*lote*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloting. ] [ Cf. Sw. blöt-fisk soaked fish, fr. blöta to soak. See 1st Bloat. ] To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., prob. of Mex. origin. ] (Bot.) A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which has migrated into California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. clāte: cf. G. klette. ] The common burdock; the clotbur. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cell biol.) the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis, when the paired chromosomes being to separate. This stage follows the pachytene. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To fleet; to skim. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. flot, L. fluctus; also cf. Float, n. ] A wave. [ Obs. ] “The Mediterranean flote.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wavy; flowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With flotery beard. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lotus, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Lotus. ] (Bot.) A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lotte. ] (Zool.) The European burbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. lutian. ] To lurk; to lie hid. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare. ] 1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. papillon a butterfly. ] A small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Philo- + Gr. te`chnh an art: cf. F. philotechnique. ] Fond of the arts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word variously explained as “a little puppet, ” “a little doll, ” or “a young butterfly.” Cf. Popet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So gay a popelote, so sweet a wench. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]