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   Lone (?), n. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Lone, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.]
   1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, “a lone traveler or watcher”.
   
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   When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
   
   And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone.
   
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   2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]
   
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   Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642).
   
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   A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak.
   
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   3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, “a lone house”. “ A lone isle.”  Pope.
   
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   By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron.
   
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   4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
   
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   Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
   
   And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope.
   
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