LUBBARD. [Not used. See Lubber.]

LUB'BER, noun

A heavy, clumsy fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

And lingering lubbers lose many a penny.

LUB'BERLY, adjective Properly, tall and lank without activity; hence, bulky and heavy; clumsy; lazy; as a lubberly fellow or boy.

LUB'BERLY, adverb Clumsily; awkwardly.

LU'BRIC, adjective [Latin lubricus, slippery.]

1. Having a smooth surface; slippery; as a lubric throat.

2. Wavering; unsteady; as the lubric waves of state.

3. Lascivious; wanton; lewd.

This lubric and adulterate age.

[This word is now little used.]

LU'BRICANT, noun [See Lubricate.] That which lubricates.

LU'BRICATE, verb transitive [Latin lubrico, from lubricus, slippery; allied to labor, to slip or slide.]

To make smooth or slippery. Mucilaginous and saponaceous medicines lubricate the parts to which they are applied.

LU'BRICATED, participle passive Made smooth and slippery.

LU'BRICATING, participle present tense Rendering smooth and slippery.

LU'BRICATOR, noun That which lubricates.

LU'BRICOUS, adjective [Latin lubricus.]

1. Smooth; slippery.

2. Wavering; unstable; as lubricous opinions.

LUBRIC'TIY, noun

1. Smoothness of surface; slipperiness.

2. Smoothness; aptness to glide over any thing, or to facilitate the motion of bodies in contact by diminishing friction.

3. Slipperiness; instability; as the lubricity of fortune.

4. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.

LUBRIFAC'TION, noun [infra.] The act of lubricating or making smooth.

LUBRIFICA'TION, noun [Latin lubricus and facio, to make.]

The act or operation of making smooth and slippery.

LUCE, noun A pike full grown.

LU'CENT, adjective [Latin lucens, from luceo, to shine. See light.]

Shining; bright; resplendent; as the sun's lucent orb.

LU'CERN, noun

A plant of the genus Medicago, cultivated for fodder.

LU'CID, adjective [Latin lucidus, from luceo, to shine. See Light.]

1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as the lucid orbs of heaven.

2. Clear; transparent; pellucid; as a lucid stream.

3. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as the lucid intervals of a deranged man.

4. Clear; distinct; presenting a clear view; easily understood; as a lucid order or arrangement.

LUCID'ITY, noun Brightness. [Not used.]

LU'CIDNESS, noun Brightness; clearness.

LU'CIFER, noun [Latin lux, lucis, light, and fero, to bring.]

1. The planet Venus, so called from its brightness.

2. Satan.

And when he falls, he falls like lucifer never to hope again.

LUCIFE'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Lucifer, or to the Luciferians.

LUCIFE'RIANS, noun A sect that followed Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century. They held to the carnal nature of the soul, and that there is no place for repentance for such as fall.

LUCIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lucifer, supra.] Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.

LUCIF'IC, adjective [Latin lux, light, and facio, to make.]

Producing light.

LU'CIFORM, adjective [Latin lux, light, and forma, form.]

Having the form of light; resembling light.

The water prepares us, and purifies our luciform spirit to receive the divinity.

LUCK, noun

That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting a man's interest or happiness, and which is deemed casual; fortune. luck respects persons and their proceedings. We never say, in a literal sense, that a plant has the luck to grow in a particular place; or a fossil has the luck to be of a particular form. We say, a person has the good luck to escape from danger; or the ill luck to be ensnared or to suffer loss. He has had good luck or bad luck in gaming, fishing or hunting. luck or what we call chance, accident, fortune, is an event which takes place without being intended or foreseen, or from some cause not under human control; that which cannot be previously known or determined with certainty by human skill or power.

Consider the gift of luck as below the care of a wise man.

LUCK'ILY, adverb [from lucky.] Fortunately; by good fortune; with a favorable issue; in a good sense. luckily we escaped injury.

LUCK'INESS, noun

1. The state of being fortunate; as the luckiness of a man or of an event.

2. Good fortune; a favorable issue or event. [In this sense, luck is generally used.]

LUCK'LESS, adjective

1. Unfortunate; meeting with ill success; as a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

2. Unfortunate; producing ill or no good.

Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour.

LUCK'Y, adjective

1. Fortunate; meeting with good success; as a lucky adventurer.

2. Fortunate; producing good by chance; favorable; as a lucky adventure; a lucky time; a lucky cast.

LU'CRATIVE, adjective [Latin lucrativus, from lucror, to gain profit.]

Gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as a lucrative trade; lucrative business or office.

LU'CRE, noun lu'ker. [Latin lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit; usually in an ill sense, or with the sense of something base or unworthy.

The lust of lucre and the dread of death.

