English Dictionary: loner | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lainere \Lain"ere\, n. See {Lanier}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Lame \Lame\, a. [Compar. {Lamer}; superl. {Lamest}.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. [bd]Lame of one leg.[b8] --Arbuthnot. [bd]Lame in both his feet.[b8] --2 Sam. ix. 13. [bd]He fell, and became lame.[b8] --2 Sam. iv. 4. 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. [bd]A lame endeavor.[b8] --Barrow. O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. {Lame duck} (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant] | |
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Lanary \La"na*ry\, n. [L. lanaria, fr. lanarius belonging to wool, lana wool.] A place for storing wool. | |
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Laniary \La"ni*a*ry\, a. [L. laniarius, fr. lanius butcher, laniare to tear in pieces: cf. F. laniaire.] (Anat.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth. | |
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Laniary \La"ni*a*ry\, n. [L. {Laniary}, a.] 1. The shambles; a place of slaughter. [R.] 2. (Anat.) A laniary, or canine, tooth. | |
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Lanier \Lan"ier\, n. [F. lani[8a]re. See {Lanyard}.] [Written also {lanner}, {lanyer}.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. --Fairholt. | |
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Lanier \Lan"ier\, n. [F. lani[8a]re. See {Lanyard}.] [Written also {lanner}, {lanyer}.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. --Fairholt. | |
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Lanner \Lan"ner\, n. f. Lanneret \Lan"ner*et\, n. m.[F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. {Lanyard}.] (Zo[94]l.) A long-tailed falcon ({Falco lanarius}), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon. | |
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Lanier \Lan"ier\, n. [F. lani[8a]re. See {Lanyard}.] [Written also {lanner}, {lanyer}.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. --Fairholt. | |
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Lanner \Lan"ner\, n. f. Lanneret \Lan"ner*et\, n. m.[F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. {Lanyard}.] (Zo[94]l.) A long-tailed falcon ({Falco lanarius}), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon. | |
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Lanier \Lan"ier\, n. [F. lani[8a]re. See {Lanyard}.] [Written also {lanner}, {lanyer}.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. --Fairholt. | |
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Lanyer \Lan"yer\, n. See {Lanier}. | |
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Lanier \Lan"ier\, n. [F. lani[8a]re. See {Lanyard}.] [Written also {lanner}, {lanyer}.] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. --Fairholt. | |
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Lanyer \Lan"yer\, n. See {Lanier}. | |
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Lawn \Lawn\, n. [OE. laund, launde, F. lande heath, moor; of Celtic origin; cf. W. llan an open, clear place, llawnt a smooth rising hill, lawn, Armor. lann or lan territory, country, lann a prickly plant, pl. lannou heath, moor.] 1. An open space between woods. --Milton. [bd]Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. {Lawn mower}, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns. {Lawn tennis}, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See {Tennis}. | |
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Layner \Lay"ner\, n.[See {Lanier}.] A whiplash. [Obs.] | |
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Leamer \Leam"er\, n. [F. limier, OF. liemier, fr. L. ligamen band, bandage. See {Lien}.] A dog held by a leam. | |
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Lean \Lean\ (l[emac]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[emac]n"[etil]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS. hl[aemac]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. 2. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. [bd]No lean wardrobe.[b8] --Shak. Their lean and fiashy songs. --Milton. What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. --Num. xiii. 20. Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something. --Shak. 3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to {fat}; as, lean copy, matter, or type. Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt. | |
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Lemur \Le"mur\ (l[emac]"m[ucr]r), n. [L., a ghost, specter. So called on account of its habit of going abroad by night.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a family ({Lemurid[91]}) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus ({Galago}) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is {Nycticebus tardigradus}. See {Galago}, {Indris}, and {Colugo}. | |
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Lemuria \Le*mu"ri*a\ (l[esl]*m[umac]"r[icr]*[adot]), n. [So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the lemurs.] A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant. --Herschel. | |
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Limer \Lim"er\ (l[imac]m"[etil]r), n. A limehound; a limmer. --Chaucer. | |
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Limmer \Lim"mer\ (-m[etil]r), a. Limber. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Limmer \Lim"mer\, n. [F. limier. See {Leamer}.] 1. A limehound; a leamer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound. 3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [Scot.] Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands. --Sir W. Scott. 4. (Naut.) A man rope at the side of a ladder. | |
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Limner \Lim"ner\ (l[icr]m"n[etil]r), n. [F. enlumineur, LL. illuminator. See {Limn}, and cf. {Alluminor}.] A painter; an artist; esp.: (a) One who paints portraits. (b) One who illuminates books. [Archaic] | |
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Linear \Lin"e*ar\ (-[esl]*[etil]r), a. [L. linearis, linearius, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin[82]aire. See 3d {Line}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal. 2. (Bot.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. {Linear differential equation} (Math.), an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients. {Linear equation} (Math.), an equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Micrometer \Mi*crom"e*ter\, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F. microm[8a]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. {Circular, [or] Ring}, {micrometer}, a metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences of right ascension and declination between stars by observations of the times at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring. {Double image micrometer}, a micrometer in which two images of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as a heliometer. {Double refraction micrometer}, a species of double image micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the double refraction of rock crystal. {Filar, [or] Bifilar}, {micrometer}. See under {Bifilar}. {Micrometer} {caliper [or] gauge} (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy. {Micrometer head}, the head of a micrometer screw. {Micrometer microscope}, a compound microscope combined with a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with a graduated head used in some forms of micrometers. {Position micrometer}. See under {Position}. {Scale}, [or] {Linear}, {micrometer}, a minute and very delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison. | |
