2. pressure group, interest group, lobbyists, solicitors, representatives, agents. -v. 3. influence, affect, pull strings or wires, throw one's weight around; sway, persuade, move, talk into; urge, press, push or push for, promote,

lobe, n. lobule, Anat. lobus, Anat. lobulus, division; projection, protuberance, tubercle, knob, node, nodule; knot, lump, bump.

lobed, adj. lobate, lobulate, lobulated, nodulous, nodulose; tubercular, nodular, rounded, knoblike, knobby.

local, adj. 1. positional, locational, spatial, situational.
2. provincial, parochial, municipal, regional, sectional, divisional, territorial; county, district, town, city; neighborhood, small-town, red-brick.
3. home, homemade, homespun; native, indigenous, autochthonous, aboriginal; domestic, popular, vernacular, topical.
4. near, close, nigh, proximate, approximate; nearby, adjacent, close by, neighboring; adjoining, surrounding, circumjacent, contiguous; in the area, at hand, accessible.
5. limited, circumscribed, confined, restricted, delimited; particular, fixed, specific, special, definite, exact. -n. 6. local person, local inhabitant, towner, Sl. townie, city man; Inf. local yokel, cockney, resident, townsman, oppidan, parishioner; native, aborigine, autochthone.

locale, n. 1. place, spot, site; quarter, zone, neighborhood. See - locality.
2. scene, setting, stage, set; background, backdrop, ground; theater, arena.

localism, n. 1. (all of a particular area) dialect, patois, idiom, folk dialect, subdialect; provincialism, regionalism, colloquialism, slang; accent, twang, brogue, drawl, burr.
2. (all of a particular area) habit, tradition, institution, law, usage; custom, observance, practice, fashion, way.

locality, n. 1. place, locale, site, situs, stead, Latin, locus, Fr. lieu; sport, point, position, Law. venue, scene of the crime, scene, setting; quarter, zone, pale, area, division; region, territory, realm, province, shire, county; neighborhood, district, bailiwick, section, precinct, township; diocese, parish, ward, bishopric; neck of the woods, backyard, home; ground, terrain, soil, Sl. turf; habitat, environment, climate, clime, domain, abode, range.
2. vicinity, vicinage, environs, purlieus, whereabouts, hereabouts; field, demesne, station, circuit, beat, orbit.

localize, v. 1. restrict, confine, contain, restrain, constrain, fix in; surround, bound, limit, compass, encompass, encircle, circumscribe; cut off, hem in, pen in, delimit, quarantine.
2. specify, pinpoint, narrow down, zero in on; particularize, differentiate, identify, individualize,

locally, adv. around here, in these parts, hereabouts, in this spot, in or around town, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity; nearby, around the corner, close, close-by, close at hand, within walking distance,

locate, v. 1. discover, find, uncover, unearth; come across, run across, stumble upon, stub one's toe on, lay or put one's finger or hands on; meet with,