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Long. [Obs. or Scot.]

A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its hose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.

One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.

A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.

A kind of loaded die. [Obs.]

See Langrage.

Long since; long ago. [Scot.]

An old game at cards. See Loo (a) Tatler.

rds, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. Others for language all their care express. Pope.

Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition. " Manylanguaged nations." Pope.

Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.

The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oïl, F. oui).

Tongued; having the tongue visible. Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.

In a languishing manner; pathetically.

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.

g from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. " Languid, powerless limbs. " Armstrong. Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison.

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade. We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me landguish into life. Pope. For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8.…