--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 27 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 27 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To find exactly where something or someone is.[↗](../../locate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To put or build something in a certain place.[↗](../../locate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The school is located near the river.[↗](../../locate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, mostly) To move to and settle in a place.[↗](../../locate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Locate the point (2, 5) on the grid.[↗](../../locate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you locate Ireland on the map?[↗](../../locate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescuers located the lost hikers by morning.[↗](../../locate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom is located on the second floor.[↗](../../locate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Locate the nearest fire exit before the play starts.[↗](../../locate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the index to locate the page about frogs.[↗](../../locate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone app helped us locate the lost dog.[↗](../../locate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery is located next to the library.[↗](../../locate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **located** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If something is located in a place, it is there; that is where it is.[↗](../../located/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Located (past of locate) means found the exact position of something.[↗](../../located/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school is located next to the park.[↗](../../located/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The toilets are located on the ground floor.[↗](../../located/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescue team located the lost hikers.[↗](../../located/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Paris is located on the river Seine.[↗](../../located/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The point is located at (3, 5) on the grid.[↗](../../located/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is conveniently located near the station.[↗](../../located/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We finally located the remote under the sofa.[↗](../../located/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **location** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place or position where something is or happens.[↗](../../location/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The place where a film is made away from a studio: «filmed on location».[↗](../../location/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The position of something found by a map, a GPS or a phone.[↗](../../location/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mark the location of the school on the map.[↗](../../location/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The treasure's location was a secret.[↗](../../location/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In an emergency, tell them your exact location.[↗](../../location/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share your location with strangers online.[↗](../../location/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was shot on location in New Zealand.[↗](../../location/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This café is in a great location by the beach.[↗](../../location/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The GPS shows our location as a blue dot.[↗](../../location/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **loch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Scotland) A lake.[↗](../../loch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scotland) A long, narrow arm of the sea that reaches into the land, called a sea loch.[↗](../../loch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went kayaking on the loch.[↗](../../loch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Loch Ness is a very deep loch in Scotland.[↗](../../loch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountains were reflected in the still loch.[↗](../../loch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people believe a monster lives in the loch.[↗](../../loch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A sea loch is open to the ocean at one end.[↗](../../loch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We camped beside a loch in the Highlands.[↗](../../loch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The loch was freezing cold.[↗](../../loch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks swam across the loch.[↗](../../loch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's daughter betook herself to the bank of the loch.[↗](../../loch/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lock is a device on a door, box or bike that keeps it closed so it can only be opened with a key, code or card.[↗](../../lock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To lock is to close something with a lock.[↗](../../lock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lock of hair is a small bunch of hair.[↗](../../lock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A lock on a canal is a section with gates where boats are raised or lowered.[↗](../../lock/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lock the door when you go out.[↗](../../lock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike lock has a four-number code.[↗](../../lock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got locked out of the house.[↗](../../lock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicines are kept under lock and key.[↗](../../lock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut a lock of the baby's hair.[↗](../../lock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat went through the canal lock.[↗](../../lock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Lock your tablet with a password.[↗](../../lock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the gate locked?[↗](../../lock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The key turned easily in the lock.[↗](../../lock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven.[↗](../../lock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lock/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.[↗](../../lock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.44.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lock/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.[↗](../../lock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lock/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **lockbox** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small box with a lock for keeping money, papers or valuables safe.[↗](../../lockbox/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small locked box, often on a door or wall, that holds a key so that visitors or workers can get in with a code.[↗](../../lockbox/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, business) A special bank service where payments are sent to a secure address.[↗](../../lockbox/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The holiday house key was in a lockbox by the door.[↗](../../lockbox/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum gave us the code for the lockbox.[↗](../../lockbox/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa keeps his medals in a lockbox.[↗](../../lockbox/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tell anyone the lockbox code.[↗](../../lockbox/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The money from the cake sale went into a lockbox.[↗](../../lockbox/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse used the lockbox to let herself in.