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Lost; undone; ruined. [Archaic] If thou readest, thou art lorn. Sir W. Scott.

Deserted abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

In a forlorn manner. Pollok.

State of being forlorn. Boyle.

Forsaken by a lass. Shak.

Forsaken by one's love. The lovelorn nightingale. Milton.

ltogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer- ). It is frequently to be met with in old books, u…

Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton.

a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak.

voke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.

Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.]

To utter in a mournful manner or voice. The lovelorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well. Milton.

A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.

Bereft. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. Heber.

. Ground roller (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to Atelornis and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground. -- Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.] -- Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for se…

age (Zoöl.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera Circaëtus and Spilornis, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circaëtus Gallicus. -- Serpent eater. (Zoöl.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. -- Serpe…

was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor Macaulay.

Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson.