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LOATH - LOOP
LOATH - adjectives
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
LOATHE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DAWL to loathe, to disrelish ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIATE †* to feel a disgust for; to loathe ...1618
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• SCUNDER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCUNNER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LOATHING - nouns
• FASTIDIOUSNESS † loathing, disgust ...1533
• LAITH loathing, despite, scorn ...1882 Sc.
• UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing ...c1250
• UGLINESS † horror, dread, loathing ...c1325
• UGSOMENESS loathing; loathsomeness; ugliness, repulsiveness ...c1440
LOATHING - verbs
• UG † 1. to inspire or affect dread, loathing, or disgust ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to feel dread or apprehension, disgust, or loathing ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOATHSOME - adjectives
• CACK contemptible, unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, inferior ...1996 UK sl.
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• LAIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• UGGED † horrid, loathsome ...1570
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• UGGING causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UGGSOME disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, horrible ...1724 Sc.
• UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly ...c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
LOATHSOME - nouns
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
LOATHSOME - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
LOATHSOMENESS - nouns
• FEDITY † foulness, filthiness, nastiness, vileness, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical ...1542
LOBSTER - nouns
• CARDINAL a lobster ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CARDINAL HASH lobster salad ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• LAPSTER a lobster ...1700 Sc.
• NANCY a small lobster ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PISTOL a lobster that is missing one or both claws ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SEA CRAW a lobster ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SHORT an illegal, undersized lobster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SNAPPER in lobstering: a lobster that is not legal size ...1978 US sl.
LOBSTER - verbs
• BARB † to carve a lobster ...1508
LOCALITY - adjectives
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
locality adj. TOPOPOLITAN that inhabits a definite or restricted locality, limited to a restricted habitat ...1897
LOCALITY - nouns
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• UBIQUITY † locality, region ...1633
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
LOCATE - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• HAFT to establish in a situation or place of residence; to locate ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to be able to search out or locate, as a bargain, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
LOCATED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
LOCATION - nouns
• GAFF a location ...1999 UK sl.
• TWENTY a location ...1975 US Citizens’ band radio sl.
• UBI † place, position; location ...1614
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
LOCK - nouns
• DEAD-LOCK a lock the key of which is lost ...1887 Eng. dial.
• FARCING the picking of a lock ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• HANGING LOCK † a padlock ...1495-7
• HANG-LOCK † a hanging lock, a padlock ...1587
• MONKEY a padlock ...1812 sl.
• PAD † a shortened form of 'padlock' ...1573
• PADDY a padlock ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SPIKE a lock ...1920s US criminals' sl.
LOCK, LOCK UP - verbs
• HASP † to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up ...1680
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
LOCKED - adjectives
• BOXED locked up ...Bk1890 sl.
• OFF-LOCKED locked up ...1869 Eng. dial.
LOCKING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
LOCK-UP - nouns
• BOOB a lock-up, a cell ...E20 sl.
• BOOBY HATCH a lock-up, a cell; an asylum ...US sl.
• CAGE † a prison for petty malefactors; a lock-up ...c1500
•.CALLIE a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CALLY a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• IRISH-THEATRE a guard room or lock-up in barracks ...Bk1896 military sl.
LOCOMOTIVE - see TRAIN
LOCUST - nouns
• ACRID † a locust ...c1550
• SKIPPER †* a locust ...c1250
LOCUTION - nouns
• OBLOCUTION † bad locution or utterance; bad delivery ...c1450
LODGE - verbs
• BED † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
• BESTOW to lodge, to quarter; to put up; to provide with a resting place or sleeping place ...1577 arch.
• HARBINGE † to lodge; to take up one's quarters ...c1475
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KENNEL of a person: to lodge or lurk; to inhabit, to dwell; used contemptuously ...1599
• KIP to lodge ...L19 sl.
• LEAGUER †* to 'lie', to lodge ..1596
• LIE to lodge, stay the night; to sojourn ...arch.
• MEAL to board ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER to lodge; to obtain board and lodging at an inn, etc. ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IN to receive lodgers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to lodge, to put up, to take up residence ...1852 Amer. dial.
• TARRY to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
LODGER, LODGING - nouns, person
• ARTFUL DODGER a lodger ...B1857 rhyming sl.
• COMMON HERBERGER † a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
• DADDY the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
• FATHER the owner of a common lodging house ...M19 sl.
• HARBINGER † 1. one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
2. one sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; a purveyor of lodgings ...c1386
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• JOLLY ROGER a lodger ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MEALER a boarder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MIVEY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MIVVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MIVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MOT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTTE a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• PERHENDINANCER †* a sojourner, a lodger ...1489
• QUARTERER one who takes up quarters; a lodger ...1648
• QUARTER-MAN a lodger; one who is furnished with temporary lodgings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAW the landlady of a cheap rooming house ...1940s US Black sl.
• TABLER † 1. one who gets his meals at another's table for payment; a boarder ...1598 obs. or rare
† 2. one who boards persons ...1665
LODGING - nouns
• BEING a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CANTING-ACADEMY a common lodging-house ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• COT HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• CRUMB HOUSE a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB JOINT a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DIET board, keep ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DIGGINGS lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DOSSER a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• DOSS-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASE-ROOM † a comfortable lodging-room ...1629
• ENTERTAINMENT lodging and food ...1621 N. Ireland
• FLASH-DISPENSARY a boarding-house ...Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• FLOP a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed ...1910 US sl.
• FLOP-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1909 sl., orig. US
• HARBERGAGE † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HARBERGERY † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...1303
• HARBERY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
† 2. a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAFING a lodging, abode ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERGAGE † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HERBERGERY † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...1303
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 sl.
• LAY * a place of lying or lodging; lair of animals ...1590
• LETARI a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTARY a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTY a lodging; a bed ...1846 sl.
• MANSION † 1. a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
† 2. a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural ...c1400
• MODEL a model lodging-house ...L19 Sc.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• PACK a night lodging for the very poor ...M19 sl.
• PADDEN-CRIB a boys' or youths' lodging-house ...1839 UK sl.
• PADDING KEN a low, cheap, lodging-house ...1839 criminals' sl.
