Chapter Logger to Londonize of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Lombard Street

, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.

Lombardeer
(Lom`bard*eer") n. A pawnbroker. [Obs.] Howell.

Lombard-house
(Lom"bard-house Lom"bar-house`) [F. or D. lombard. See Lombard, n.]

1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.

2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; — called also mont de piété.

Lombardic
(Lom*bar"dic) a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.

Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. — Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee.Lombardy poplar. (Bot.) See Poplar.

Loment
(Lo"ment) n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] (Bot.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

Lomentaceous
(Lo`men*ta"ceous) a. [From Loment.] (Bot.) Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

Lomonite
(Lom"o*nite) n. Same as Laumontite.

Lompish
(Lomp"ish) a. Lumpish. [Obs.] Spenser.

Lond
(Lond) n. Land. [Obs.] Chaucer.

London
(Lon"don) n. The capital city of England.

London paste (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; — used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. — London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. Dr. Prior. — London rocket (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.

Londoner
(Lon"don*er) n. A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

Londonism
(Lon"don*ism) n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

Londonize
(Lon"don*ize) v. i. To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.

Londonize
(Lon"don*ize), v. i. To imitate the manner of the people of London.