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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble. 2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton. 3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak. 4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. --Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton. 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God. Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21. 6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser. 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak. 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle. 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}). 10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field. Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc. {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward. {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}. {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love. {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love. {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato. {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates. {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak. {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton. {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen. {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer. {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer. {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love. {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians. {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak. {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has similar bracts. {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy. A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak. {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak. {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman. {Love lass}, a sweetheart. {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak. {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}). {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone. {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak. {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.[b8] --Holinshed. {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid. {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak. {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb. Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly ({Lasioptera vitis}). {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
