*loy*

n. [ OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. See Alloy, v. t. ] 1. Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A baser metal mixed with a finer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. “Pure English without Latin alloy.” F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alloyed p. pr. & vb. n. Alloying. ] [ F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., and cf. Allay. ] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form a metallic compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aloyage. ] The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. NGr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a monk; kalo`s beautiful, good + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, equiv. to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an old man. ] A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cloyed p. pr. & vb. n. Cloying. ] [ OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove. ] 1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Who can ] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He never shod horse but he cloyed him. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To spike, as a cannon. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To stroke with a claw. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That does not cloy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Satiety. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Deployed p. pr. & vb. n. Deploying. ] [ F. déployer; pref. dé&unr_; = dés (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display. ] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use. [ PJC ]

{ } n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war. H. L. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the arrangement or distribution (of resources such as people or equipment), in preparation for battle or work. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To throw out of employment. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. déloyal. See Loyal. ] Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.

Syn. -- Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; dishonest; inconstant; disaffected. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disloyal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiauté, deslealté, F. déloyauté. ] Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Employed p. pr. & vb. n. Employing. ] [ F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate. ] 1. To inclose; to infold. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. Addison.

(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer
To turn the glebe. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.

Syn. -- To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. emploi. ] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one's employ, in one's service. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. employable. ] Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., p. p. of employer. ] One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The Eng. form of employé. ] One employed by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cares are employments, and without employ
The soul is on a rack. Young.

Syn. -- Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. A variant of Flute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Omalius d'Halloy. ] (Min.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caloyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is derived from Lloyd's Coffee House, in Lombard Street, where there were formerly rooms for the same purpose. The name Lloyd or Lloyd's has been taken by several associations, in different parts of Europe, established for purposes similar to those of the original association. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lloyd's agents, persons employed in various parts of the world, by the association called Lloyd's, to serve its interests. --
Lloyd's list, a publication of the latest news respecting shipping matters, with lists of vessels, etc., made under the direction of Lloyd's. Brande & C. --
Lloyd's register, a register of vessels rated according to their quality, published yearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A long, narrow spade for stony lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? --
To help King Edward in his time of storm,
As every loyal subject ought to do. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your true and loyal wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a loyal manner; faithfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loyalty. [ R. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. loyauté. See Loyal, and cf. Legality. ] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not withstanding all the subtle bait
With which those Amazons his love still craved,
To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.” Trench.

Syn. -- Allegiance; fealty. See Allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill beyond satiety. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sport; frolic. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy. ] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To employ beforehand. “Preëmployed by him.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain, L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See Cerebral. ] A kind of dried sausage. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also slojd, and sloid. ] [ Sw. slöjd skill, dexterity, esp. skilled labor, hence, manufacture, wood carving. ] Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. The sloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surcloyed p. pr. & vb. n. Surcloying. ] To surfeit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Economics) actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent. Unemployment is usually cointed as the condition of those who wish to work, but cannot find a suitable job, rather than others who may voluntarily refrain from working, such as retired persons, youth, or those remaining at home to care for young children. The
unemployment rate in economics is thus the proportion of those actively seeking work but unable to find it, to the total labor force, expressed as a percentage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]