• PAD DOUGH money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PAD MONEY money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PADDEN CRIB n. a lodging house ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDEN KEN a lodging house frequented primarily by vagrants or thieves ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDING-CRIB a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PADDING-KEN a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PAD MONEY money for lodgings ...1904 US sl.
• PECK AND PERCH food and lodging ...1828 sl.
• RAG HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• RAG SHANTY a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• SPIKE a cheap lodging-house ...1866
• TABLING † the act of providing or fact of being provided with meals; provision of food; boarding, board ...a1553 now rare or obs.
• UP-PUT lodging, entertainment ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LODGING - verbs
• DIG to have lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• HAIL UP to stay at an inn or similar lodging ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• WAIT to lodge, to make one's (temporary) home ...1951 Sc.
LOFT - nouns
• CEILING an attic, a loft ...c1960 Amer. dial.
LOFTILY - adverbs
• TALLY * highly, loftily ...1611
LOFTINESS - nouns
• HAUGHTURE loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• MAGNANIMITY * loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur of designs, nobly ambitious spirit ...1598
• MAGNANIMOUSNESS † magnanimity ...1606
• MAGNILOQUENCE loftiness of speech or expression ...1623
• MAGNILOQUENCY † loftiness of speech or expression ...1615
• MAGNILOQUY * magniloquence ...1656
LOFTY - adjectives
• ALTITUDINOUS high, lofty ...1808
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• HAUGHT † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty ...a1470
• HAUTFUL †* exalted, lofty ...c1440
• HEAVEN-HIGH reaching or piercing the clouds; very lofty ...a1000
• MAGNANIME † high-souled; lofty, magnanimous ...1523
• MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy ...1598
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, grandiloquent; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• NAUNTLING towering, lofty, as of a crag or church steeple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• SKIED * seeming to touch or reach the sky; lofty ...1730-46
• TALL grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown, lofty ...1670 colloq.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TOPFUL †* high, lofty, towering ...c1611
• TOPLOFTICAL lofty, high-flown, high and mighty, stuck-up, haughty, having a superior or disdainful attitude ...1823 colloq. humorous
• TOPLOFTY lofty in manner or character; elevated; haughty, high and mighty, pretentious, stuck-up ...1859 colloq. humorous
LOFTY - nouns
• BABEL a lofty structure; a visionary project ...M17
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
LOG - nouns
• BAT a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
• BILLET a chunk of wood; a small log, often used for firewood ...1750 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a thick piece of wood; a log ...LME obs. exc. Sc.
• HELL-BENDER a logger's term for a log ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOGGO logs ...M19 Brit. sl.
• NOGGY a small log or rough block of wood ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a long, thin log ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TIDE WALKER a log floating, often with only one end at the surface, in coastal waters ...1918 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns
• ALIBI DAY among loggers: payday ...1958 Amer. dial.
• AMEN CORNER among loggers, a corner in the bunkhouse where old-timers reminisced, or a place where sky pilots (preachers) spoke, or entertainers told their stories ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ARK in logging: a houseboat used as bunkhouse, kitchen, or storage area, esp. in floating camps ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASPARAGUS in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier handling between woods and pulp mill ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE in logging: a kink in the logging cable ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AX-HANDLE orig. among loggers: a unit of measurement, esp. of width ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BACK CORNER in logging: the far end of a logging operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAIT CAN a lunch bucket, esp. among loggers ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAKE OVEN in logging: a cruiser's tent with one sloping side and two ends ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAR-ROOM a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a bunkhouse ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• DECK a pile of logs ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• GUT HORN a long tin horn blown by the cook's helper to call a logging crew to eat ...1958 Amer. sl.
• HITCHHIKER in logging: a log caught or entangled but not choked with the turn, hauled all or part way to the landing ...1958 Amer. logging
• LOBBY in logging: the living room, or smoking room at a lumber camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOGGER'S SMALLPOX markings on a man's face which are caused by a man's stamping on it with his spiked boots, an activity known as 'putting the caulks to' (a man) ...1938 Can. loggers' sl.
• MACARONI long curls of sawdust ...1938 Amer. logging usage
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SIDE WINDER a tree which in falling hits another and rolls on its axis ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a lumberman's pack or kit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a tree with a twisted grain ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• WIDOW MAKER a dangerous hanging limb or stub ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns, person
• APE among loggers: applied generally to men, but more particularly to a wage-earner ...1930 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER among loggers: a part-time logger, usually not very skilled at woods jobs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ARAB among loggers: a workman who always manages to be away when there's dirty or heavy work to be done ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASPHALT LOGGER among loggers: one who prefers town to the woods; one who makes big talk in town, small work on the job ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BALL HOOTER in logging: a logger who rolls logs down hillsides that are too steep for wagon teams ...1942 US sl.
• BARK-EATER in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARROOM MAN in logging: a chore boy, a flunky ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BEAVER a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
• BIG BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a waiter in a logging camp ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• BLANKET SQUAD in logging: a new crew coming in to the camp in the old days, each man carrying his blankets ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JAY in logging: a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...1969 US logging usage
• BRIDGE MONKEY a logger's name for a bridge builder ...1968 Amer logging usage
• BRUSH APE a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BULL COOK orig. the man who fed the draft animals in logging camps; later, a camp handyman or helper ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULL TEAMSTER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CAMP DOG in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAMP INSPECTOR an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• CATTY an expert in logging jobs ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE in logging: a man who cuts or peels cedar logs, poles, or posts ...1956 Amer. sl.
• CHICKADEE in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB BOSS a construction camp bunkhouse janitor or porter; one who makes up beds ...Bk1974 Amer. hobo and logger use
• DASHBOARD along loggers: a farmer working as a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT ROBBER a log-scaler ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• FEATHER MERCHANT a logger who runs a small operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• FEEDER a man who cared for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER MAN in logging: one who digs; a tool or machine used esp. in digging holes under logs so that chains can be passed around them ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GYPPO a small logging or freighting contractor ...1912 Amer. logging usage
• INKSLINGER in logging: a camp clerk or timekeeper ...1913 Amer. dial.
