Vocabulary : Lombard to Lond

Lombard : Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy. ;; A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. ;; A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. ;; Same as Lombard-house. ;; A form of cannon formerly in use.
Lombardeer : A pawnbroker.
Lombard-house : Alt. of Lombar-house
Lombardic : Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
Lombar-house : A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. ;; A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete.

Loment : An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
Lomentaceous : Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.
Lomonite : Same as Laumontite.
Lompish : Lumpish.
Lond : Land.

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