lerd (1), laverd, loverd

[A. S. hláford from hláf =a loaf, and weard =warden, keeper. Lord thus means the loaf -keeper-i. e., the master of the house, the head of the family.] 1. A ruler, a master, a governor; one po e ing supreme power or authority. "Left by his sire-too young such lo to know, Lord of himself-that heritage of woe." Byron: Lara , i. 2. 2. Specif .: The Supreme Being, God, Jehovah. "And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods."-Joshua xxiv. 16. When in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament the word "Lord" is printed in small capitals, it is the rendering of the Hebrew Yehovah (Exod. vi. 1, vii. 1, .). [JEHOVAH.] In the New Testament it most commonly stands for the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. xxvi. 22; Mark v. 19; Luke ii. 11, xxiv. 34, .). 3. The proprietor of a manor. ( Eng .) 4. A title of respect given (especially in the phrase my lord ) to persons of high rank, position, or consideration, as princes, ecclesiastics of high rank, . ( Eng . ) "Good morrow, my good lords ." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, i. 1. 5. A nobleman or peer of Great Britain, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, and also archbishops and bishops, who, as such, are members of the House of Lords. The title is given by courtesy to all the sons of dukes and marquises, and to the eldest sons of earls. IMG:content-0725.png:[graphic] Special phrases : (1) House of Lords : The second branch of the legislature, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal, a embled together. ( Eng .) (2) Lord Anson's Pea : Bot.: Lathyrus magellanicus . *(3) Lord of Misrule : A person who superintended the games and revels of a great family at Christmas. (4) Lord of the land: Mining : In Cornwall, England, the person in whose land a mine is. The "lord" reserves to him certain portion for granting liberty to work the mine in his land. This is the one-sixth, one seventh, or one-sixteenth of the ore raised, or of the pense, and called the "dues," or, in Derby shire, value of it, or any other proportion, free of ex the "dish." *(5) Lord in gro : One who is lord, but has no manor. ( Eng .) (6) Lord of a manor : A lord po e ing a manor having copyhold tenants. ( Eng .) (7) Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports: [CINQUE PORTS.] (8) Lords of Justiciary: Scots Law : The judges of the Court of Justiciary, or supreme criminal court of Scotland. [JUSTI CIARY.] (9) Lords of Parliament: Those who have seats in the Upper House. ( Eng . ) (10) Lords of Regality : REGALITY.] (11) Lords of Se ion: The judges of the Court of Se ion. ( Eng . ) (12) Lords of the Admiralty , Lords Commi ioners of the Admiralty : [ADMIRALTY, NAVY.] (13) Lords of the Articles : A committee of the Scottish Parliament by whom bills to be brought before the Parliament were prepared. (14) The Lords : The same as the HOUSE OF LORDS (q. v.). ( Eng .) lord-advocate, s. [ADVOCATE.] lord-chamberlain, s. [CHAMBERLAIN.] lord-chancellor, s. [CHANCELLOR.] *lord-constable, *lord high-constable, subst . IMG:content-0726.png:[blocks in formation] ish Fishes (1859), i. 533. lord high-admiral, s . [ADMIRAL.] lord high-steward, s . [STEWARD.] lord-justice clerk, s. The second judicial off i. cer in Scotland. lord-keeper, s. [KEEPER.] lord-lieutenant, s . A British official of high rank, representing the sovereign, as: (1) The Viceroy, or Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, who is a member of the ministry, retiring from office with them. He has the control of the government of the country, sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0727.png:[blocks in formation] *lord-Ing, *lord-yng, s . [Eng. lord ; dim.suff. -ing .] 1. A little or young lord, a lordling, a petty lord. "A lordyng of the Romaynes that y-hote was Galle." Robert of Gloucester , p. 80. 2. Used as a respectful mode of addre ; sir. "Listen eth, lordinges , in good intente, And I will tell you varament "Princekin and lordkin from his earliest days."- Thackeray : New comes , ch. liii. lord'-like, a . & adv . [Eng. lord , and like .] A. As adjective : 1. Becoming or befitting a lord; lordly. 2. Haughty, proud, arrogant. "Lordlike at ease, with arbitrary power To peel the chiefs, the people to devour." Dryden: Homer's Iliad , i. "Thou vouch safest here to visit me, Doing the honor of thy lordline To one so weak." 2. Pride, haughtine , arrogance. lord-ling, s. [Eng. lord ; dim. suff. ling.] A little or young lord; a petty lord. lord-ly, *lord-lich ( a .), *lord-liche ( adv .), a. & adv . [Eng. lord ; -ly .] A. As adjective : "Methinks, already, in this civil broil, I see them lording it in London streets." "She brought forth butter in a lordly dish."