• JAM CRACKER in logging: one who breaks up log-jams ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JOB SHARK an employment agent; esp. in logging ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LANDLOOKER in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LOBBYHOG in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse; a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERS BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RIVER HOG someone who guides logs downstream ...1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER PIP someone who guides logs downstream ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ROAD MONKEY one who repairs logging roads ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SAVAGE a logger ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SEARS ROEBUCK GUY in logging: a novice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY BOSS one who does odd jobs in a logging camp ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHANTYMAN a lumberjack ...chiefly N. Amer.
• SHEEPHERDER a useless man; a logger wearing a farmer's bib overalls ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER an inept logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKY HOOKER a man who tends chain on the decks of a logging train ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STUMP DETECTIVE a forester or other official, scaler, etc., who measures up the waste in stumps, tops, etc. in a logging operation ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAME APE among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER BEAST a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER WOLF a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1926 Amer. dial.
• WATER BUCK anybody carrying water to a crew ...1958 Amer. loggers' sl.
• WHISTLE PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HICK a logger or other worker in the woods ...1908 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - verbs
• BALLHOOT in logging: to roll logs down a steep incline ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BALLOON IT to pack up and leave camp ...1958 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• HIT THE STEEL in the days of railroad logging, to walk the track away from camp, either because fired, or quitting the job ...1958 logging sl.
LOGGING - interjections
• AROUND THE HORN! among loggers: Watch out! ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP! used as a wake-up call among loggers ...1944 Amer. dial. online
LOGIC - nouns
• MOUNT ALDRICH logic ...E19 Oxford University usage
LOGICAL - adjectives
• HARD-HEADED not easily swayed by sentiment; matter-of-fact; logical ...L18
LOIN - nouns
• LEER † the flank or loin; the hollow under the ribs ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LINE loin ...1815 Amer. dial.
LOINCLOTH - nouns
• MARO a loin-cloth used by South Sea Islanders ...1772-84
• VEIL † a loin-cloth ...1634
• WAIST-CLOTH a loincloth that the natives of hot climates wear round the waist, either hanging down in front or passed between the thighs ...1810
LOITER - verbs
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE AROUND to idle, to loaf, to loiter, to fool about, to act irresponsibly, to trifle ...1664
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIDE-ABOUT to loiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG-MAG to loaf, to loiter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DACKER to walk slowly, to saunter, to loiter; to walk aimlessly; to go about in a feeble or infirm state ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DAFF to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to loiter, to hang about; to make love to ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN to loiter at work ...B1900 Sc.
• DILLDALLY to delay, to loiter, to hesitate ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK ABOUT to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE ARSE to loiter, to hold back ...17C colloq.
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to loiter, to linger, to wait about ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid fashion, as during convalescence; to hang about, to loiter aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER † to lag, to linger, to loiter ...c1620
• LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax ...1858 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1837 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAWKS to mess about; to saunter, to loiter in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NAVIGATE ABOUT to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SANNICK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SONNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• TAFFLE to trifle, to idle, to loiter ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TIDDYTOIT to loiter, to idle; to waste time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAPE to loiter ...1883 Eng. dial.
LOITERER, LOITERING - nouns, person
• DALLY-CRAW a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRUG-STORE COWBOY orig. an idle young swaggerer who hung around drug-store soda fountains trying to press girls; one who loiters or loafs on street corners, etc. ...1923 US sl.
• GADLING an idler, a loiterer; an idle, aimless person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAITLING an idler, a loiterer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HANGAROUND an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HANGAROUNDER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HANGER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANGER-ON an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HANG-OUT a person who loiters about with nothing to do ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LAG a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
• LAGABAG a loiterer; the hindmost or last ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGY a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-SACK † a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler ...1594
• NO-ACCOUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT BUM an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUTHER-POKE a loiterer, a procrastinator ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
LOITERING - adjectives
• HALLACKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE-LAST always behindhand, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAG-MA-LAST always behind, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLING trifling; loitering ...Bk1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LOITERING - nouns
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
LOLL - verbs
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LOLLOP to loll, to lounge around ...1745
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
LOLLIPOP - nouns
• LICK-'N'-LIKE candy on a stick to be licked; a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LICKSTICK a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE a lollipop ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SUCKABOB * a sweetmeat that is sucked in the mouth; a lollipop ...1888
• TAFFY a lollipop ...1944 Amer. dial.
LONDON - see ENGLAND
LONELINESS - nouns
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• LONESOME loneliness ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOKUS loneliness ...1928 Amer. sl.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adjectives
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• DALY † lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
• DEAFLY lonely, solitary and silent ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLLY † dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16
• DOWIE dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1823 Sc.
• LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1948 Sc.
• ONELY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• ONERLY lonely, retired ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONLY † one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OWNLY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adverbs
• ANERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANNERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Eng. dial.
LONER - nouns, person
• LOBO a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LOBO WOLF n. a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
LONESOME - adjectives
• UVART unfrequented, lonesome; clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
LONG - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT LONG very long ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LENGTHFUL * of great length, long ...c1611 poetic usage
• LONG AS ONE'S ARM, AS very long ...colloq.
• LONGER THAN THE MORAL LAW very long ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONGFUL long ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LONGINQUOUS † long ...1666
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF LENGTH † long ...1593
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLANGRELL †* long and narrow ...1643
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TANGLEWISE long and slender ...1825 Sc.
• TANGLIE long and slender ...1812 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
LONG - nouns
• LANGLE anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LENGTHING † making long or longer ...c1450
• TANGLE anything long and dangling, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc. ...1864 Eng. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adjectives
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adverbs
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
LONGER - adjectives
• LENGER † longer ...c900
LONGER - adverbs
• LENG † longer ...c1000
• LENGE † longer ...c1000
• LENGER † longer ...c1200
LONG FOR - nouns, person
• GAPER † one who longs for a thing ...1559
LONG FOR - verbs
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something ...c1340
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HONE to yearn, to long for ...Amer. dial.
• ICKLE to long for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANK † to want, to long for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• SPELL FOR to long for ...M19 sl.
• THINK LONG to long, to yearn ...1872 Amer. dial.
• VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for ...1963 Sc.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for ...a1250 obs.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
LONGING - adjectives
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• FAINING † longing, wistful ...c1400
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLONGED † seized or overcome with longing ...c1000
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• YAWNING † longing after something ...1634
• YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
LONGING - nouns
• CALF-EYES. a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• LUS a yearning; a longing ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1857
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• RAMPING a crazy longing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
LONGING - nouns, person
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
LONGINGLY - adverbs
• EARN †* earnestly, longingly ...1230
• SITHINGLY † with a sigh; longingly, yearningly ...1570
LONG-LASTING - adjectives
• ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
LONG-LIVED - adjectives
• GRANDEVOUS †* of great age; aged, old, long-lived ...1682
• LONG-LIFED long-lived ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life ...1727
LONG-LIVED - nouns, person
• MACROBIAN one who has a long life ...Bk1910
• MACROBIOTE * one that lives long; a long lived person or animal ...1882
LONG-SUFFERING - adjectives
• PATIENTFU' long-suffering, very patient, submissive ...1773 Sc.
LONG-WINDED - adjectives
• AEOLISTIC long-winded ...1882
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• VERBOSIOUS † verbose, long-winded ...1676
• VERBOUS †* verbose, long-winded ...1657
LONG-WINDED - nouns, person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
LONG-WINDEDNESS - nouns
• LONGILOQUENCE * a speaking at great or excessive length; long-windedness, verbosity ...1836
LOOK - adjectives
• OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving ...20C sl.
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong ...1866
LOOK, LOOKING - nouns
• ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response ...1970s US Black sl.
• BELGARD † n. a kind or loving look ...1590
• BESEEMING † appearance, look ...1611
• BO-PEEP a look; a glance ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTCHER'S a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. sl., short for 'butcher's hook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance ...1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• DARRY a look ...1940s UK prison sl.
• DECK a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DECKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DEKH a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DEKK a look, a glance ...M19 sl.
• DEKKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DOUBLE O an intense look ...1913 US sl.
• GANDER a look, a glance ...1914 sl., orig. US
• GANSEL † an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl ...1825 Sc.
• GAZEMENT * stare, look, observation ...1596
• GEEK a look, a glance ...1919 Aust sl.
• GIG a look, a glance ...1924 Aust. sl.
• GINK a look, a glance ...1945 Aust. sl.
• GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOO a look ...1991 Ireland sl.
• LAMP a look ...1926 US sl.
• LECH † a look, glance ...c1205
• LOOK-SEE a look, a glance ...1883 sl.
• MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look ...1999 US sl.
• ONE an unpleasant look ...1900s sl.
• PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about ...c1910 sl.
• QUEER a look on one's face; a look at something ...L19 sl.
• QUIZ a look ...19C sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SHOOFTI a quick look ...1943 UK sl.
• SHUFTI(E) a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SHUFTY a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SKELLY a glance, a look ...20C Irish
• SKELLYING looking ...20C Irish
• SKETCH a look at, a view of ...2000s Sc.
• SKLENT a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT a look, a glance ...1673 sl.
• SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance ...1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TENT a look; observation, notice, attention ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERLOOK a covert look or glance ...1821
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VARDA a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VARDER a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
LOOK - nouns, person
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
LOOK - verbs
• ADVISE † to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for ...1297
• AUGER to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• AUGER AROUND to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEHOLD † to look ...c1175
• BELOOK † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one's eyes about ...c1175
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• BLINTER to blink; to look at with weak eyes ...1804 Sc.
• CAST AN OPTIC to look at ...L19 sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CAST SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice ...1929 sl., orig. US
• COP to notice; to look at ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• EYEBALL to look at; to look around ...1901 sl., orig. US
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GANDER to look at ...1887 US sl.
• GANDERNECK to look at ...1970s US sl.
• GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently ...c1200
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GET A LOAD OF to look at ...1929 sl., orig. US
• GET AN EYEFUL to look at ...1899 sl.
• GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically ...1882 US sl.
• GIVE THE DAGGERS to look angrily at someone ...2002 UK sl.
• GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance ...c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOGGLE to look at ...1938 sl.
• GROAK to look at one watchfully and suspiciously ...B1900 Sc.
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED to keep a sharp look out ...c1905 sl.
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• MAKE SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...1682 sl.
• OGALE to look longingly or amorously at a man ...1682 UK homosexual sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• PIPE to look at ...1846 sl.
• SCAN to look with disgust or disdain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCAN ON to watch closely, to look closely, esp. at something one intends stealing ...1960s US Black sl.
• SCLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCREW to look at ...1917 sl., orig. Aust.
• SHUFTI to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SHUFTY to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SIGHT to look at ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SNEAK A PEAK to take a look at something or someone ...1999 US sl.
• SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely ...1676 cant
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUIZ(Z) to look at ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at ...1930s sl., orig. US
• TAKE A HINGE AT to look at ...1930s US sl.
• TAKE A LAMP AT to have a look at ...1926 US sl.
• TAKE A LUNAR to look at ...1906 sl.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TWIG to look at ...1764 sl.
• UMBEHOLD † to look about ...a1400-50
• UMBELOOK † to look about ...a1300
• UMBLOOK † to look round ...c1375
• UMHEED † to look about ...a1400-50
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
• WAIT † to keep watch, to look intently ...1338
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YOAK to look ...Bk1905 Sc.
LOOK AFTER - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NOTICE to watch over; to look after ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OIL SOMEONE'S WHEELS to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after ...1990s sl.
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
LOOK FOR - verbs
• FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• LAIT † to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
LOOKING - adjectives
• OMNISPECTIVE looking into or beholding all things ...1743
LOOKING - nouns
• TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOOK OUT - adjectives
• ON THE HARK on the watch or look out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LOOKOUT - nouns
• HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
LOOKOUT - nouns, person
• CHICKIE a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout ...1945 Amer. jocular
• EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them ...1940s sl.
• OUTSIDE MAN a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSIDER a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack ...1940s Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
• RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police ...1992 US sl.
• TOOT 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1382
• TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...c1460
• TOTE 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1535
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout ...1382
LOOK-OUT - verbs
• HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for ...1868 Eng. dial.
• KEEP OBS to keep a lookout ...1940s sl.
• KEEP ONE'S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout ...1828 Amer. dial.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context ...1940s Aust. sl.
• SKIN ONE'S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout ...1860 Amer. dial.
LOOK OVER - verbs
• GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to look over, to assess ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GUN to look over; to examine ...1812 UK sl.
