Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having lost her favorite dove. Prior.

If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? Matt. v. 13.

The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. Dryden.

He hath lost his fellows. Shak

The woman that deliberates is lost. Addison.

Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

He shall in no wise lose his reward. Matt. x. 42.

I fought the battle bravely which I lost,
And lost it but to Macedonians. Dryden.

How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion ? Sir W. Temple.

O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. Baxter.

To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage. -- To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." Macaulay. -- To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment.

In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. Whitney.

-- To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep. -- To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue.

We 'll . . . hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,
Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. Shak.