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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lot v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lotted p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting ] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
 To lot on or To lot upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lot
      n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
           "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
           money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
           have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good
           deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle,
            mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite
           a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
           sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
      2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot
         on the lake"
      3: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
         everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may
         be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the
         luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success
         that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate,
         luck, circumstances, portion]
      4: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
         caboodle" [syn: bunch, caboodle]
      5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
         set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle,
          band]
      6: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
         "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw]
      7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and
         Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were
         told to flee without looking back at the destruction
      v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
      2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
         critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
         money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
         blow to someone" [syn: distribute, administer, mete
         out, deal, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal
         out, dish out, allot, dole out]
      [also: lotting, lotted]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lotted
      See lot