Part 6650

<h1>Lopsided</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lop"sid`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lop</ets> + <ets>side.</ets> Cf. <er>Lobsided</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; <as>as, a <ex>lopsided</ex> ship</as>.</def>

<i>Marryat.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill. </i>

<h1>Loquacious</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo*qua"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>loquax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, talkative, fr. <ets>loqui</ets> to speak; cf. Gr. <?/ to rattle, shriek, shout.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.</def>

<blockquote><b>Loquacious</b>, brawling, ever in the wrong. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Speaking; expressive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Philips.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Apt to blab and disclose secrets.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See <er>Garrulous</er>.</syn>

<h1>Loquaciously</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a loquacious manner.</def>

<h1>Loquaciousness</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo*qua"cious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Loquacity.</def>

<h1>Loquacity</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo*quac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>loquacitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>loquacit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.</def>

<blockquote>Too great <b>loquacity</b> and too great taciturnity by fits. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loquat</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo"quat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Chinese name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of the Japanese medlar (<spn>Photinia Japonica</spn>). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.</def>

<h1>Loral</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lores.</def>

<h1>Lorate</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>loratus</ets>, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.</def>

<h1>Lorcha</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lor"cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.</def>

<i>Admiral Foote.</i>