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- English Word Lotos-eater Definition One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.
- English Word Lotted Definition of Lot
- English Word Lotteries Definition of Lottery
- English Word Lottery Definition 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.
- English Word Lottery Definition Allotment; thing allotted.
- English Word Lotting Definition of Lot
- English Word Lotto Definition 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 lotto is called keno.
- English Word Loture Definition See Lotion.
- English Word Lotus Definition A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
- English Word Lotus Definition The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
- English Word Lotus Definition The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
- English Word Lotus Definition A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
- English Word Lotus Definition An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
- English Word Lotus-eater Definition Alt. of Lotos-eater
- English Word Louchettes Definition Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.
- English Word Loud Definition Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.
- English Word Loud Definition Clamorous; boisterous.
- English Word Loud Definition Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort.
- English Word Loud Definition Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors.
- English Word Loud Definition With loudness; loudly.
- English Word Loud-mouthed Definition Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
- English Word Loud-voiced Definition Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.
- English Word Loudful Definition Noisy.
- English Word Loudly Definition In a loud manner.
- English Word Loudness Definition The quality or state of being loud.
- English Word Lough Definition A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
- English Word Lough Definition of Laugh.
- English Word Louis d'or Definition Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.
- English Word Louk Definition An accomplice; a "pal."
- English Word Lounge Definition To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.