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Former; sometime. [Obs.] They mourned their ancient leader lost. Pope. Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows…

The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor.

present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

ke away from. [Obs.] All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. Shak.

urrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak.

ant of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.

A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

out sight. He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. Shak.

to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras.

A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

r lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. S…

The state of being braced or tight; tension. The laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension. Holder.

a chain; -- used for transmitting power. -- Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. -- Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. -- Chain bond. See Chain…

or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

eriphrese. the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

A set; a kind or description, species or variety. She had lost one class energies. Macaulay.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

ds. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me. Lev. xxvi. 21. We have lost our labor; they are gone a contrary way. Shak.