[↗](../../lockbox/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My lockbox has a little brass key.[↗](../../lockbox/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lockbox was bolted to the wall.[↗](../../lockbox/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lockdown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lockdown is a time when people must stay at home and many places close, to stop a disease spreading.[↗](../../lockdown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lockdown is a safety drill or emergency when everyone in a building, like a school, stays inside with doors locked because of danger outside.[↗](../../lockdown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* During lockdown we had lessons on the computer.[↗](../../lockdown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The city went into lockdown to stop the virus.[↗](../../lockdown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised a lockdown drill at school.[↗](../../lockdown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In a lockdown, stay quiet and listen to your teacher.[↗](../../lockdown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shops were closed during the lockdown.[↗](../../lockdown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I baked bread with Dad in lockdown.[↗](../../lockdown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school was in lockdown until the police said it was safe.[↗](../../lockdown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lockdown was hard because we missed our friends.[↗](../../lockdown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **locker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A locker is a small cupboard with a door and a lock, at school, in a gym or at a pool, where you keep your things.[↗](../../locker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A locker room is a room where people change clothes before and after sport.[↗](../../locker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hall has 4 rows of 25 lockers.[↗](../../locker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each locker holds 3 books.[↗](../../locker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Locker 17 is open.[↗](../../locker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many lockers in all?[↗](../../locker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I keep my gym bag in my locker.[↗](../../locker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She forgot the code for her locker.[↗](../../locker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your shoes in a locker before you swim.[↗](../../locker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The team met in the locker room after the game.[↗](../../locker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not share your locker combination.[↗](../../locker/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **locket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small piece of jewellery that opens like a tiny box, hung on a chain round the neck, holding a photo, a lock of hair or a keepsake.[↗](../../locket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran gave me a silver locket with Mum's photo inside.[↗](../../locket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She opened the locket to show a lock of baby hair.[↗](../../locket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The orphan was recognised by the locket round her neck.[↗](../../locket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A heart-shaped locket hung on a thin chain.[↗](../../locket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found a broken locket on the floor.[↗](../../locket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore his father's locket for luck.[↗](../../locket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lockjaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old everyday name for tetanus, a serious illness caused by germs getting into a wound, which makes muscles go stiff.[↗](../../lockjaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tight cramp of the jaw muscles so that the mouth will not open properly.[↗](../../lockjaw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tetanus is also called lockjaw.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse gave me a jab to protect me from lockjaw.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lockjaw makes the jaw muscles go stiff.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean any cut from a rusty nail and tell an adult.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days many farmers caught lockjaw.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad said, «Mind that nail or you'll get lockjaw!»[↗](../../lockjaw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines have made lockjaw rare in many countries.[↗](../../lockjaw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **loco** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Latin for "in the place" or "position" (as in "in the second place").[↗](../../loco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Moses auditoribus in secundo divinse veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione quoe est posterior authoritate, habitus."[↗](../../loco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Parisiis, 1552.[↗](../../loco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../loco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moses auditoribus in secundo divinæ veritatis loco, hoc est in ratione quœ est posterior authoritate, habitus."[↗](../../loco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Parisiis, 1552.[↗](../../loco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../loco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **locomotion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Locomotion is the ability to move from one place to another, or the way an animal or person moves.[↗](../../locomotion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) Locomotion is also the name of one of the first steam railway engines (Locomotion No. 1, 1825).[↗](../../locomotion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fish use their fins for locomotion.[↗](../../locomotion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes have a special kind of locomotion without legs.[↗](../../locomotion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking on two legs is human locomotion.[↗](../../locomotion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Muscles and bones work together for locomotion.[↗](../../locomotion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In PE we practised different locomotion skills, like skipping and hopping.[↗](../../locomotion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Locomotion No. 1 pulled the first public steam train.[↗](../../locomotion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He {150} also found fault with a house built by Athene because, being unprovided with the means of locomotion, it could never be removed from an unhealthy locality.[↗](../../locomotion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **locomotive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A railway engine that pulls a train.[↗](../../locomotive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science, formal) To do with movement from place to place; «locomotion» is how animals move.[↗](../../locomotive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The steam locomotive puffed out clouds of smoke.[↗](../../locomotive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stephenson's Rocket was an early locomotive.[↗](../../locomotive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The locomotive pulled twenty wagons of coal.[↗](../../locomotive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An electric locomotive takes power from wires above the track.