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Lineary \Lin"e*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[ycr]), a. Linear. -- Holland. | |
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Liner \Lin"er\ (l[imac]n"[etil]r), n. 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. 2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line. 3. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim. 4. (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket. 5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding. 6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground. | |
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Lunar \Lu"nar\, n. 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. 2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also {semilunar}, and {intermedium}. | |
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Lunar \Lu"nar\, a. [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See {Luna}, and cf. {Lunary}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations. 2. Resembling the moon; orbed. --Dryden. 3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month. 4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs. --Bacon. {Lunar caustic} (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists. {Lunar cycle}. Same as {Metonic cycle}. See under {Cycle}. {Lunar distance}, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the {lunar method}. {Lunar method}, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude. {Lunar month}. See {Month}. {Lunar observation}, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude. {Lunar tables}. (a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax. {Lunar year}, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds. | |
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Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, a. [Cf. F. lunaire. See {Lunar}.] Lunar. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.) (a) The herb moonwort or [bd]honesty[b8]. (b) A low fleshy fern ({Botrychium Lunaria}) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond. | |
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Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas. See {Honest}, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty. Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. | |
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Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, a. [Cf. F. lunaire. See {Lunar}.] Lunar. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Lunary \Lu"na*ry\, n. [Cf. F. lunaire.] (Bot.) (a) The herb moonwort or [bd]honesty[b8]. (b) A low fleshy fern ({Botrychium Lunaria}) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond. | |
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Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas. See {Honest}, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty. Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. | |
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La Moure, ND (city, FIPS 44540) Location: 46.35777 N, 98.29662 W Population (1990): 970 (430 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lamar, AR (city, FIPS 38290) Location: 35.43920 N, 93.38780 W Population (1990): 768 (330 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72846 Lamar, CO (city, FIPS 43110) Location: 38.08027 N, 102.61751 W Population (1990): 8343 (3599 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81052 Lamar, MO (city, FIPS 40376) Location: 37.49368 N, 94.27319 W Population (1990): 4168 (1887 housing units) Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Lamar, MS Zip code(s): 38642 Lamar, NE (village, FIPS 26175) Location: 40.57244 N, 101.97947 W Population (1990): 31 (13 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69035 Lamar, OK (town, FIPS 41250) Location: 35.09789 N, 96.12681 W Population (1990): 97 (40 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74850 Lamar, SC (town, FIPS 39805) Location: 34.16920 N, 80.06569 W Population (1990): 1125 (469 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29069 | |
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Lamero, KY Zip code(s): 40341 | |
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Lemoore, CA (city, FIPS 41152) Location: 36.29863 N, 119.78748 W Population (1990): 13622 (4887 housing units) Area: 14.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lenoir, NC (city, FIPS 37760) Location: 35.90612 N, 81.53456 W Population (1990): 14192 (6338 housing units) Area: 35.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28645 | |
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Lenora, KS (city, FIPS 39400) Location: 39.61097 N, 100.00099 W Population (1990): 329 (208 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Lenorah, TX Zip code(s): 79749 | |
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Lenore, ID Zip code(s): 83541 Lenore, WV Zip code(s): 25676 | |
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Leonore, IL (village, FIPS 42912) Location: 41.18942 N, 88.98260 W Population (1990): 134 (56 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61332 | |
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Lomira, WI (village, FIPS 45475) Location: 43.58886 N, 88.44472 W Population (1990): 1542 (563 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Low Moor, IA (city, FIPS 47010) Location: 41.80236 N, 90.35429 W Population (1990): 280 (120 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
lamer n. [prob. originated in skateboarder slang] 1. Synonym for {luser}, not used much by hackers but common among {warez d00dz}, crackers, and {phreaker}s. A person who downloads much, but who never uploads. (Also known as `leecher'). Oppose {elite}. Has the same connotations of self-conscious elitism that use of {luser} does among hackers. 2. Someone who tries to crack a BBS. 3. Someone who annoys the sysop or other BBS users - for instance, by posting lots of silly messages, uploading virus-ridden software, frequently dropping carrier, etc. Crackers also use it to refer to cracker {wannabee}s. In phreak culture, a lamer is one who scams codes off others rather than doing cracks or really understanding the fundamental concepts. In {warez d00dz} culture, where the ability to wave around cracked commercial software within days of (or before) release to the commercial market is much esteemed, the lamer might try to upload garbage or shareware or something incredibly old (old in this context is read as a few years to anything older than 3 days). `Lamer' is also much used in the IRC world in a similar sense to the above. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lamer (1997-01-31) |