Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lobbying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lobby \Lob"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lobbied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lobbying}.]
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the
lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their
votes.[U.S.] --Bartlett.
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