Chapter Lone to Longmynd rocks of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Longbeak
(Long"beak`) n. (Zoöl.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); — called also long-billed dowitcher.

Longboat
(Long"boat`) n. (Naut.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

Longbow
(Long"bow`) n. The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; — so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.

To draw the longbow, to tell large stories.

Long-breathed
(Long"-breathed`) a. Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

Long-drawn
(Long"-drawn`) a. Extended to a great length.

The cicadæ hushed their long-drawn, ear- splitting strains.

G. W. Cable.

Longe
(Longe) n. [Abbrev. fr. allonge. See Lunge.]

1. A thrust. See Lunge. Smollett.

2. The training ground for a horse. Farrow.

Longe
(Longe), n. (Zoöl.) Same as 4th Lunge.

Longer
(Long"er) n. One who longs for anything.

Longeval
(Lon*ge"val) a. Long-loved; longevous.[R.] Pope.

Longevity
(Lon*gev"i*ty) n. [L. longaevitas. See Longevous.] Long duration of life; length of life.

The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious.

Arbuthnot.

Longevous
(Lon*ge"vous) a. [L. longaevus; longus long + aevum lifetime, age. See Long, and Age.] Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne.

Longhand
(Long"hand`) n. The written characters used in the common method of writing; — opposed to shorthand.

Longheaded
(Long"head"ed) a. Having unusual foresight or sagacity. — Long"-head`ed*ness, n.

Longhorn
(Long"horn`) n. (Zoöl.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long- horned.

Long-horned
(Long"-horned`) a. (Zoöl.) [Obs.] Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennæ, as certain beetles

Longicorn
(Lon"gi*corn) a. [L. longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. longicorne.] (Zoöl.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. — n. One of the Longicornia.

Longicornia
(||Lon`gi*cor"ni*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. longus long + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennæ are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.