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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Chiefly Southern U.S. A mudhole; a mire.
  2. n. The loblolly pine.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A loutish or foolish person.
  2. n. Nautical: Water-gruel or spoon-meat.
  3. n. Medicines collectively. Also written, erroneously, loplolly.

Wiktionary

  1. n. dialect, nautical Gruel.
  2. n. US, southern A mudhole.
  3. n. A bumpkin or lout.
  4. n. Loblolly pine, Pinus taeda.
  5. n. Loblolly bay (plant).
  6. v. Behave in a loutish manner.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. thick gruel

Etymologies

  1. From Yorkshire dialect lob ("boil", literally "bubbling up") + dialect lolly ("broth"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps dialectal lob, to bubble + lolly, broth. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu The only definition from "GNU Webster's 1913" is: "n. Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen."
    Jul 27, 2012

  • goodkitten C'mon wordnik. loblolly-- a stupid or foolish person Jul 27, 2012

  • leaden Nautical! Oct 8, 2011

  • reesetee Blecch. May 6, 2011

  • hernesheir An odd mixture of spoon-meat. --an old provincial term from Exmoor England. Grose's 1787 A Provincial Glossary lists this definition and mentions its application to water-gruel and loblolly-boy. May 6, 2011

  • chained_bear I've only ever seen this word meaning a kind of pine tree, except in this set of O'Brian novels, in which the word loblolly-boy appears so frequently that I didn't even think of listing it until the 12th novel, or whichever the hell one that I'm on. Anyway, usage note's on loblolly-boy. Mar 7, 2008

  • seanahan There are 2,380 hits for "loblolly gruel", so I think it is valid. Jan 9, 2008

  • mollusque C'mon, gruel's cool. Have some more! Jan 8, 2008

  • yarb "Lots of folk live on their wits:
    Lecturers, lispers,
    Losers, loblolly-men, louts-
    They don't end as paupers"

    Larkin, Toads Jan 8, 2008

  • chained_bear Eeyew. It makes me think of gruel with long pine needles in it! Jan 8, 2008

  • reesetee WeirdNet strikes again. Jan 8, 2008

  • pomegranate Loblolly is a pine species. "Thick gruel"? Puh-leeze! Jan 8, 2008

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‘loblolly’ has been looked up 2003 times, loved by 4 people, added to 36 lists, commented on 12 times, and has a Scrabble score of 13.