a.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong
Against the tournament, which is not long. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the long run,
Long clam (Zool.),
Long cloth,
Long clothes,
Long division. (Math.)
Long dozen,
Long home,
Long measure,
Long meter
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.),
Long price,
Long purple (Bot.),
Long suit
Long tom.
Long wall (Coal Mining),
Of long,
To be long of the market,
To go long of the market,
To be on the long side of the market, etc.
To have a long head,
v. i.
I long to see you. Rom. i. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have longed after thy precepts. Ps. cxix. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have longed for thy salvation. Ps. cxix. 174. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
The labor which that longeth unto me. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. [ AS. lance. ]
They that tarry long at the wine. Prov. xxiii. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]
When the trumpet soundeth long. Ex. xix. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bird of dawning singeth all night long. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep. [ Abbreviated fr. along. See 3d Along. ] By means of; by the fault of; because of. [ Obs. ]
adj. active over a relatively long period of time. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian
n. A tree (Dimocarpus longan) of Southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent-fleshed edible fruit (the
n. [ L. longanimitas; longus long + animus mind: cf. F. longanimité. ] Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having long arms;