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   Lot , n. [AS. hlot; akin to hleítan to cast lots, OS. hlōt lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. lōz, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts.  Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]
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   That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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   But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
   Spenser.
   
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   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.
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   The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
   Prov. xvi. 33.
   
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   If we draw lots, he speeds.
   Shak.
   
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   The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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   O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's
   Enough to bear.
   Milton.
   
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   He was but born to try
   The lot of man -- to suffer and to die.
   Pope.
   
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   A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
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   I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I.
   Walpole.
   
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   A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
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   The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.
   Kent.
   
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   A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of people think so. [Colloq.]
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   He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
   W. Black.
   
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   A prize in a lottery. [Obs.]
   Evelyn.
   
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   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.
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   Lot , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting .] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
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   To lot on or To lot upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]
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