LOBLOLLY

loblolly

(noun) thick gruel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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).

Verb

loblolly (third-person singular simple present loblollies, present participle loblollying, simple past and past participle loblollied)

Behave in a loutish manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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