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loth

adj
/ləʊt/UK

Etymology

From German Loth (obsolete), Lot, later also from Dutch lood, both specific usages of the word for ‘lead’. Doublet of lead.

  1. derived from lood
  2. derived from Loth

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of loath.

    • I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.
    • If there bee never a Servant-monster i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he sayes ; nor a nest of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries, […]
    • Then ſaid Faint-heart, Deliver thy Purſe; but he making no haſte to do it (for he was loth to loſe his Money,) Miſtrust ran up to him, and thruſting his hand into his Pocket, pull'd out thence a bag of Silver.

  2. A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of…

    A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.

    • It is not a matter of body but of virtues, which is why the fifth essence was invented, of which one loth is superior to the twenty pounds of the body from which it was extracted.

  3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA