Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loll"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Loll \Loll\, v. t.
To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.

Fierce tigers couched around and lolled their fawning
tongues. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Loll \Loll\, 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.

Void of care, he lolls supine in state. --Dryden.

2. To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or
a log when heated with labor or exertion.

The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling
tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. --Dryden.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

loll
v 1: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: {droop}]
2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
[syn: {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse around}, {arse
about}, {fuck off}, {loaf}, {frig around}, {waste one's
time}, {lounge around}, {loll around}, {lounge about}]


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