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| lobscouse | (n) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors, Syn. scouse, lobscuse |
| lobster | (n) flesh of a lobster |
| lobster | (n) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae |
| lobster butter | (n) butter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shells |
| lobsterman | (n) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| lobster newburg | (n) lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice, Syn. lobster a la Newburg |
| lobster pot | (n) trap for catching lobsters |
| lobster stew | (n) diced lobster meat in milk or cream |
| lobster tail | (n) lobster tail meat; usually from spiny rock lobsters |
| lobster tart | (n) a pastry shell filled with cooked lobster |
| Lobscouse | n. [ Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted. ] [ Lob + course. ] (Naut.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lobsided | a. See Lopsided. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lobspound | n. [ Lob + pound a prison. ] A prison. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lobster | n. [ AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust. ] (Zool.)
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| lobsterback | n. (American History) A British soldier in the 1700's; -- so-called because of his red coat, esp. during the American Revolutionary War. |
| lobster-backed | adj. (American History) Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War in America; -- so called because of their red coats. |
| Lobster pot | n. a device used to trap lobsters, consisting of a semi-cylindrical structure made of wooden slats, with openings formed of funnel-shaped nets allowing lobsters to enter, but impeding their exit. It is also called a |
| Lobsters thermidor | |
| Lobster trap | n. same as lobster pot. [ PJC ] |
| Lobschrift { f } | panegyric [Add to Longdo] |