LOOP - nouns
• LATCHET † a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
LOATHE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DAWL to loathe, to disrelish ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIATE †* to feel a disgust for; to loathe ...1618
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• SCUNDER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCUNNER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LOATHING - nouns
• FASTIDIOUSNESS † loathing, disgust ...1533
• LAITH loathing, despite, scorn ...1882 Sc.
• UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing ...c1250
• UGLINESS † horror, dread, loathing ...c1325
• UGSOMENESS loathing; loathsomeness; ugliness, repulsiveness ...c1440
LOATHING - verbs
• UG † 1. to inspire or affect dread, loathing, or disgust ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to feel dread or apprehension, disgust, or loathing ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOATHSOME - adjectives
• CACK contemptible, unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, inferior ...1996 UK sl.
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• LAIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• UGGED † horrid, loathsome ...1570
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• UGGING causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UGGSOME disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, horrible ...1724 Sc.
• UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly ...c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
LOATHSOME - nouns
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
LOATHSOME - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
LOATHSOMENESS - nouns
• FEDITY † foulness, filthiness, nastiness, vileness, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical ...1542
LOBSTER - nouns
• CARDINAL a lobster ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CARDINAL HASH lobster salad ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• LAPSTER a lobster ...1700 Sc.
• NANCY a small lobster ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PISTOL a lobster that is missing one or both claws ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SEA CRAW a lobster ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SHORT an illegal, undersized lobster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SNAPPER in lobstering: a lobster that is not legal size ...1978 US sl.
LOBSTER - verbs
• BARB † to carve a lobster ...1508
LOCALITY - adjectives
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
locality adj. TOPOPOLITAN that inhabits a definite or restricted locality, limited to a restricted habitat ...1897
LOCALITY - nouns
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• UBIQUITY † locality, region ...1633
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
LOCATE - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• HAFT to establish in a situation or place of residence; to locate ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to be able to search out or locate, as a bargain, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
LOCATED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
LOCATION - nouns
• GAFF a location ...1999 UK sl.
• TWENTY a location ...1975 US Citizens’ band radio sl.
• UBI † place, position; location ...1614
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
LOCK - nouns
• DEAD-LOCK a lock the key of which is lost ...1887 Eng. dial.
• FARCING the picking of a lock ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• HANGING LOCK † a padlock ...1495-7
• HANG-LOCK † a hanging lock, a padlock ...1587
• MONKEY a padlock ...1812 sl.
• PAD † a shortened form of 'padlock' ...1573
• PADDY a padlock ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SPIKE a lock ...1920s US criminals' sl.
LOCK, LOCK UP - verbs
• HASP † to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up ...1680
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
LOCKED - adjectives
• BOXED locked up ...Bk1890 sl.
• OFF-LOCKED locked up ...1869 Eng. dial.
LOCKING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
LOCK-UP - nouns
• BOOB a lock-up, a cell ...E20 sl.
• BOOBY HATCH a lock-up, a cell; an asylum ...US sl.
• CAGE † a prison for petty malefactors; a lock-up ...c1500
•.CALLIE a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CALLY a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• IRISH-THEATRE a guard room or lock-up in barracks ...Bk1896 military sl.
LOCOMOTIVE - see TRAIN
LOCUST - nouns
• ACRID † a locust ...c1550
• SKIPPER †* a locust ...c1250
LOCUTION - nouns
• OBLOCUTION † bad locution or utterance; bad delivery ...c1450
LODGE - verbs
• BED † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
• BESTOW to lodge, to quarter; to put up; to provide with a resting place or sleeping place ...1577 arch.
• HARBINGE † to lodge; to take up one's quarters ...c1475
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KENNEL of a person: to lodge or lurk; to inhabit, to dwell; used contemptuously ...1599
• KIP to lodge ...L19 sl.
• LEAGUER †* to 'lie', to lodge ..1596
• LIE to lodge, stay the night; to sojourn ...arch.
• MEAL to board ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER to lodge; to obtain board and lodging at an inn, etc. ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IN to receive lodgers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to lodge, to put up, to take up residence ...1852 Amer. dial.
• TARRY to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
LODGER, LODGING - nouns, person
• ARTFUL DODGER a lodger ...B1857 rhyming sl.
• COMMON HERBERGER † a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
• DADDY the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
• FATHER the owner of a common lodging house ...M19 sl.
• HARBINGER † 1. one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
2. one sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; a purveyor of lodgings ...c1386
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• JOLLY ROGER a lodger ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MEALER a boarder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MIVEY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MIVVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MIVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MOT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTTE a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• PERHENDINANCER †* a sojourner, a lodger ...1489
• QUARTERER one who takes up quarters; a lodger ...1648
• QUARTER-MAN a lodger; one who is furnished with temporary lodgings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAW the landlady of a cheap rooming house ...1940s US Black sl.
• TABLER † 1. one who gets his meals at another's table for payment; a boarder ...1598 obs. or rare
† 2. one who boards persons ...1665
LODGING - nouns
• BEING a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CANTING-ACADEMY a common lodging-house ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• COT HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• CRUMB HOUSE a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB JOINT a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DIET board, keep ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DIGGINGS lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DOSSER a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• DOSS-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASE-ROOM † a comfortable lodging-room ...1629
• ENTERTAINMENT lodging and food ...1621 N. Ireland
• FLASH-DISPENSARY a boarding-house ...Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• FLOP a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed ...1910 US sl.
• FLOP-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1909 sl., orig. US
• HARBERGAGE † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HARBERGERY † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...1303
• HARBERY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
† 2. a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAFING a lodging, abode ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERGAGE † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HERBERGERY † 1. a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
† 2. lodging, entertainment ...1303
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 sl.
• LAY * a place of lying or lodging; lair of animals ...1590
• LETARI a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTARY a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTY a lodging; a bed ...1846 sl.
• MANSION † 1. a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
† 2. a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural ...c1400
• MODEL a model lodging-house ...L19 Sc.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• PACK a night lodging for the very poor ...M19 sl.
• PADDEN-CRIB a boys' or youths' lodging-house ...1839 UK sl.
• PADDING KEN a low, cheap, lodging-house ...1839 criminals' sl.
• PAD DOUGH money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PAD MONEY money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PADDEN CRIB n. a lodging house ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDEN KEN a lodging house frequented primarily by vagrants or thieves ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDING-CRIB a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PADDING-KEN a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PAD MONEY money for lodgings ...1904 US sl.
