lot

n. [ AS. hlot; akin to hleítan to cast lots, OS. hlōt lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. lōz, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. [ 1913 Webster ]

But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we draw lots, he speeds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning. [ 1913 Webster ]

O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's
Enough to bear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was but born to try
The lot of man -- to suffer and to die. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot. [ 1913 Webster ]

I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of people think so. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A prize in a lottery. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. --
To cast lots, to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. --
To draw lots, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer. --
To pay scot and lot, to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lotus, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Lotus. ] (Bot.) A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. lutian. ] To lurk; to lie hid. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lotte. ] (Zool.) The European burbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. strongly opposed. [ wns=2 ][ predicate ]
Syn. -- antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(predicate), averse to(predicate), indisposed(predicate), loath(predicate), opposed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Name of a character in Rowe's drama, “The Fair Penitent.” ] A gay seducer of women; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Lorraine, a French region rich in iron-ore deposits.
Syn. -- Lorraine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a., a. & adv., a., See Loath, Loathly, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]