-Judges 2. Proud, haughty, arrogant, imperious, insolent. "Where is lordly Babylon? Where now Lifts she to heaven her giant brow?" proudly, haughtily, imperiously, arrogantly. " Lordly neglectful of a worth unknown." Savage: The Bastard. lord-ol-a-try, s . [Eng. lord , s., and Gr. latreia =worship.] Exce ive regard or reverence for nobil- ity. "Your lordship is the most patient man in lo , the most coldest that ever turned up ace." --Shakesp.: Cymbe line , ii. 3. 2. The dignity of a lord; a seigniory, a manor. ""I have a suit unto your lordship.' 'Be it a lordship , thou shalt have it for that word." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . II ., iv. 7. 3. A mode of addre to certain official person- ages, as judges. 4. Dominion, jurisdiction, power, authority. "Death schal no more have lordschipe on him."-Wy- cliffe : Romans vi. löre (1), *lare, *leare, s. [A. S. lár ; cogn. with Dut. leer ; Sw. lära ; Dan. läre ; Ger. lehre ; M. H. Ger. lére ; O. H. Ger. léra .] [LEARN.] 1. That which is or may be learned; learning, erudition, knowledge. "He who hath loved not, here would learn that lore , And make his heart a spirit." IMG:content-0728.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0729.png:[blocks in formation] Byron: Childe Harold , iii. 103. 2. That which is taught; teaching, instruction, (q.v.).] admonition, counsel. "Most men admire Virtue, who follow not her lore ." Milton: P. R. , i. 483. IMG:content-0730.png:[blocks in formation] *lose (2), v. t. [Los, Loos, s.] To praise. *lôşe-a-ble, a . [LOSABLE.] B. As adj .: Worthle , lazy; good-for-nothing. "Why should you plain that lozel swains refuse you?" P. Fletcher: Eclogue 2. *lõş-en-geour, *loos-en-ger, *los-en-gour, s. [O. Fr. losengier , from losenge flattery, deceit, from los, Lat. laus =praise; Sp. lisonjero; Ital. lusin- ghiero .] A flatterer, a deceiver, a cajoler. "Allas! ye lordlynges, many a fals flat our Is in your hous, and many a los eng our ." Chaucer: C. Т. , 16,812. Flattery, *lõş'-en-ger-ie, s. [LOSENGEOUR.] deceit, cozening. lōsh, interj . [Prob. a corrupt. of Lord .] An exclamation of astonishment, wonder, or surprise. ( Scotch .) lôş'-ing (1), pr . par ., a. & s. [LOSE (1), v.] A. Apr. par .: (See the verb.) 1. Suffering lo , forfeiture, or deprivation. 2. Causing lo ; attended with lo ; as, a losing game. [HAZARD, 8., II.] C. As subst.: The act or state of being deprived of anything; lo . 3. Failure to win or gain; as, the lo of a battle. 4. That which is lost; that which one forfeits or is deprived of; that which one loses by defeat, for- *5. Hurt, harm, disparagement. 4. To suffer diminution or lo of. "If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be feiture, or deprivation; as, His lo es were heavy. 7. To mi ; to wander from; to be separated from. "He hath lost his fellows."- Shakesp .: Tempest , i. 2. 8. To mi ; to fail to enjoy or receive. Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . III . , ii. 1. 7. The state of being lost or destroyed; as, the lo of a ship at sea. *8. The state of being cast off and discarded. "That for thy mother's sake art thus exposed to lo ." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , iii. 3. IMG:content-0731.png:[blocks in formation] lost to shame, lost to all sense of honor 7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; as, 8. Destroyed, ruined; as, a ship lost at sea. 9. Morally ruined, damned. "It has been my lot to tread Where safety more than pleasure led." The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0733.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0734.png:[blocks in formation] Bars me the right of voluntary choosing." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , ii. 1. lot-to, lot-ō, s . [Ital. lotto =a lot, a lottery; Fr. loto.] A game of chance, played in some cases with a series of balls or knobs, numbered from 1 to 90, with a set of cards or counters having correspond- ing numbers. The balls are put into a revolving urn, and a certain number allowed to drop out, one by one. The player who holds a card containing a column of figures, corresponding to the numbers of each of the balls succe ively dropped, gains the stakes deposited at the commencement of the game. lō-tür, s . [Native name.) (See the compound.) lotur-bark, s . Bot .: The bark of Symplocos racemosa , a tree be- longing to the natural order Styracacese, and found growing in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of IMG:content-0735.png:[blocks in formation] lō-tür-i-dine, s. [Eng., ., lotur ; Lat. id (em) the same, and Eng. suff. -ine ( Chem .).] Chem.: An alkaloid extracted, together with loturine, from lotur-bark by means of hot alcohol, and separated from the latter by its solubility in pota ium thiocyanate. It is an amorphous body yielding amorphous salts. It is soluble in concen- trated nitric and sulphuric acids, forming yellow