Definition of long

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Long (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it..

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Cuckoo :: Cuckoo (n.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species..
Berth :: Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in..
Undercoat :: Undercoat (n.) A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat..
Gondola :: Gondola (n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads..
Long :: Long (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for..
Long Primer :: Long primer () A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois..
Barnyard :: Barnyard (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.
Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority..
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Crasis :: Crasis (n.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago..
Shred :: Shred (n.) A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip..
Taconic :: Taconic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian..
Flip-flap :: Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose..
Prince :: Prince (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family..
Titmouse :: Titmouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit..
Undersail :: Undersail (v. i.) To sail alongshore.
Plush :: Plush (n.) A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet..
Vittate :: Vittate (a.) Striped longitudinally.
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
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