Locoing

Locoing
Loco Lo"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locoing}.] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. ``The locoed novelist.'' --W. D. Howells. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • locoing — lo·co || ləʊkəʊ n. locomotive, engine (Slang) n. locoweed, leguminous plant which grows in the western and southwestern United States; locoism, disease which affects mainly animals and is caused by eating locoweed (Veterinary Medicine) v.… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Loco — Lo co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locoing}.] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. The locoed novelist. W. D. Howells. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Locoed — Loco Lo co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Locoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Locoing}.] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. The locoed novelist. W. D. Howells. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loco — /loh koh/, n., pl. locos, v., locoed, locoing, adj. n. 1. locoweed. 2. Slang. an insane person; maniac. 3. Vet. Pathol. locoism. v.t. 4. to poison with locoweed. 5. Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy. adj. 6. Slang. out of one s mind; insane;… …   Universalium

  • loco — I. /ˈloʊkoʊ/ (say lohkoh) noun → locomotive. II. /ˈloʊkoʊ/ (say lohkoh) noun (plural locos) 1. → locoweed. 2. Colloquial a mad or crazy person. –verb …  

  • loco — ☆ loco [lō′kō ] n. [MexSp < Sp, mad < L ulucus, owl, akin to ulula, OWL] 1. LOCOWEED 2. LOCO DISEASE vt. locoed, locoing 1. to poison with locoweed 2 …   English World dictionary

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