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A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu.] Goldsmith.

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]

ir habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species. [Written also lori.]

ntage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno. [Often written loto.]

A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also lotos.] European lotus, a small tree (Diospyros Lotus) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the date plum.

A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a) [Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.] Louver boards or boarding, the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc. -- Louver work, slatted work.

An animal whose fur was formerly much in req [Written also lusern and luzern.] The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. Beau. & Fl.

eleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and women's hats; -- written also loofah.

A guillemot. [Written also longie.] [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Crazy; mentally unsound. [Written also loony.] [Law, U.S.]

powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle. [Written also lupuline.]

Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also lymphangitis.]

hell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. [Written also Lyopoma.]

One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. [Written also macrodactyle.]

An earthworm. [Written also made.]

An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]

rk, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

rk, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]