fluorescent solutions. Chem.: An alkaloid extracted from the bark of Symplocos racemosa by means of hot alcohol. It crystallizes in efflorescent crystals, soluble in alco- hol, ether, chloroform, and acetone; insoluble in water, ammonia, caustic soda, and pota ium thiocyanate. It melts at 234°, and sublimes, form ing colorle prisms. Its solution in dilute acids exhibits a fluorescence brighter than that of quinine sulphate. Loturine forms well-crystallized salts, The hydrochloride, which is soluble in water and alcohol, forms double salts with the chlorides of platinum, gold, and mercury. The hydriodide forms a double salt with the iodide of mercury. The tannate is an amorphous powder. [LOTUR- BARK.] lō-tus, lō-tos, s. [Lat. lotus , lotos ; Gr. lotos = (1) the Egyptian water-lily, Nelumbium speciosum ; (2) the lotus-tree, Zisyphus lotus , .] 1. Ord. Lang. & Myth .: Nelumbium speciosum , a Water-lily represented on the Egyptian monu- ments and on those of India. It is the Egyptian bean of Pythagoras. [NELUMBIUM.] 2. Bot . Bird's-foot Trefoil. The typical genus of the papilionaceous tribe Lotem (q. v.). The calyx is five-toothed, the teeth nearly equal, the keel ascending much acuminate, the legume cylindrical, somewhat spongy within, and imperfectly many celled. Fifty species are known. "Eating the lotos day by day." Tennyson: Lotos - Eaters , 105. quently seen on the capitals of Egyptian columns. It resembles the present white lily of Egypt, or yet more closely Nelumbium spe- ciosum , now extinct. The European Lotus is Dios- pyros lotus , and the Indian Lotus Nymphæa pubescens . [NYMPHEA.] lotus-berry, s . lotus-eater, lotos-eater, s. One of the Loto- phagi (q. v.). Hence, one who gives himself up to pleasure-seeking and ease. "The mild-eyed, melancholy lotos - eaters came." Tennyson: Lotos - Eaters , 27. lotus-land, lotos-land, s. The country of the Lotophagi (q.v.). (Tennyson: Lotos - Eaters , 154.) loud-voiced, a. Having a loud voice. "Suns, moons, and earths, upon their loud-voiced spheres, Singing in thunder round me." -Byron: Cain , iii. 1. Louis i an i an Lou-i-şi-ăn-I-an, a & s. 1. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Louisiana. 3. As adj.: Pertaining to Louisiana. loû'-Is-ite, subst. [Named by Honeymann after H. Louis, who analyzed it; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A mineral of leek-green color, transparent, gla y; streak, white; fracture, splintery. Hardne , 6'1; specific gravity, 2:41. Composition: Silica, 63-74; alumina, 0.57; protoxide of iron, 1.25; lime, 17-27; magnesia, 038; potash, 3-38; soda, 0.08; water, 12-96. Louis Quatorze (as Lô-ě ka-torz), s . [Fr. =Louis XIV.] The name given to a meretricious style of architecture and internal decoration which prevailed in France in the reign of Louis XIV. It was marked by a deterioration of taste, the natural laws of architecture being more and more neglected, and replaced by certain conventional rules for the application of the Roman columnar orders. The principal architect of this style was Jules Hardouin Mansard, by whom were built the palaces of Versailles (1647-1708), Marly, the Grande Maison, and also the In vali des at Paris. The windows are larger, the rooms more lofty, than in the preceding period, and in everything there was a striving after pomp and sumptuousne . In internal decorations mirrors were freely introduced, and may be said to become a distinctive feature of interiors. Gilt stucco-work was largely used, the scroll and shell patterns being the characteristic features of ornamental decoration, the panels being formed by chains of scrolls, concave and convex alternately, but symmetry of arrangement was largely neglected. Louis Quinze (as Lô-ě kańz), s . [Fr. Louis XV.] The name sometimes given to the style of architecture and internal ornamentation prevailing in France during the reign of Louis XV. It is often known under the designation Rococo (q. v.). Internal arrangement and decoration are the main char act eristics of the style of this period, and in this direction the best results were doubtle obtained, Large and lofty rooms, as well as scope for display, were indispensable; consequently this style of embellishment was vas most happily carried out in state apartments, especially in princely castles and palaces, and the mansions of the aristocracy. There was the greatest freedom in the treatment of architectural forms, to the disregard of all laws, and free scope was given to the most fantastic combinations. Curved lines superseded all straight lines both in ground plans and in designs, while the most ordinary and characteristic embellishments were volutes, shell-fish and scrolls, groups of fruit, garlands of flowers, hangings, . loun, lound, a. [Icel. logn; Sw. lugn.] Calm, low and sheltered, still, tranquil. loun, s. [LOON.]