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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lone \Lone\, noun A lane. See {Loanin}. [Prov. Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lone \Lone\, adjective [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.
When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. --Shenstone.
2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]
Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. --Collection of Records (1642).
A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. --Shak.
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.
By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron.
4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lone
adjective
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 in mode of life; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition" [syn: {eremitic}, {eremitical}, {lone(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)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "lone": a certain, abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, an, any, any one, apart, atomic, azygous, celibate, companionless, deserted, detached, either, exclusive, first and last, forsaken, friendless, homeless, impair, in solitude, individual, indivisible, insular, integral, irreducible, isolated, kithless, lonely, lonesome, monadic, monistic, odd, one, one and only, only, only-begotten, particular, removed, rootless, secluded, separate, separated, simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid, solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable, unassisted, unattended, undivided, unescorted, unexampled, uniform, unique, unitary, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unseconded, unsupported, whole, withdrawn
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