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Webster 1913 Edition

Lone

Lone

,
Noun.
A lane. See
Loanin
.
[Prov. Eng.]

Lone

,
Adj.
[Abbrev. fr.
alone
.]
1.
Being without a companion; being by one’s self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely;
as, a
lone
traveler or watcher
.
When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
And the
lone
wanderer with my presence cheered.
Shenstone.
2.
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
[Archaic]
Queen Elizabeth being a
lone
woman.
Collection of Records (1642).
A hundred mark is a long one for a poor
lone
woman to bear.
Shakespeare
3.
Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort;
as, a
lone
house
.
“ A lone isle.”
Pope.
By a
lone
well a
lonelier
column rears.
Byron.
4.
Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
And leave you on
lone
woods, or empty walls.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lone

LONE

,
Adj.
1.
Solitary; retired; unfrequented; having no company.
And leave you in lone woods or empty walls.
2.
Single; standing by itself; not having others in the neighborhood; as a lone house.
3.
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

LONE

,
Noun.
A lane. [Local.]

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