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A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone.

Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic.

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Solitude; seclusion. [Obs.] Donne.

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread. Coleridge .

Same as Macron.

A large Turkish ship. Crabb.

Amygdaloid.

A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.

The ketone of margaric acid.

A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.

See Maroon, the color.

A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms.

A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.

A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called mellonides.