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Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone.

Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic.

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Solitude; seclusion. [Obs.] Donne.

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread. Coleridge .

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18.

Only; merely; singly. [Obs.] This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer.

A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic, a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to Ceylon. -- n. sing. & pl.

A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceaæ., natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Colonelcy. Swift.

A colonist. [Obs.] Holland

A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.

A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]