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Lap \Lap\, n. [OE. lappe, AS. l[91]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw. lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. --Chaucer. 2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. --Chaucer. If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him. --Fuller. 3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury. Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps. --Tillotson. 4. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing. Note: The lap of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the cover. 5. (Steam Engine) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See {Outside lap} (below). 6. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader. 7. One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See {Lap}, to fold, 2. 8. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game. 9. (Cotton Manuf.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine. 10. (Mach.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis. {Lap joint}, a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers. {Lap weld}, a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends. {Inside lap} (Steam Engine), lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port. {Outside lap}, lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port. | |
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d8Lapis \[d8]La"pis\, n.; pl. {Lapides}. [L.] A stone. {Lapis calaminaris}. [NL.] (Min.) Calamine. {Lapis infernalis}. [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic. | |
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Lap-jointed \Lap"-joint`ed\, a. Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work. | |
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Lapse \Lapse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended. --Swift. Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has lapsed into the burlesque character. --Addison. 2. To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake. To lapse in fullness Is sorer than to lie for need. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc. (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall. If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it lapses to the king. --Ayliffe. | |
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Lavish \Lav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lavished} (-[icr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lavishing}.] To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise. | |
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Lavishment \Lav"ish*ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The act of lavishing. | |
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Lavishness \Lav"ish*ness\, n. The quality or state of being lavish. | |
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Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit[82]. See {Continuous}.] the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. --Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden. {Law of continuity} (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. {Solution of continuity}. (Math.) See under {Solution}. | |
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d8Lepisma \[d8]Le*pis"ma\ (l[esl]*p[icr]z"m[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma saccharina}) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also {shiner}, {silver witch}, {silver moth}, and {furniture bug}. | |
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Lepismoid \Le*pis"moid\ (-moid), a. [Lepisma + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the Lepisma. | |
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Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}. | |
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Rabbit \Rab"bit\, n. [OE. abet, akin to OD. robbe, robbeken.] (Zo[94]l.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species ({Lepus cuniculus}), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand. Note: The common American rabbit ({L. sylvalica}) is similar but smaller. See {Cottontail}, and {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called hares. See {Hare}. {Angora rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur. {Rabbit burrow}, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter and habitation. {Rabbit fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The northern chim[91]ra ({Chim[91]ra monstrosa}). (b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to other fishes. {Rabbits' ears}. (Bot.) See {Cyclamen}. | |
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Cony \Co"ny\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also {coney}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus cuniculus}). (b) The chief hare. Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be {Hyrax Syriacus}, called also {daman}, and {cherogril}. See {Daman}. 2. A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. --Diet's Dry Dinner (1599). 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus apua}); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.] | |
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Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
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Libken \Lib"ken\ (l[icr]b"k[ecr]n), Libkin \Lib"kin\ (l[icr]b"k[icr]n), n. [AS. libban, E. live, v. i. + -kin.] A house or lodging. [Old Slang] --B. Jonson. | |
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Libken \Lib"ken\ (l[icr]b"k[ecr]n), Libkin \Lib"kin\ (l[icr]b"k[icr]n), n. [AS. libban, E. live, v. i. + -kin.] A house or lodging. [Old Slang] --B. Jonson. | |
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Liefsome \Lief"some\ (l[emac]f"s[ucr]m), a. Pleasing; delightful. [Obs.] | |
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Lifesome \Life"some\ (-s[ucr]m), a. Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] --Coleridge. -- {Life"some*ness}, n. | |
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Lifesome \Life"some\ (-s[ucr]m), a. Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] --Coleridge. -- {Life"some*ness}, n. | |
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Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6. 2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}. {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only. {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only. {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale. {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. --Carpenter. {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips. {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. {Lip work}. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson. {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. --Shak. {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip. | |
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Lip \Lip\ (l[icr]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[91]be, Sw. l[84]pp, L. labium, labrum. Cf. {Labial}.] 1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6. 2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. 3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. 4. (Bot.) (a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the {Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. {Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}. {Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only. {Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only. {Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale. {Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice. --Carpenter. {Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips. {Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments. {Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience. {Lip work}. (a) Talk. (b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson. {To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. --Shak. {To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by protruding the lip. | |
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Center \Cen"ter\, n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr. [?] to prick, goad.] 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place. 2. The middle or central portion of anything. 3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction. 4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See {Right}, and {Left}. 6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. 7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. Note: In a lathe the {live center} is in the spindle of the head stock; the {dead center} is on the tail stock. {Planer centers} are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis. {Center of an army}, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. {Center of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar co[94]rdinates. See {Co[94]rdinates}. {Center of curvature of a curve} (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See {Circle}. {Center of a fleet}, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. {Center of gravity} (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. {Center of gyration} (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation. {Center of inertia} (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. {Center of motion}, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. {Center of oscillation}, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. {Center of percussion}, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. {Center of pressure} (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid. | |
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{Live birth}, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison. {Live box}, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse. {Live feathers}, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. {Live gang}. (Sawing) See under {Gang}. {Live grass} (Bot.), a grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Live load} (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. {Live oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus virens}), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the {Q. chrysolepis} and some other species are also called live oaks. {Live ring} (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. {Live steam}, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from {exhaust steam}. {Live stock}, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. | |
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Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v. i.] 1. A going; a course. [Obs.] 2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. 3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. 4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. 5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. {Gang board}, [or] {Gang plank}. (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. {Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. {Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. {Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. {Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. {Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above). {Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above). {Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. {Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. {Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below). {Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell. {Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell. {Live gang}, [or] {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. --Knight. {Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. | |
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Loop \Loop\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. lub loop, noose, fold, thong, bend, lub to bend, incline.] 1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight. That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop To hang a doubt on. --Shak. 2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. --Shak. 3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop. 4. (Telegraphy) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts. 5. (Acoustics) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also {ventral segment}. {Loop knot}, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of {Knot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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]: | |
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]: | |
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]: | |
Lovesome \Love"some\, a. [AS. lufsum.] Lovely. [Obs.] | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
loop combination A {program transformation} where the bodies of two loops are merged into one thus reducing the overhead of manipulating and testing the control variable and branching. Further optimisation of the merged code may then become possible. In {horizontal loop combination} the bodies of the loops are largely independent so only the loop overhead is saved. {Vertical loop combination} applies where the results of the first loop are used by the second. Combining the two allows the intermediate results to be used immediately (in {register}s) rather than requiring them to be stored in an {array}. The functional equivalent of horizontal and vertical loop combination are {tupling} and {fusion}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
loop fusion See {loop combination}. |