loppingax

A light ax used for trimming trees. The term may be considered as in contradistinction to felling-ax or logging-ax. lopping-shears, s. pl. A pair of heavy shears for trimming bushes, hedges, . lõppỹ, a. [LOP (2), v.] Hanging loosely down; pendulous. lõp'-seed, s. [Eng. lop, and seed.] Bot.: The genus Phryma. lõpsid-ěd, lob-sided, *lăp-sid-ed, a . [Eng. LOP (2), v., and sided .] Heavier on one side than the other; hanging over or inclined to one side; not perpendicular, not erect, not straight up. lõpt, pa. par. or a. [LOP (1), v.] lō-qua-cio us, a. [Lat. loquax (gen it. loquacis ), from loquor =to speak.] 1. Talkative, full of talk or tongue, chattering, garrulous. "Confe ing soon, yet not before her Judge Bold or loquacious ." 2. Speaking, noisy, loud. Milton: P. L., x. 161. IMG:content-0723.jpg:[blocks in formation] 15-quăt, s . [Japanese.] IMG:content-0724.png:[blocks in formation] Law : An imparlance, a declaration. lör-ăn-thā-çe-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat.loranth (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ .] Bot .: Loranths; an order of epigynous exogens, alliance As a rales. It consists of shrubby parasitic plants; leaves fleshy, veinle , without stipules; flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual; calyx, if present, generally with bracts at the base; sepals three, four, or eight, often formed into a tube; petals none ( Lindley ), but what Lindley looks on as a calyx, Berkeley deems a corolla; stamens equal in number to the sepals and opposite to them; ovary one-celled; style one or none; stigma simple; fruit succulent or dry, one-seeded. Akin to Santalacese. Found in tropical and, to a le extent, in temperate countries. lör'-ǎnths, s. pl. [LORAN THUS.] Bot.: The name given by Lindley to the order Loranthaceae (q. v.).