Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.

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

Source : WordNet®

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 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)}]