*loco*

‖n. (Zool.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Diplococci [ NL., fr. Gr. diplo`os twofold + ko`kkos grain, seed. ] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] In the place; in the proper or natural place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A locomotive. [ Colloq. ] Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. loco insane. ] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Locoed p. pr. & vb. n. Locoing. ] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. “The locoed novelist.” W. D. Howells. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Sp. loco insane. ] Insane; crazy. [ Originally Southwestern U. S., now slang ] [ PJC ]

. (Veter.) A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self-lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by him locofoco cigar, in imitation of the word locomotive, which by the uneducated was supposed to mean, self-moving. ] 1. A friction match. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name was first applied, in 1834, to a portion of the Democratic party, because, at a meeting in Tammany Hall, New York, in which there was great diversity of sentiment, the chairman left his seat, and the lights were extinguished, for the purpose of dissolving the meeting; when those who were opposed to an adjournment produced locofoco matches, rekindled the lights, continued the meeting, and accomplished their object. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis.
Syn. -- loco disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ by back-formation from locomotion. ] To change location; move, travel, or proceed.
Syn. -- travel, go, move. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. locus place + motio motion: cf. F. locomotion. See Local, and Motion. ] 1. The act of moving from place to place. “ Animal locomotion.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The name of a song and a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's; as, do the locomotion. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. locomotif. See Locomotion. ] 1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. --
Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [ U.S. ] --
Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above. --
Mogul locomotive. See Mogul. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. locomotivité. ] The power of changing place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Locomotion. ] Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Locomotor ataxia, or
Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. &unr_; &unr_;. See Quince. ] (Bot.) (a) A quince. (b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow. [ Written also malacatoon, malacotune. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. myelo`s marrow + koi^los hollow. ] (Anat.) The central canal of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]