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The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. "Trust me, love." Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. Spenser.

With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. Addison. The . . . odorous wind Breathes low between the sunset and the moon. Tennyson.

ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luce"warm`ly, adv. -- Luce"warm`ness, n.

rel. In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump. Addison. -- Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. -- Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.…

. Sir T. More. The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky. Addison.

ck for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. Addison.

A composer of lyric poems. [R.] Addison.

[Hind.] In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.

A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] Addison.

more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. Addison. Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical. -- Infernal machine. See under Infernal. -- Machine gun.See under Gun. -- Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted f…

A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.

My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. Shak.

plendid' pompous. When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie. Addison.

table to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. "Amid the maiden throng." Addison. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame Shak.

t. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave." Dryden. -- To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c)…

That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.

Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one. W. D. Howells.

A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison.