lobately

[Eng. lobate; -ly.] Bot.: So as to form lobes. lobately-crenated, a. Bot .: Having crenatures, or indentations, so deep as to constitute a series of small lobes. lob-bing, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Metall .: [СоBBING, C. 2.] *lob-bish, a. [Eng. lob ; -ish .] Loutish. "Their lobbish guard."-Sidney: Arcadia , p. 430. lob-by, s . [Low Lat. lobi a , lobium =a portico, a gallery, from M. H. Ger. lou be an arbor; Ger. laube =a bower, from M. H. Ger. loub , loup ; O. H. Ger. laup; Ger. laub =a leaf.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. An inclosed space surrounding or communicating with one or more apartments; a small house or waiting-room; the entrance into a principal apartment when there is a considerable space between this apartment and a portico or vestibule. ( Gwilt .) "His lobbies fill with 'tendance." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, i. 1. 2. That part of a hall of a legislative a embly not appropriated to official busine ; as, the lobby of the House of Representatives. II. Technically: 1. Agric .: A space for cattle, inclosed by hedges, trees, or other fencing. 2. Naut .: A name sometimes given to an apartment close before the captain's cabin.