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- English Word Lodging Definition A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.
- English Word Lodging Definition Abiding place; harbor; cover.
- English Word Lodgment Definition The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
- English Word Lodgment Definition A lodging place; a room.
- English Word Lodgment Definition An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
- English Word Lodgment Definition The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
- English Word Lodicule Definition One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.
- English Word Loellingite Definition A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.
- English Word Loess Definition A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
- English Word Loeven's larva Definition The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.
- English Word Loffe Definition To laugh.
- English Word Loft Definition That which is lifted up; an elevation.
- English Word Loft Definition The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
- English Word Loft Definition A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
- English Word Loft Definition A floor or room placed above another; a story.
- English Word Loft Definition Lofty; proud.
- English Word Loftily Definition In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
- English Word Loftiness Definition The state or quality of being lofty.
- English Word Lofty Definition Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
- English Word Lofty Definition Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.
- English Word Log Definition A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
- English Word Log Definition A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
- English Word Log Definition An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
- English Word Log Definition Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
- English Word Log Definition A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
- English Word Log Definition A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- English Word Log Definition To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
- English Word Log Definition To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
- English Word Log Definition To move to and fro; to rock.
- English Word Log-chip Definition A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.