[↗](../../locomotive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a museum full of old locomotives.[↗](../../locomotive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds and fish have different kinds of locomotion.[↗](../../locomotive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The locomotive's driver blew the whistle.[↗](../../locomotive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **locum** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Latin for "place"; a "locum" is a person who stands in for another for a time.[↗](../../locum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **locust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large kind of grasshopper that sometimes gathers in huge swarms that fly far and eat all the crops.[↗](../../locust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) Locusts are one of the plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus; John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey.[↗](../../locust/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, informal) Sometimes used for a cicada, a loud buzzing insect.[↗](../../locust/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A kind of tree (the locust tree or carob).[↗](../../locust/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A swarm of locusts can eat a whole field in one day.[↗](../../locust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Locusts are a kind of grasshopper.[↗](../../locust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, God sent locusts to cover the land of Egypt.[↗](../../locust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey.[↗](../../locust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers in East Africa feared the locust swarms.[↗](../../locust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people around the world eat roasted locusts.[↗](../../locust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A BOY was hunting for locusts.[↗](../../locust/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.[↗](../../locust/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border; (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.[↗](../../locust/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou made him to leap as a locust?[↗](../../locust/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number, (Writings PSA.105.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.[↗](../../locust/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../locust/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **lodge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing.[↗](../../lodge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small house at the gate of a big estate, or a porter's room at a school or college.[↗](../../lodge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To become stuck firmly somewhere (a bone lodged in its throat).[↗](../../lodge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To stay in someone's house and pay rent.[↗](../../lodge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb, formal) To officially make a complaint or request (lodge a complaint).[↗](../../lodge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (noun) A beaver's home.[↗](../../lodge/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A lodge can also be a tent or hut where some Native American peoples live.[↗](../../lodge/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stayed in a wooden lodge in the mountains.[↗](../../lodge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers build a lodge in the river.[↗](../../lodge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fish bone was lodged in his throat.[↗](../../lodge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball lodged in the gutter.[↗](../../lodge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My parents lodged a complaint about the noise (formal).[↗](../../lodge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · As a student, Gran lodged with a family in the city.[↗](../../lodge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ski lodge had a big fire.[↗](../../lodge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then it was that the people, terror-stricken, ran screaming into their lodges.[↗](../../lodge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?'[↗](../../lodge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.[↗](../../lodge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'[↗](../../lodge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · How long shall thy baleful thoughts lodge within thee?[↗](../../lodge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness.[↗](../../lodge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.55.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.[↗](../../lodge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **lodger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house, often sharing the kitchen and bathroom with the family.[↗](../../lodger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) Anyone staying for a time in a place.[↗](../../lodger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a lodger who lives in the spare room.[↗](../../lodger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lodger pays rent every week.[↗](../../lodger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Brown took in a lodger after her children left home.[↗](../../lodger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our lodger is a student from Canada.[↗](../../lodger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lodger shares our kitchen.[↗](../../lodger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the strange lodger never came out of his room.[↗](../../lodger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt was a lodger when she first moved to London.[↗](../../lodger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as her work was over the old woman came and sat down with her lodgers.[↗](../../lodger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lodging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place to stay for a short time, such as a room in someone's house or an inn.[↗](../../lodging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lodgings (UK): a rented room or rooms in a house.[↗](../../lodging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The -ing form of «lodge»: staying somewhere as a paying guest, or getting stuck somewhere (a bone lodging in the throat).[↗](../../lodging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travellers paid for food and lodging at the inn.[↗](../../lodging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lodging in the city is very expensive.[↗](../../lodging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He lived in lodgings near the university.[↗](../../lodging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lodging costs $40 a night, so 3 nights cost $120.[↗](../../lodging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They found cheap lodging by the beach.[↗](../../lodging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The student is lodging with an old couple.[↗](../../lodging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A fish bone was lodging in her throat, so they went to the doctor.[↗](../../lodging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He asked them for a night's lodging.[↗](../../lodging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.[↗](../../lodging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.[↗](../../lodging/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodging/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeath-shaul is fled.[↗](../../lodging/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodging/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them\![↗](../../lodging/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lodging/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/26/) **27** 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