Part 6654

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

<hw><hw>Lor"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lor"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.</def>

<h1>Lorel</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lor"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<?/. Cf. <er>Losel</er>.]</ety> <def>A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loren</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lor"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. strong p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lose</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loresman</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lores"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lore</ets>learning + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instructor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Lorette</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo`rette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de <i>Lorette</i>, in Paris, near which many of them resided.</def>

<h1>Lorettine</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo`ret*tine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at <ets>Loretto</ets>, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also <altname>Sisters of Loretto</altname>, or <altname>Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross</altname>) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.</def>

<h1>Lorgnette</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lor`gnette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An opera glass</def>; <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>elaborate double eyeglasses.</def>

<h1>Lori</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Lory</er>.</def>

<h1>Lorica</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lo*ri"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Loric\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., lit., a corselet of thongs, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anc. Armor)</fld> <def>A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer</def>.

<h1>Loricata</h1> <Xpage=869>

<hw>Lor`i*ca"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Loricata</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The crocodilia.</def>

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<h1>Loricate</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lor"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loricated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loricating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>loricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>loricare</ets> to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. <ets>lorica</ets> a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. <ets>lorum</ets> thong.]</ety> <def>To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.</def>