English Dictionary: lilt | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lilied \Lil"ied\ (l[icr]l"[icr]d), a. Covered with, or having many, lilies. By sandy Ladon's lilied banks. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lilt \Lilt\, v. t. To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness. A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out By violet-hooded doctors. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lilt \Lilt\ (l[icr]lt), v. i. [Cf. Norw. lilla, lirla, to sing in a high tone.] 1. To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop. [Prov. Eng.] --Wordsworth. 2. To sing cheerfully. [Scot.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lilt \Lilt\, n. 1. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the verse. --F. Harrison. 2. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. The housewife went about her work, or spun at her wheel, with a lilt upon her lips. --J. C. Shairp. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loll \Loll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lolling}.] [Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. {Lill}, {Lull}.] 1. To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease. Void of care, he lolls supine in state. --Dryden. 2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion. The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. --Dryden. 3. To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lowlihood \Low"li*hood\, Lowlihead \Low"li*head\, n. A lowly state. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lowlihood \Low"li*hood\, Lowlihead \Low"li*head\, n. A lowly state. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loyalty \Loy"al*ty\, n. [Cf. F. loyaut[82]. See {Loyal}, and cf. {Legality}.] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. --Clarendon. Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. --Spenser. Note: [bd]Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.[b8] --Trench. Syn: Allegiance; fealty. See {Allegiance}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lull \Lull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lulling}.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. {Loll}, {Lollard}.] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. [bd] To lull him soft asleep.[b8] --Spenser. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity. --Milton. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Loleta, CA Zip code(s): 95551 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lolita, TX Zip code(s): 77971 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Lilith developed as the system language. [Details?] (1995-10-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LOLITA {Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of Abstractions} |