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<hw>Lote</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lotte</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European burbot.</def>

<h1>Lote</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lutian</ets>.]</ety> <def>To lurk; to lie hid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<mhw><h1>Loth, a., Lothly, a. & adv., Lothsome</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Loth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, <hw>Loth"ly</hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt>, <hw>Loth"some</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></mhw>, <def>See <er>Loath</er>, <er>Loathly</er>, etc.</def>

<h1>Lothario</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo*tha"ri*o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Name of a character in Rowe's drama, "The Fair Penitent."]</ety> <def>A gay seducer of women; a libertine.</def>

<h1>Lotion</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lotio</ets>, fr. <ets>lavare</ets>, <ets>lotum</ets>, to wash: cf. F. <ets>lotion</ets>. See <er>Lave</er> to wash.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.</def>

<h1>Loto</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lotto</er>.</def>

<h1>Lotong</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo*tong"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>l<?/tong</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian monkey (<spn>Semnopithecus femoralis</spn>).</def>

<h1>Lotophagi</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo*toph"a*gi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ the lotus + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See <er>Lotus</er> <sd>(b)</sd>, and <er>Lotus-eater</er>.</def>

<h1>Lotos</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo"tos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lotus</er>.</def>

<h1>Lottery</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lot"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lotteries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[<ets>Lot</ets> + <ets>-ery</ets>, as in brewe<ets>ry</ets>, bind<ets>ery</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.</def>

<note>&hand; The laws of the United States and of most of the States make lotteries illegal.</note><-- except those conducted by the states themselves -->

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Allotment; thing allotted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Lotto</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lot"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>loto or</ets> It. <ets>lotto</ets>, prop., a lot; of German origin. See <er>Lot</er>.]</ety> <def>A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of <i>lotto</i> is called <stype>keno</stype>.</def> <altsp>[Often written <asp>loto</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Loture</h1> <Xpage=870>

<hw>Lo"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lotura</ets>. See <er>Lotion</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Lotion</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>