loopings nails

pl. Zool.: A popular name for the genus Truncatella (q. v.). It has reference to their peculiar mode of progre ion-by contracting the space between the lips and the foot. *loôrd, s . [Fr. lourd heavy, stupid.] A dull, stupid fellow; a drone; a good-for-nothing fellow. loô-rỹ, loû'-ri, s. [LORY.] *loos, *los, *lose, s . [Fr. los , from Lat. laus = praise.] Praise, fame, renown. "Besides the lo e of so much loos and fame." Spenser: F. Q., VI. xii. 12. loôse, *lous-en, *los-en, *lows-en, v . t. & i. [A.S. losian =to lose, to become void; O. Sax. lósian =to make free; Dut. lo en to loosen, to set loose; Icel. leys a ; Sw. lösa ; Dan. löse ; Ger. lösen ; Goth. lausjan .] [LOOSE, a., LOSE.] IMG:content-0717.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To release from confinement, restraint, or imprisonment; to set free; to set at liberty. "And the four angels were loosed , which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." -Revelation ix. 15. 4. To relax, to loosen, to let go. 5. To relax; to make le strict, harsh, or severe. "All the bonds and restraints under which men lay, he so far loosed , that any man might be free, who would concur to his own liberty and enlargement."-Barrow: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 40. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0718.png:[blocks in formation] *9. To solve, to explain. *10. To di olve, to di ipate, to disperse. *B. In trans.: To set sail from a port; to put to sea. "Paul and his company loosed from Paphos."- Acts xiii. 18.