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<hw>Lox`o*drom"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ slanting, oblique + <?/ a running, course; cf. F. <ets>loxodromique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; <as>as, <ex>loxodromic</ex> tables</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Loxodromic curve</col> &or; <col>line</col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.</cd></cs>

<h1>Loxodromics</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lox`o*drom"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.</def>

<h1>Loxodremism</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lox*od"re*mism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.</def>

<h1>Loxodromy</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lox*od"ro*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>loxodromic</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of loxodromics.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Loy</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A long, narrow spade for stony lands.</def>

<h1>Loyal</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>loyal</ets>, OF. <ets>loial</ets>, <ets>leial</ets>, L. <ets>legalis</ets>, fr. <ets>lex</ets>, <ets>legis</ets>, law. See <er>Legal</er>, and cf. <er>Leal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.</def>

<blockquote>Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? - To help King Edward in his time of storm, As every <b>loyal</b> subject ought to do. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.</def>

<blockquote>Your true and <b>loyal</b> wife. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Unhappy both, but <b>loyal</b>their loves. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Loyalist</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy"al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.</def>

<h1>Loyally</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy"al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a loyal manner; faithfully.</def>

<h1>Loyalness</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy"al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Loyalty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Stow.</i>

<h1>Loyally</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Loy"al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>loyaute</ets>. See <er>Loyal</er>, and cf. <er>Legality</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.</def>

<blockquote>He had such <b>loyalty</b> to the king as the law required. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his <b>loyalty</b> he saved. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>