n. See Allocution. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allocuto, fr. alloqui to speak to; ad + loqui to speak: cf. F. allocution. ] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + locular: cf. F. biloculaire. ] Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Biol.) divided into or containing two cells or chambers; as, having a biloculate capsule.
Syn. -- bilocular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumlocution office, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collocutio, fr. colloqui, -locutum, to converse; col- + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ] A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collocutor ] One of the speakers in a dialogue. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. decem ten + E. locular. ] (Bot.) Having ten cells for seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + locular. ] Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. élocution. See Eloquent. ] 1. Utterance by speech. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Fruit ] whose taste . . .
Gave elocution to the mute, and taught
The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. “The elocution of a reader.” Whately [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to elocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to oratorical expression. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. interlocutio, from interloqui, interlocutus, to speak between; inter between + loqui to speak: cf. F. interlocution. See Loquacious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. interlocuteur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. interlocutoire. ] Interpolated discussion or dialogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational. [ 1913 Webster ]

Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action; as, an interlocutory judgement. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A female interlocutor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. loculamentum case, box, fr. loculus a compartment, dim. of locus place. ] (Bot.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. locularis. ] (Bot.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. loculatus. ] (Bot.) Divided into compartments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. locule. See Loculus. ] (Zool.) A little hollow; a loculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. loculus cell + caedere to cut: cf. F. loculicide. ] (Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. loculosus. See Loculament. ] (Bot.) Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Loculi [ L., little place, a compartment. ] 1. (Zool.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ L., holding the place; locus place + tenens, p. pr. of tenere to hold. Cf. Lieutenant. ] A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Loci & Loca [ L., place. Cf. Allow, Couch, Lieu, Local. ] 1. A place; a locality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plane locus, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. --
Solid locus, a locus that is one of the conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididæ, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda migratoria, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. [ 1913 Webster ]

Locust beetle (Zool.), a longicorn beetle (Cyllene robiniæ), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. --
Locust bird (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. --
Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). [ 1913 Webster ]

Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.: cf. locuste. ] (Bot.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. locusta a locust. ] (Zool.) The European cricket warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Swarming and devastating like locusts. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (Robinia Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus Hymenæa, of which Hymenæa Courbaril is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia ) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply honey locust. --
Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree (Gleditschia monosperma), of the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. “ Stumbling locutions.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hate these figures in locution,
These about phrases forced by ceremony. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + locular: cf. F. multiloculaire. ] Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. musculus + E. cutaneous. ] (Anat.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr. obloqui, oblocutus, to speak against; ob (see Ob-) + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ] A disputer; a gainsayer. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + locular. ] (Bot.) Having eight cells for seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pluri- + locular. ] Having several cells or loculi; specifically (Bot.), having several divisions containing seeds; as, the lemon and the orange are plurilocular fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plurilocular sporangia (Bot.), many-celled sporangia, each cell containing a single spore, as in many algæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from proloqui, p. p. prolocutus, to speak out; pro for + loqui to speak. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who speaks for another. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The presiding officer of a convocation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a prolocutor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + locular: cf. F. quadriloculaire. ] Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + locular: cf. F. quinquéloculaire. ] Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sex- + locular: cf. F. sexloculaire. ] (Bot.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + locular: cf. F. triloculaire. ] Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + locular: cf. F. uniloculaire. ] (Biol.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ventriloquous. ] Ventriloquism. [ 1913 Webster ]