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Webster 1913 Edition

Lost

Lost

,
Adj.
[Prop. p. p. of OE.
losien
. See
Lose
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing;
as, a
lost
book or sheep
.
2.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed;
as, a
lost
limb;
lost
honor.
3.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered;
as, a
lost
day; a
lost
opportunity or benefit.
5.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed;
as, a child
lost
in the woods; a stranger
lost
in London.
6.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope;
as, a ship
lost
at sea; a woman
lost
to virtue; a
lost
soul.
7.
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible;
as,
lost
to shame;
lost
to all sense of honor.
8.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible;
as, an island
lost
in a fog; a person
lost
in a crowd.
9.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things;
as, to be
lost
in thought
.
Lost motion
(Mach.)
,
the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lost

LOST

,
pp.
[from lose.]
1.
Mislaid or left in a place unknown or forgotten; that cannot be found; as a lost book.
2.
Ruined; destroyed; wasted or squandered; employed to no good purpose; as lost money; lost time.
3.
Forfeited; as a lost estate.
4.
Not able to find the right way, or the place intended. A stranger is lost in London or Paris.
5.
Bewildered; perplexed; being in a maze; as, a speaker may be lost in his argument.
6.
Alienated; insensible; hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; as a profligate lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
7.
Not perceptible to the senses; not visible; as an isle lost in fog; a person lost in a crowd.
8.
Shipwrecked or foundered; sunk or destroyed; as a ship lost at sea, or on the rocks.

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