Part 6662

<i>Denham.</i>

<h1>Loud-mouthed</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loud"-mouthed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.</def>

<h1>Loudness</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loud"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being loud.</def>

<h1>Loud-voiced</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Loud"-voiced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Lough</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Loch</er>.]</ety> <def>A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.</def>

<h1>Lough</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. strong imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Laugh</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Louis d'or</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lou"is d'or`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., gold louis.]</ety> <def>Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.</def>

<h1>Lonis quatorze</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lon"is qua*torze"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., Louis fourteenth.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; <as>as, <ex>Louis quatorze</ex> architecture</as>.</def>

<h1>Louk</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Louk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An accomplice; a "pal."</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is no thief without a <b>louk</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lounge</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lounge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lounged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lounging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lungis</ets> a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. <ets>longis</ets>, <ets>longin</ets>, said to be fr. <ets>Longinus</ets>, the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. <ets>longus</ets> long. Cf. <er>Long</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>lounge</b> over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. <i>J. Hannay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lounge</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Lounge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.</def>

<blockquote>She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop <?/erved as a fashionable <b>lounge</b>. <i>Miss Edgeworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.</def>

<h1>Lounger</h1> <Xpage=871>