lewigite (was v)

[Named after Lewig, who first analyzed it; suff. -ite ( Min.); Ger. lowigit.) Min.: A mineral found in rounded compact lumps in a coal bed at Tabrze, Upper Silesia. Hardne , 3-4; specific gravity, 2.58; luster, feeble; color, pale straw-yellow; fracture, perfectly conchoidal. Com position: Sulphuric acid, 36-2; alumina, 34.8; pot ash, 107; water, 18:3; corresponding to the formula KOSO3+3A12O3SO3+9HO. Resembles in texture the lithographic stone of Solenhofen. *lof (1), *lofe, s. [A. S. & Icel. lof ; O. H. Ger. lob .] Praise. "Drihtin to lofe and wurthe."- Ormulum , 1,141. *lof (2), s . [LOAF.] *loffe, v . i . [LAUGH, v.] *lof-sang, *lof-song, s. [Mid. English lof , and sang or song.] A song of praise. loft, subst . [Icel. loft =(1) air, sky; (2) an upper room; Dan. loft =a loft; Sw. loft =a garret; A. S lyft the air, the sky; Goth. luftus =the air; Dut. lucht the air; Ger. luft .] 1. The air, the sky; heaven. [ALOFT.] 2. The room or space under a roof. 3. An elevated gallery in a church, for an organ or choir. IMG:content-0683.png:[blocks in formation] loft-1-ly, adv. [Eng. lofty; -ly.] 1. In a lofty manner or position; aloft; on high. "Did ever any conqueror, loftily seated in his triumphal chariot, yield a spectacle so gallant and magnificent."-Barrow: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 32. 2. Proudly, haughtily, arrogantly, pompously. "They speak wickedly concerning oppre ion; they speak loftily ." -Psalm 1xxiii. 8. 3. With elevation of language or sentiment; sublimely.