Long , a. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a
profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or
go, long of the market, to be on the long side of
the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin.
Long , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Longed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Longing.]
[AS.
langian to increase,
to lengthen, to stretch out the mind
after, to long, to crave, to belong to, fr. lang long. See Long, a.] 1. To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.
I
long to see you.
Rom. i. 11. I have longed after thy precepts.
Ps. cxix. 40.
I have
longed for thy salvation.
Ps. cxix. 174.
Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a
great distance from the sea.
Arbuthnot.
2. To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
The labor which that longeth unto me.
Chaucer.
Long , prep. [Abbreviated fr. along. See 3d Along.]
By means of; by the fault of; because of. [Obs.] See Along of, under 3d Along.
Long , adv. [AS. lance.]
1. To a great extent in space; as, a
long drawn out line.
2. To a great extent in time; during a long
time.
They that tarry long at the wine.
Prov. xxiii. 30.
When the trumpet soundeth long.
Ex. xix.
13. 3. At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
4. Through the whole extent or duration.
The bird of dawning singeth all night long.
Shak. 5. Through an extent of time, more or
less; - - only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
Long (?), n.
1. (Mus.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
2. (Phonetics) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
3. The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the
short of it, that is,
the sum and
substance of it. Addison.
Long (?), a.
[Compar. Longer (?);
superl. Longest (?).]
[AS.
long, lang; akin to OS,
OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. lång, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. √125. Cf. Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge, Purloin.] 1. Drawn out in
a line, or in the direction of length; protracted;
extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a
long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
3. Slow in passing; causing weariness
by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
4.
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
The
we may us reserve both fresh and strong
Against the tournament, which is not
long.
Spenser.
5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a
span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a
mile, etc.
6. Far-reaching; extensive.
" Long views." Burke.
7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 22, 30.
&fist; Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long- armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long- horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long- tailed, long- worded,
etc.
In the long run, in the whole
course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually. -- Long
clam (Zoöl.),
the common clam (Mya arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya. -- Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality. -- Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet. -- Long division. (Math.)
See Division. -- Long
dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen. --
Long home, the grave. -- Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter. -- Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which assembled
Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved
by Cromwell, April 20,
1653. -- Long price, the full retail price. -- Long purple (Bot.), a plant with
purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. Dr. Prior. -- Long suit (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. R. A. Proctor. -- Long tom. (a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the
dock of a vessel. (b)
A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western U.S.] (c) (Zoöl.) The long-tailed titmouse. --
Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in
which the whole seam is
removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where
passages are needed. -- Of
long, a long time. [Obs.]
Fairfax. -- To be, or go, long of the market, To be on the long side of
the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock
for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can
demand stock on or before
a certain day at a
stipulated price; -- opposed to
short in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short. -- To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
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