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Webster 1913 Edition


Loligo

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Lo-li′go

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Noun.
[L., cuttle fish.]
(Zool.)
A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.
Void of care, he
lolls
supine in state.
Dryden.
2.
To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.
The triple porter of the Stygian seat,
With
lolling
tongue, lay fawning at thy feet.
Dryden.
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
.