Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lone"

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

Lone \Lone\, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.]
1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad
from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or
watcher.

When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And
the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
--Shenstone.

2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]

Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection
of Records
(1642).

A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman
to bear. --Shak.

3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by
itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a
lone house. `` A lone isle.'' --Pope.

By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron.

4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave
you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.

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

Lone \Lone\, n.
A lane. See {Loanin}. [Prov. Eng.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lone
adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we
met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone
skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a
tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary
traveler" [syn: {alone(p)}, {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]
2: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;
"the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";
"a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition" [syn: {eremitic},
{eremitical}, {lone(a)}, {solitary}]
3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a
solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the
sky" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},
{solitary(a)}]


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