n. (Bot.) (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. (b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (Gordonia Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea hæmatoxylon). --
Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett. --
Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies. --
Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning tongues. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

{ } n. The doctrines or principles of the Lollards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Loll. ] 1. One who lolls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An idle vagabond. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Lollard. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lolling manner. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. [ From Loll. ] To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll. [ Low. ] Charles Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]