n. A lane. See Loanin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Abbrev. fr. alone. ]
When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642). [ 1913 Webster ]
A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I see
The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
To the misled and lonely traveler. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. H. James.
n. Solitude; seclusion. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n.
prop. n. Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]