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- English Word Long Definition To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.
- English Word Long Definition To a great extent in time; during a long time.
- English Word Long Definition At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
- English Word Long Definition Through the whole extent or duration.
- English Word Long Definition Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
- English Word Long Definition By means of; by the fault of; because of.
- English Word Long Definition To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.
- English Word Long Definition To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.
- English Word Long primer Definition A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
- English Word Long-armed Definition Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.
- English Word Long-breathed Definition Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
- English Word Long-drawn Definition Extended to a great length.
- English Word Long-horned Definition Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles (Longicornia).
- English Word Long-lived Definition Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.
- English Word Long-sight Definition Long-sightedness.
- English Word Long-sighted Definition Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
- English Word Long-sighted Definition Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
- English Word Long-sightedness Definition The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.
- English Word Long-sightedness Definition See Hypermetropia.
- English Word Long-stop Definition One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
- English Word Long-sufferance Definition Forbearance to punish or resent.
- English Word Long-suffering Definition Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.
- English Word Long-suffering Definition Long patience of offense.
- English Word Long-tongue Definition The wryneck.
- English Word Long-tongued Definition Having a long tongue.
- English Word Long-tongued Definition Talkative; babbling; loquacious.
- English Word Long-waisted Definition Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.
- English Word Long-waisted Definition Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
- English Word Long-winded Definition Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
- English Word Longan Definition A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).