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   Lone , n. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Lone, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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