| Loll | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lolled p. pr. & vb. n. Lolling. ] [ Cf. Icel. lolla to act lazily, loll, lolla, laziness, OD. lollen to sit over the fire, and E. lull. Cf. Lill, Lull. ] 1. To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease; as, to loll around the house on a lazy summer day. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] Void of care, he lolls supine in state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion. [ 1913 Webster ] The triple porter of the Stygian seat,
With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lollard | n. [ LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll, Lull. ] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b) One of the followers of Wyclif in England. [ Called also Loller. ] [ 1913 Webster ] By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lollipop | n. [ Perhaps fr. Prov. E. loll to soothe + pope a mixed liquor. ] 1. A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth. [ Archaic ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: A piece of hard candy, often of discoid shape, attached to the end of a handle of wood or hard paper by which it is held in the hand while being licked; -- it is popular with small children. [ PJC ] |
