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Praise. See Loos. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Such as can be lost.

See Lozenge.

as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. Prior.

One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel. [Archaic] Spenser. One sad losel soils a name for aye. Byron.

To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done. Holinshed.

Flattery; deceit; trickery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who loses. South.

that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Fratterer. Fuller.

In a manner to incur loss.

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. Assured loss before the match be played. Shak.

Detrimental. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Free from loss. [Obs.] Milton.

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

Same as Acaulescent.

Being without joints; jointless.

Without tongue; tongueless.

The European shad (Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

ne of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."