Part 6657

<blockquote>In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars <b>lost their heads</b>. <i>Whitney.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>To lose one's self</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, <i>to lose one's self</i> in a great city.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; <as>as, we <ex>lose ourselves</ex> in sleep</as></cd>. -- <col>To lose sight of</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To cease to see; as, <i>to lose sight of</i> the land.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; <as>as, he <ex>lost sight of</ex> the issue</as></cd>.

<h1>Lose</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.</def>

<blockquote>We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who <b>loses</b> and who wins; who's in, who's out. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Losel</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the root of <ets>lose</ets>, <ets>loss</ets>. <?/. Cf. <er>Lorel</er>.]</ety> <def>One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>One sad <b>losel</b> soils a name for aye. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Losel</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"el</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wasteful; slothful.</def>

<h1>Losenger</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"en*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>losengier</ets>, <ets>losengeor</ets>, fr. <ets>losengier</ets> to deceive, flatter, <ets>losenge</ets>, flattery, Pr. <ets>lauzenga</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laus</ets> praise. Cf. <er>Lozenge</er>.]</ety> <def>A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other <b>losengers</b> had done. <i>Holinshed.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Losengerie</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"en*ger*ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <def>Flattery; deceit; trickery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Loser</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who loses.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Losing</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo"sing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Losenger</er>.]</ety> <def>Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named <b>Losing</b>, that is, the Fratterer. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Losing</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Los"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Causing or incurring loss; <as>as, a <ex>losing</ex> game or business</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Who strive sit out <b>losing</b> hands are lost. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Losingly</h1> <Xpage=870>