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The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

lidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc. Oxf. Gloss.

Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.

Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.

To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford.

sed as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

in proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

hecks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.

Complete loss; -- followed by of.