loblolly
(noun) thick gruel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
loblolly (countable and uncountable, plural loblollies)
(dialect, nautical) Gruel.
(UK, dialect) A thick stew; lobscouse or similar.
(US, southern) A mudhole.
(now mostly dialect) A bumpkin or lout.
Loblolly pine, Pinus taeda.
Loblolly bay (plant).
loblolly (third-person singular simple present loblollies, present participle loblollying, simple past and past participle loblollied)
Behave in a loutish manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Lob"lol`ly, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen. Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia (G. Lasianthus), growing in the maritime parts of the Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree (Laplacea hæmatoxylon).
– Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard. Smollett.
– Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine (Pinus Tæda). Also, P. Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
– Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 March 2025
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
