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[From Fr. loir; Prov. glire; Sp. liron; Port. leirão; Ital. gliero; Lat. glis (gen it. gliris )=a dormouse.] Zool.: Myoxus glis . A dormouse larger than the common species. It is found in the south of Europe and in Asia. 161-se-leûr-I-a, s. [Named after Loiseleur Des long champs, a French botanist.) A genus of Ericaceae, sometimes merged in Azalea, but Sir Joseph Hooker makes them distinct. Loiseleuria procumbens is better known as Azalea procumbens . [AZALEA.] 161-ter, *loy-ter, *loi-tren, *loy-tron, v . i . & t. [Dut. leuteren to linger, to loiter, to trifle; loteren = to delay, to linger. From the same root as Eng. lout ; A.S. lútan ; Icel. lúta = to stoop; lútr = stooping.] A. In trans.: To linger, to delay, to dawdle. to spend time idly, to be dilatory, to lag. "Oh, aid me, then, to seek the pair, Whom, loitering in the woods, I lost." IMG:content-0692.png:[blocks in formation] 161-ter-er, s. [English loiter : -er.] One who loiters or lingers; a lingerer, an idler; one who is dilatory. "And gathering loiterers on the land discern Her boat." Byron: Corsair , i. 4. 161-ter-ing, pr . par . or a. [LOITER.] 161-ter-Ing-lý, adv . [Eng. loitering ; -ly .] In a loitering, dawdling, or dilatory manner. Lõk, Lō-ki, s. [Icel.=a deceiver, lokka , Ger. lochen to entice.] Scand. Mythol.: The evil deity, the author of all wickedne and calamities. He is said to be the father of Hela, godde of the lower regions. 1ō-ka-ō, s . [Native name.] Chemistry: A crude dye, originally imported from China under the name of Chinese Green, but now extracted from the berries of the common buckthorn. It contains 30 per cent. of mineral matter. Pure lokao, obtained by treating the crude dye with solution of ammonia carbonate, filtering, and precipitating with alcohol, is a compound of ammonia with a pure blue coloring matter called lokaïn, (NH4)2C56H66034. On treating ammonium-lokain with dilute sulphuric acid, it splits up into glucose and an insoluble residue, lokastin, C18H16010. An aqueous solution of crude lokao dyes cotton a pale green, but gives to wool and silk a pale bluish-gray lō-ka-ě-tin, s. [LOKAO] lō-ka-in, s. [LOKAO.] lõke (1), s. [LOCK, s.] 1. A wicket, a hatch. 2. A private road or path. 3. A narrow lane. *lõke (2), s . [Lock (2), s.] *lõke, v . t . [Look, v.] *lok'-en, *lõke, pa . par . or a. [Lock, v .]