• PECK AND PERCH food and lodging ...1828 sl.
• RAG HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• RAG SHANTY a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• SPIKE a cheap lodging-house ...1866
• TABLING † the act of providing or fact of being provided with meals; provision of food; boarding, board ...a1553 now rare or obs.
• UP-PUT lodging, entertainment ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LODGING - verbs
• DIG to have lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• HAIL UP to stay at an inn or similar lodging ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• WAIT to lodge, to make one's (temporary) home ...1951 Sc.
LOFT - nouns
• CEILING an attic, a loft ...c1960 Amer. dial.
LOFTILY - adverbs
• TALLY * highly, loftily ...1611
LOFTINESS - nouns
• HAUGHTURE loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• MAGNANIMITY * loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur of designs, nobly ambitious spirit ...1598
• MAGNANIMOUSNESS † magnanimity ...1606
• MAGNILOQUENCE loftiness of speech or expression ...1623
• MAGNILOQUENCY † loftiness of speech or expression ...1615
• MAGNILOQUY * magniloquence ...1656
LOFTY - adjectives
• ALTITUDINOUS high, lofty ...1808
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• HAUGHT † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty ...a1470
• HAUTFUL †* exalted, lofty ...c1440
• HEAVEN-HIGH reaching or piercing the clouds; very lofty ...a1000
• MAGNANIME † high-souled; lofty, magnanimous ...1523
• MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy ...1598
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, grandiloquent; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• NAUNTLING towering, lofty, as of a crag or church steeple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• SKIED * seeming to touch or reach the sky; lofty ...1730-46
• TALL grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown, lofty ...1670 colloq.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TOPFUL †* high, lofty, towering ...c1611
• TOPLOFTICAL lofty, high-flown, high and mighty, stuck-up, haughty, having a superior or disdainful attitude ...1823 colloq. humorous
• TOPLOFTY lofty in manner or character; elevated; haughty, high and mighty, pretentious, stuck-up ...1859 colloq. humorous
LOFTY - nouns
• BABEL a lofty structure; a visionary project ...M17
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
LOG - nouns
• BAT a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
• BILLET a chunk of wood; a small log, often used for firewood ...1750 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a thick piece of wood; a log ...LME obs. exc. Sc.
• HELL-BENDER a logger's term for a log ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOGGO logs ...M19 Brit. sl.
• NOGGY a small log or rough block of wood ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a long, thin log ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TIDE WALKER a log floating, often with only one end at the surface, in coastal waters ...1918 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns
• ALIBI DAY among loggers: payday ...1958 Amer. dial.
• AMEN CORNER among loggers, a corner in the bunkhouse where old-timers reminisced, or a place where sky pilots (preachers) spoke, or entertainers told their stories ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ARK in logging: a houseboat used as bunkhouse, kitchen, or storage area, esp. in floating camps ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASPARAGUS in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier handling between woods and pulp mill ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE in logging: a kink in the logging cable ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AX-HANDLE orig. among loggers: a unit of measurement, esp. of width ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BACK CORNER in logging: the far end of a logging operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAIT CAN a lunch bucket, esp. among loggers ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAKE OVEN in logging: a cruiser's tent with one sloping side and two ends ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAR-ROOM a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a bunkhouse ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• DECK a pile of logs ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• GUT HORN a long tin horn blown by the cook's helper to call a logging crew to eat ...1958 Amer. sl.
• HITCHHIKER in logging: a log caught or entangled but not choked with the turn, hauled all or part way to the landing ...1958 Amer. logging
• LOBBY in logging: the living room, or smoking room at a lumber camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOGGER'S SMALLPOX markings on a man's face which are caused by a man's stamping on it with his spiked boots, an activity known as 'putting the caulks to' (a man) ...1938 Can. loggers' sl.
• MACARONI long curls of sawdust ...1938 Amer. logging usage
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SIDE WINDER a tree which in falling hits another and rolls on its axis ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a lumberman's pack or kit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a tree with a twisted grain ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• WIDOW MAKER a dangerous hanging limb or stub ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns, person
• APE among loggers: applied generally to men, but more particularly to a wage-earner ...1930 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER among loggers: a part-time logger, usually not very skilled at woods jobs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ARAB among loggers: a workman who always manages to be away when there's dirty or heavy work to be done ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASPHALT LOGGER among loggers: one who prefers town to the woods; one who makes big talk in town, small work on the job ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BALL HOOTER in logging: a logger who rolls logs down hillsides that are too steep for wagon teams ...1942 US sl.
• BARK-EATER in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARROOM MAN in logging: a chore boy, a flunky ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BEAVER a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
• BIG BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a waiter in a logging camp ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• BLANKET SQUAD in logging: a new crew coming in to the camp in the old days, each man carrying his blankets ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JAY in logging: a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...1969 US logging usage
• BRIDGE MONKEY a logger's name for a bridge builder ...1968 Amer logging usage
• BRUSH APE a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BULL COOK orig. the man who fed the draft animals in logging camps; later, a camp handyman or helper ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULL TEAMSTER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CAMP DOG in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAMP INSPECTOR an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• CATTY an expert in logging jobs ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE in logging: a man who cuts or peels cedar logs, poles, or posts ...1956 Amer. sl.
• CHICKADEE in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB BOSS a construction camp bunkhouse janitor or porter; one who makes up beds ...Bk1974 Amer. hobo and logger use
• DASHBOARD along loggers: a farmer working as a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT ROBBER a log-scaler ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• FEATHER MERCHANT a logger who runs a small operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• FEEDER a man who cared for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GOPHER MAN in logging: one who digs; a tool or machine used esp. in digging holes under logs so that chains can be passed around them ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GYPPO a small logging or freighting contractor ...1912 Amer. logging usage
• INKSLINGER in logging: a camp clerk or timekeeper ...1913 Amer. dial.
• JAM CRACKER in logging: one who breaks up log-jams ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JOB SHARK an employment agent; esp. in logging ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LANDLOOKER in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LOBBYHOG in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse; a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERS BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RIVER HOG someone who guides logs downstream ...1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER PIP someone who guides logs downstream ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ROAD MONKEY one who repairs logging roads ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SAVAGE a logger ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SEARS ROEBUCK GUY in logging: a novice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY BOSS one who does odd jobs in a logging camp ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHANTYMAN a lumberjack ...chiefly N. Amer.
