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adjective

Lone adj.

Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. "When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered."

Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. (Archaic) "Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman." "A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear."

Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. " A lone isle." "By a lone well a lonelier column rears."

Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. "Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls."

noun

Lone n. A lane. See Loanin. (Prov. Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Lone'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lone" Quotes from Famous Books

... of two large rooms, really much too large for a lone man who was at home so little. But Muller had engaged them at first sight, for the apartment possessed one qualification which was absolutely necessary for him. Its situation and the arrangement of its doors made it possible for him to enter and leave his rooms without ...

— The Lamp That Went Out • Augusta Groner

... coming closer. Save for the one lone pedestrian, the street was deserted. The footsteps approached closer, and Chester gathered himself for a spring. As the man came abreast of the doorway in which the lad was hiding, Chester hurled himself upon him. With ...

— The boy Allies at Liege • Clair W. Hayes

... star, would I were steadfast as thou art! Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature's patient, sleepless eremite, The moving waters at their priest-like task Of pure ablution round ...

— Visions and Revisions - A Book of Literary Devotions • John Cowper Powys

... Home-body is grave and demure, Weeps when you speak of the wretched and poor, Though she can laugh in the merriest way While you are telling a tale that is gay. Lily that blooms in some lone, leafy nook; Sly little hide-away, moss-sided brook; Fairies are fine, where the silver dews fall; Home fairies—these are ...

— Happy Days for Boys and Girls • Various

... not yet entirely caught the elevated sense of justice which swayed the tribunal, and was perplexed with the belief that he had not offered enough. Then he turned to the Judge, and saying, "This yer is a lone hand, played alone, and without my pardner," he bowed to the jury and was about to withdraw, when the Judge called ...

— The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales • Bret Harte

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