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A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.

See Lotus.

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.

stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]

See Lotion. [Obs.] Holland.

s ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphæa Lotus and N. cærulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.

One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson.

Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight.

making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. Luke xxiii. 23.

Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous. Byron.

Noisy. [Obs.] Marsion.

In a loud manner. Denham.

The quality or state of being loud.

A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.

An accomplice; a "pal." [Obs.] There is no thief without a louk. Chaucer.

To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. J. Hannay.

One who lounges; ar idler.