lone
    adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when
           we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone
           skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a
           tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
           [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
    2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
       lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
       solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
    3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
       lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
       only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary
       instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn:
       lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a),
       solitary(a)]

Lone \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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Lone \Lone\, n.
   A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
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