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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lot  \Lot\,  n.  [AS.  hlot;  akin  to  hle['o]tan  to  cast  lots  OS 
  hl?t  lot  D.  lot  G.  loos,  OHG.  l?z,  Icel.  hlutr  Sw  lott, 
  Dan.  lod,  Goth.  hlauts  Cf  {Allot},  {Lotto},  {Lottery}.] 
  1.  That  which  happens  without  human  design  or  forethought; 
  chance;  accident;  hazard;  fortune;  fate. 
 
  But  save  my  life,  which  lot  before  your  foot  doth 
  lay.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  Anything  (as  a  die,  pebble,  ball,  or  slip  of  paper)  used 
  in  determining  a  question  by  chance,  or  without  man's 
  choice  or  will  as  to  cast  or  draw  lots 
 
  The  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap,  but  the  whole 
  disposing  thereof  is  of  the  Lord.  --Prov.  xvi. 
  33. 
 
  If  we  draw  lots  he  speeds.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  The  part  or  fate,  which  falls  to  one  as  it  were  by 
  chance,  or  without  his  planning. 
 
  O  visions  ill  foreseen!  Each  day's  lot's  Enough  to 
  bear.  --Milton. 
 
  He  was  but  born  to  try  The  lot  of  man  --  to  suffer 
  and  to  die.  --Pope. 
 
  4.  A  separate  portion;  a  number  of  things  taken  collectively; 
  as  a  lot  of  stationery;  --  colloquially,  sometimes  of 
  people;  as  a  sorry  lot  a  bad  lot 
 
  I,  this  winter,  met  with  a  very  large  lot  of  English 
  heads,  chiefly  of  the  reign  of  James  I.  --Walpole. 
 
  5.  A  distinct  portion  or  plot  of  land,  usually  smaller  than  a 
  field;  as  a  building  lot  in  a  city. 
 
  The  defendants  leased  a  house  and  lot  in  the  city  of 
  New  York.  --Kent. 
 
  6.  A  large  quantity  or  number;  a  great  deal  as  to  spend  a 
  lot  of  money;  lots  of  people  think  so  [Colloq.] 
 
  He  wrote  to  her  .  .  .  he  might  be  detained  in  London 
  by  a  lot  of  business.  --W.  Black. 
 
  7.  A  prize  in  a  lottery.  [Obs.]  --Evelyn. 
 
  {To  cast  in  one's  lot  with},  to  share  the  fortunes  of 
 
  {To  cast  lots},  to  use  or  throw  a  die,  or  some  other 
  instrument,  by  the  unforeseen  turn  or  position  of  which 
  an  event  is  by  previous  agreement  determined. 
 
  {To  draw  lots},  to  determine  an  event,  or  make  a  decision,  by 
  drawing  one  thing  from  a  number  whose  marks  are  concealed 
  from  the  drawer. 
 
  {To  pay  scot  and  lot},  to  pay  taxes  according  to  one's 
  ability.  See  {Scot}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lot  \Lot\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lotted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lotting}.] 
  To  allot;  to  sort;  to  portion.  [R.] 
 