• SHEEPHERDER a useless man; a logger wearing a farmer's bib overalls ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER an inept logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKY HOOKER a man who tends chain on the decks of a logging train ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STUMP DETECTIVE a forester or other official, scaler, etc., who measures up the waste in stumps, tops, etc. in a logging operation ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAME APE among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER BEAST a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER WOLF a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1926 Amer. dial.
• WATER BUCK anybody carrying water to a crew ...1958 Amer. loggers' sl.
• WHISTLE PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• WOOD HICK a logger or other worker in the woods ...1908 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - verbs
• BALLHOOT in logging: to roll logs down a steep incline ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BALLOON IT to pack up and leave camp ...1958 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• HIT THE STEEL in the days of railroad logging, to walk the track away from camp, either because fired, or quitting the job ...1958 logging sl.
LOGGING - interjections
• AROUND THE HORN! among loggers: Watch out! ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP! used as a wake-up call among loggers ...1944 Amer. dial. online
LOGIC - nouns
• MOUNT ALDRICH logic ...E19 Oxford University usage
LOGICAL - adjectives
• HARD-HEADED not easily swayed by sentiment; matter-of-fact; logical ...L18
LOIN - nouns
• LEER † the flank or loin; the hollow under the ribs ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LINE loin ...1815 Amer. dial.
LOINCLOTH - nouns
• MARO a loin-cloth used by South Sea Islanders ...1772-84
• VEIL † a loin-cloth ...1634
• WAIST-CLOTH a loincloth that the natives of hot climates wear round the waist, either hanging down in front or passed between the thighs ...1810
LOITER - verbs
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE AROUND to idle, to loaf, to loiter, to fool about, to act irresponsibly, to trifle ...1664
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIDE-ABOUT to loiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG-MAG to loaf, to loiter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• DACKER to walk slowly, to saunter, to loiter; to walk aimlessly; to go about in a feeble or infirm state ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DAFF to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to loiter, to hang about; to make love to ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN to loiter at work ...B1900 Sc.
• DILLDALLY to delay, to loiter, to hesitate ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK ABOUT to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE ARSE to loiter, to hold back ...17C colloq.
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to loiter, to linger, to wait about ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid fashion, as during convalescence; to hang about, to loiter aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER † to lag, to linger, to loiter ...c1620
• LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax ...1858 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1837 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAWKS to mess about; to saunter, to loiter in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NAVIGATE ABOUT to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SANNICK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SONNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• TAFFLE to trifle, to idle, to loiter ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TIDDYTOIT to loiter, to idle; to waste time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAPE to loiter ...1883 Eng. dial.
LOITERER, LOITERING - nouns, person
• DALLY-CRAW a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRUG-STORE COWBOY orig. an idle young swaggerer who hung around drug-store soda fountains trying to press girls; one who loiters or loafs on street corners, etc. ...1923 US sl.
• GADLING an idler, a loiterer; an idle, aimless person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAITLING an idler, a loiterer ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HANGAROUND an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HANGAROUNDER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HANGER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANGER-ON an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HANG-OUT a person who loiters about with nothing to do ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LAG a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
• LAGABAG a loiterer; the hindmost or last ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGY a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-SACK † a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler ...1594
• NO-ACCOUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT BUM an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUTHER-POKE a loiterer, a procrastinator ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
LOITERING - adjectives
• HALLACKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE-LAST always behindhand, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAG-MA-LAST always behind, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLING trifling; loitering ...Bk1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LOITERING - nouns
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
LOLL - verbs
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LOLLOP to loll, to lounge around ...1745
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
LOLLIPOP - nouns
• LICK-'N'-LIKE candy on a stick to be licked; a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LICKSTICK a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE a lollipop ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SUCKABOB * a sweetmeat that is sucked in the mouth; a lollipop ...1888
• TAFFY a lollipop ...1944 Amer. dial.
LONDON - see ENGLAND
LONELINESS - nouns
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• LONESOME loneliness ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOKUS loneliness ...1928 Amer. sl.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adjectives
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• DALY † lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
• DEAFLY lonely, solitary and silent ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLLY † dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16
• DOWIE dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1823 Sc.
• LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1948 Sc.
• ONELY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• ONERLY lonely, retired ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONLY † one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OWNLY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adverbs
• ANERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANNERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Eng. dial.
LONER - nouns, person
• LOBO a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LOBO WOLF n. a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
LONESOME - adjectives
• UVART unfrequented, lonesome; clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
LONG - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT LONG very long ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LENGTHFUL * of great length, long ...c1611 poetic usage
• LONG AS ONE'S ARM, AS very long ...colloq.
• LONGER THAN THE MORAL LAW very long ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONGFUL long ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LONGINQUOUS † long ...1666
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF LENGTH † long ...1593
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLANGRELL †* long and narrow ...1643
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TANGLEWISE long and slender ...1825 Sc.
• TANGLIE long and slender ...1812 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
LONG - nouns
• LANGLE anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LENGTHING † making long or longer ...c1450
• TANGLE anything long and dangling, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc. ...1864 Eng. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adjectives
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adverbs
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
LONGER - adjectives
• LENGER † longer ...c900
LONGER - adverbs
• LENG † longer ...c1000
• LENGE † longer ...c1000
• LENGER † longer ...c1200
LONG FOR - nouns, person
• GAPER † one who longs for a thing ...1559
LONG FOR - verbs
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something ...c1340
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HONE to yearn, to long for ...Amer. dial.
• ICKLE to long for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANK † to want, to long for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• SPELL FOR to long for ...M19 sl.
• THINK LONG to long, to yearn ...1872 Amer. dial.
• VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for ...1963 Sc.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for ...a1250 obs.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
LONGING - adjectives
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• FAINING † longing, wistful ...c1400
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLONGED † seized or overcome with longing ...c1000
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• YAWNING † longing after something ...1634
• YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
LONGING - nouns
• CALF-EYES. a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• LUS a yearning; a longing ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1857
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• RAMPING a crazy longing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
LONGING - nouns, person
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
LONGINGLY - adverbs
• EARN †* earnestly, longingly ...1230
• SITHINGLY † with a sigh; longingly, yearningly ...1570
LONG-LASTING - adjectives
• ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
LONG-LIVED - adjectives
• GRANDEVOUS †* of great age; aged, old, long-lived ...1682
• LONG-LIFED long-lived ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life ...1727
LONG-LIVED - nouns, person
• MACROBIAN one who has a long life ...Bk1910
• MACROBIOTE * one that lives long; a long lived person or animal ...1882
LONG-SUFFERING - adjectives
• PATIENTFU' long-suffering, very patient, submissive ...1773 Sc.
LONG-WINDED - adjectives
• AEOLISTIC long-winded ...1882
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• VERBOSIOUS † verbose, long-winded ...1676
• VERBOUS †* verbose, long-winded ...1657
LONG-WINDED - nouns, person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
LONG-WINDEDNESS - nouns
• LONGILOQUENCE * a speaking at great or excessive length; long-windedness, verbosity ...1836
LOOK - adjectives
• OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving ...20C sl.
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong ...1866
LOOK, LOOKING - nouns
• ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response ...1970s US Black sl.
• BELGARD † n. a kind or loving look ...1590
• BESEEMING † appearance, look ...1611
• BO-PEEP a look; a glance ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTCHER'S a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. sl., short for 'butcher's hook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance ...1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• DARRY a look ...1940s UK prison sl.
• DECK a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DECKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DEKH a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DEKK a look, a glance ...M19 sl.
• DEKKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DOUBLE O an intense look ...1913 US sl.
• GANDER a look, a glance ...1914 sl., orig. US
• GANSEL † an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl ...1825 Sc.
• GAZEMENT * stare, look, observation ...1596
• GEEK a look, a glance ...1919 Aust sl.
• GIG a look, a glance ...1924 Aust. sl.
• GINK a look, a glance ...1945 Aust. sl.
• GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOO a look ...1991 Ireland sl.
• LAMP a look ...1926 US sl.
• LECH † a look, glance ...c1205
• LOOK-SEE a look, a glance ...1883 sl.
• MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look ...1999 US sl.
• ONE an unpleasant look ...1900s sl.
• PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about ...c1910 sl.
• QUEER a look on one's face; a look at something ...L19 sl.
• QUIZ a look ...19C sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SHOOFTI a quick look ...1943 UK sl.
• SHUFTI(E) a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SHUFTY a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SKELLY a glance, a look ...20C Irish
• SKELLYING looking ...20C Irish
• SKETCH a look at, a view of ...2000s Sc.
• SKLENT a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT a look, a glance ...1673 sl.
• SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance ...1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TENT a look; observation, notice, attention ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERLOOK a covert look or glance ...1821
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VARDA a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VARDER a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
LOOK - nouns, person
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
LOOK - verbs
• ADVISE † to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for ...1297
• AUGER to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• AUGER AROUND to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEHOLD † to look ...c1175
• BELOOK † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one's eyes about ...c1175
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• BLINTER to blink; to look at with weak eyes ...1804 Sc.
• CAST AN OPTIC to look at ...L19 sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CAST SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice ...1929 sl., orig. US
• COP to notice; to look at ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• EYEBALL to look at; to look around ...1901 sl., orig. US
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GANDER to look at ...1887 US sl.
• GANDERNECK to look at ...1970s US sl.
• GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently ...c1200
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GET A LOAD OF to look at ...1929 sl., orig. US
• GET AN EYEFUL to look at ...1899 sl.
• GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically ...1882 US sl.
• GIVE THE DAGGERS to look angrily at someone ...2002 UK sl.
• GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance ...c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GOGGLE to look at ...1938 sl.
• GROAK to look at one watchfully and suspiciously ...B1900 Sc.
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED to keep a sharp look out ...c1905 sl.
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• MAKE SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1984 Amer. dial.
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...1682 sl.
• OGALE to look longingly or amorously at a man ...1682 UK homosexual sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• PIPE to look at ...1846 sl.
• SCAN to look with disgust or disdain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCAN ON to watch closely, to look closely, esp. at something one intends stealing ...1960s US Black sl.
• SCLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCREW to look at ...1917 sl., orig. Aust.
• SHUFTI to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SHUFTY to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SIGHT to look at ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SNEAK A PEAK to take a look at something or someone ...1999 US sl.
• SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely ...1676 cant
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUIZ(Z) to look at ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at ...1930s sl., orig. US
• TAKE A HINGE AT to look at ...1930s US sl.
• TAKE A LAMP AT to have a look at ...1926 US sl.
• TAKE A LUNAR to look at ...1906 sl.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TWIG to look at ...1764 sl.
• UMBEHOLD † to look about ...a1400-50
• UMBELOOK † to look about ...a1300
• UMBLOOK † to look round ...c1375
• UMHEED † to look about ...a1400-50
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
• WAIT † to keep watch, to look intently ...1338
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YOAK to look ...Bk1905 Sc.
LOOK AFTER - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NOTICE to watch over; to look after ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OIL SOMEONE'S WHEELS to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after ...1990s sl.
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
LOOK FOR - verbs
• FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• LAIT † to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
LOOKING - adjectives
• OMNISPECTIVE looking into or beholding all things ...1743
LOOKING - nouns
• TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOOK OUT - adjectives
• ON THE HARK on the watch or look out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LOOKOUT - nouns
• HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
LOOKOUT - nouns, person
• CHICKIE a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout ...1945 Amer. jocular
• EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them ...1940s sl.
• OUTSIDE MAN a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSIDER a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack ...1940s Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
• RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police ...1992 US sl.
• TOOT 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1382
• TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...c1460
• TOTE 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1535
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout ...1382
LOOK-OUT - verbs
• HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for ...1868 Eng. dial.
• KEEP OBS to keep a lookout ...1940s sl.
• KEEP ONE'S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout ...1828 Amer. dial.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context ...1940s Aust. sl.
• SKIN ONE'S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout ...1860 Amer. dial.
LOOK OVER - verbs
• GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to look over, to assess ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GUN to look over; to examine ...1812 UK sl.
LOOP - nouns
• LATCHET † a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350