Loot</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Looted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Looting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.</def>

<blockquote><b>Looting</b> parties . . . ransacking the houses. <i>L.O<?/phant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Looter</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Loot"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plunderer.</def>

<h1>Loover</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Loo"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Louver</er>.</def>

<h1>Lop</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>loppe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A flea.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cleveland.</i>

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<hw>Lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lopped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lopping</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prov. G. <ets>luppen</ets>, <ets>lubben</ets>,to cut, geld, or OD. <ets>luppen</ets>, D. <ets>lubben</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho<?/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> a tree or its branches</as>.</def> "With branches <i>lopped</i>, in wood or mountain felled."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Expunge the whole, or <b>lop</b> the excrescent parts. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut partly off and bend down; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> bushes in a hedge</as>.</def>