  {To  lot  on}  or  {upon},  to  count  or  reckon  upon  to  expect 
  with  pleasure.  [Colloq.  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lot 
  n  1:  (often  followed  by  `of')  a  large  number  or  amount  or  extent: 
  "a  batch  of  letters";  "a  deal  of  trouble";  "a  lot  of 
  money";  "it  must  have  cost  plenty"  [syn:  {batch},  {deal}, 
  {flock},  {good  deal},  {great  deal},  {hatful},  {heap},  {mass}, 
  {mess},  {mickle},  {mint},  {muckle},  {peck},  {pile},  {plenty}, 
  {pot},  {quite  a  little},  {raft},  {sight},  {slew},  {spate}, 
  {stack},  {tidy  sum},  {wad},  {whole  lot},  {whole  slew}] 
  2:  a  parcel  of  land  having  fixed  boundaries;  "he  bought  a  lot 
  on  the  lake" 
  3:  an  unofficial  association  of  people  or  groups;  "the  smart 
  set  goes  there";  "they  were  an  angry  lot"  [syn:  {set},  {circle}, 
  {band}] 
  4:  your  overall  circumstances  or  condition  in  life  (including 
  everything  that  happens  to  you):  "whatever  my  fortune  may 
  be";  "deserved  a  better  fate";  "has  a  happy  lot";  "the 
  luck  of  the  Irish";  "a  victim  of  circumstances";  "success 
  that  was  her  portion"  [syn:  {fortune},  {destiny},  {fate}, 
  {luck},  {circumstances},  {portion}] 
  5:  anything  (straws  or  pebbles  etc.)  taken  or  chosen  at  random; 
  "the  luck  of  the  draw"  or  "they  drew  lots  for  it"  [syn:  {draw}] 
  6:  any  collection  in  its  entirety;  "she  bought  the  whole 
  caboodle"  [syn:  {bunch},  {caboodle}] 
  7:  (Old  Testament)  nephew  of  Abraham;  God  destroyed  Sodom  and 
  Gomorrah  but  chose  to  spare  Lot  and  his  family  who  were 
  told  to  flee  without  looking  back  at  the  destruction  [syn: 
  {Lot}] 
  v  1:  divide  into  lots  as  of  land,  for  example 
  2:  administer  or  bestow,  as  in  small  portions;  "administer 
  critical  remarks  to  everyone  present";  "dole  out  some 
  money";  "shell  out  pocket  money  for  the  children";  "deal  a 
  blow  to  someone"  [syn:  {distribute},  {administer},  {mete 
  out},  {deal},  {parcel  out},  {dispense},  {shell  out},  {deal 
  out},  {dish  out},  {allot},  {dole  out}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Lot 
  (Heb.  goral,  a  "pebble"),  a  small  stone  used  in  casting  lots 
  (Num.  33:54;  Jonah  1:7).  The  lot  was  always  resorted  to  by  the 
  Hebrews  with  strictest  reference  to  the  interposition  of  God, 
  and  as  a  method  of  ascertaining  the  divine  will  (Prov.  16:33), 
  and  in  serious  cases  of  doubt  (Esther  3:7).  Thus  the  lot  was 
  used  at  the  division  of  the  land  of  Canaan  among  the  serveral 
  tribes  (Num.  26:55;  34:13),  at  the  detection  of  Achan  (Josh. 
  7:14,  18),  the  election  of  Saul  to  be  king  (1  Sam.  10:20,  21), 
  the  distribution  of  the  priestly  offices  of  the  temple  service 
  (1  Chr.  24:3,  5,  19;  Luke  1:9),  and  over  the  two  goats  at  the 
  feast  of  Atonement  (Lev.  16:8).  Matthias,  who  was  "numbered  with 
  the  eleven"  (Acts  1:24-26),  was  chosen  by  lot 
 
  This  word  also  denotes  a  portion  or  an  inheritance  (Josh. 
  15:1;  Ps  125:3;  Isa.  17:4),  and  a  destiny,  as  assigned  by  God 
  (Ps.  16:5;  Dan.  12:13). 
 
  Lot  (Heb.  lot),  a  covering;  veil,  the  son  of  Haran,  and 
  nephew  of  Abraham  (Gen.  11:27).  On  the  death  of  his  father,  he 
  was  left  in  charge  of  his  grandfather  Terah  (31),  after  whose 
  death  he  accompanied  his  uncle  Abraham  into  Canaan  (12:5), 
  thence  into  Egypt  (10),  and  back  again  to  Canaan  (13:1).  After 
  this  he  separated  from  him  and  settled  in  Sodom  (13:5-13).  There 
  his  righteous  soul  was  vexed"  from  day  to  day  (2  Pet.  2:7),  and 
  he  had  great  cause  to  regret  this  act  Not  many  years  after  the 
  separation  he  was  taken  captive  by  Chedorlaomer,  and  was  rescued 
  by  Abraham  (Gen.  14).  At  length,  when  the  judgment  of  God 
  descended  on  the  guilty  cities  of  the  plain  (Gen.  19:1-20),  Lot 
  was  miraculously  delivered.  When  fleeing  from  the  doomed  city 
  his  wife  "looked  back  from  behind  him  and  became  a  pillar  of 
  salt."  There  is  to  this  day  a  peculiar  crag  at  the  south  end  of 
  the  Dead  Sea,  near  Kumran,  which  the  Arabs  call  Bint  Sheik  Lot 
  i.e.,  Lot's  wife.  It  is  "a  tall,  isolated  needle  of  rock,  which 
  really  does  bear  a  curious  resemblance  to  an  Arab  woman  with  a 
  child  upon  her  shoulder."  From  the  words  of  warning  in  Luke 
  17:32,  "Remember  Lot's  wife,"  it  would  seem  as  if  she  had  gone 
  back  or  tarried  so  long  behind  in  the  desire  to  save  some  of 
  her  goods,  that  she  became  involved  in  the  destruction  which 
  fell  on  the  city,  and  became  a  stiffened  corpse,  fixed  for  a 
  time  in  the  saline  incrustations.  She  became  "a  pillar  of  salt", 
  i.e.,  as  some  think,  of  asphalt.  (See  {SALT}.) 
 
  Lot  and  his  daughters  sought  refuge  first  in  Zoar,  and  then, 
  fearing  to  remain  there  longer,  retired  to  a  cave  in  the 
  neighbouring  mountains  (Gen.  19:30).  Lot  has  recently  been 
  connected  with  the  people  called  on  the  Egyptian  monuments 
  Rotanu  or  Lotanu,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  the  hero  of  the 
  Edomite  tribe  Lotan. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Lot  Lotan,  wrapt  up  hidden;  covered;  myrrh;  rosin 
 




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