Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LONG'LY, adv.

With longing desire. [Not used.] – Shak.

LONG'-MEAS'URE, n.

Lineal measure; the measure of length.

LONG'-NECK-ED, a.

Having a long neck. – Buckland.

LONG'NESS, n.

Length. [Little used.]

LONG'-NURS-ED, a.

Nursed a long time. – Moore.

LONG-PART'ED, a.

Having been long separated.

LONG-PRIMER, n.

A printing type of a particular size, between small-pica and bourgeois.

LONG'-PROM-ISED, a.

Having been long promised.

LONG'-SET-TLED, a.

Having been long settled. – Peel.

LONG'-SHAFT-ED, a.

Having a long shaft. – Decandolle.

LONG'-SHANK-ED, a.

Having long legs. – Burton.

LONG-SIGHT', n.

Long-sightedness. – Good.

LONG-SIGHT'ED, a.

Able to see at a great distance; used literally of the eyes, and figuratively of the mind or intellect.

LONG-SIGHT'ED-NESS, n.

1. The faculty of seeing objects at a great distance.
2. In medicine, presbyopy; that defect of sight by which objects near at hand are seen confusedly, but at remoter distances distinctly. – Hooper.

LONG'SOME, a.

Extended in length; tiresome; tedious; as, a longsome plain. [Obs.] – Prior.

LONG'SPUN, a.

Spun or extended to a great length. – Addison.

LONG'-STRETCH-ING, a.

Stretching far. – More.

LONG-SUF'FER-ANCE, n.

Forbearance to punish; clemency; patience. – Com. Prayer.

LONG-SUF'FERING, a.

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked. The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness. Ex. xxxiv.

LONG-SUF'FER-ING, n.

Long endurance; patience of offense. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering? Rom. ii.

LONG'-TONGU-ED, a.

Rating; babbling. – Shak.

LONG'WAYS, adv. [a mistake for Longwise.]

LONG-WIND'ED, a.

Long-breathed; tedious in speaking, argument or narration; as, a long-winded advocate.

LONG'-WISE, adv.

In the direction of length; lengthwise. [Little used.] – Hakewill.

LON'ISH, a.

Somewhat solitary. [Not used and inelegant.]