Pronunciation : Lone
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Lone
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Abbrev. fr. alone.]
Definition : 1. 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. Shenstone.
2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic] Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642). A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak.
3. 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." Pope. By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron.
4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913