A bishop must be blameless - not given to filthy lucre Titus 1:7.

LUCRIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lucrum, gain, and fero, to produce.] Gainful; profitable. [Little used.]

LUCRIF'IC, adjective [Latin lucrum, gain, and facio to make.] Producing profit; gainful. [Not used.]

LUCTA'TION, noun [Latin luctatio, from luctor, to wrestle or strive.]

Struggle; contest; effort to overcome in contest. [Little used.]

LUC'TUAL, adjective [Latin luctus, grief.] Producing grief. [Not used.]

LU'CUBRATE, verb intransitive [Latin lucubro, to study by candle-light, from lucubrum, from lux, light.]

To study by candle-light or a lamp; to study by night.

LUCUBRA'TION, noun

1. Study by a lamp or by candle-light; nocturnal study.

2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement.

LU'CUBRATORY, adjective Composed by candle-light or by night.

LU'CULENT, adjective [Latin luculentus, from luceo, to shine.]

1. Lucid; clear; transparent; as luculent rivers.

2. Clear; evident; luminous.

The most luculent testimonies that the christian religion hath.

LU'CULLITE, noun A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of three kinds.

LUDIB'RIOUS, adjective [Latin ludibriosus, from ludo, to sport.] Sportive; wanton.

LU'DICROUS, adjective [Latin ludicer, from ludo, to sport.]

Sportive; burlesque; adapted to raise laughter, without scorn or contempt. ludicrous differs from ridiculous; the latter implying contempt or derision.

Plutarch quotes this instance of Homer's judgment, in closing a ludicrous scene with decency and instruction.

LU'DICROUSLY, adverb Sportively; in burlesque; in a manner to raise laughter without contempt.

LU'DICROUSNESS, noun Sportiveness; the quality of exciting laughter without contempt; merry cast.

LUDIFICA'TION, noun [Latin ludificor.] The act of deriding.

LUDIF'ICATORY, adjective Making sport; tending to excite derision.

LUFF, noun The palm of the hand.

LUFF, noun

Weather-gage, or part towards the wind; or the sailing of a ship close to the wind.

LUFF, verb intransitive To turn the head of a ship towards the wind; to sail nearer the wind. Hence, in the imperative, luff is an order to put the tiller on the lee-side, in order to make the ship sail nearer the wind. luff round, or luff a-lee, is the extreme of this movement, intended to throw the ship's head into the wind. A ship is said to spring her luff when she yields to the helm by sailing nearer the wind.

LUFF'-TACKLE, noun A large tackle not destined for any particular place in the ship, but movable at pleasure.

LUG, verb transitive [See Pluck.]

1. To haul; to drag; to pull with force, as something heavy and moved with difficulty.

Howler lugs him still through hedges.

2. To carry or convey with labor.

They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.

To lug out, to draw a sword, in burlesque.

LUG, verb intransitive To drag; to move heavily.

LUG, noun

1. A small fish.

2. In Scotland, an ear. obsolete

3. A pole or perch, a land-measure. obsolete

4. Something heavy to be drawn or carried. [Vulgar.]

LUG'GAGE, noun [from lug.]

1. Any thing cumbersome and heavy to be carried; traveling baggage.

I am gathering up my luggage and preparing for my journey.

2. Something of more weight than value.

What do you mean to dote on such luggage?

LUG'GER, noun A vessel carrying three masts with a running bowsprit and lug-sails.

LUGGS, noun An insect like an earth-worm, but having legs.

LUG'-SAIL, noun A square sail bent upon a yard that hands obliquely to the mast at one third of its length.

LUGU'BRIOUS, adjective [Latin lugubris, from lugeo, to weep.]

Mournful; indicating sorrow; as a lugubrious look.

LU'KEWARM, adjective

1. Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.

2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Revelation 3:16.

LU'KEWARMLY, adverb

1. With moderate warmth.

2. With indifference; coolly.

LU'KEWARMNESS, noun

1. A mild or moderate heat.

2. Indifference; want of zeal or ardor; coldness.

The defect of zeal is lukewarmness or coldness in religion.

LULL, verb transitive [Latin lallo. The sense is to throw down, to still, to appease. Seamen say, the wind lulls, when it subsides.]

To quiet; to compose; to cause to rest. The nation may be lulled into security.

- To lull him soft asleep.

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, to lull the daughters of necessity.

LULL, verb intransitive To subside; to cease; to become calm; as, the wind lulls.

LULL, noun Power or quality of soothing.

LULL'ABY, noun [lull and by. See By.]

A song to quiet babes; that which quiets.

LULL'ED, participle passive Quieted; appeased; composed to rest.

LULL'ER, noun One that lulls; one that fondles.

LULL'ING, participle present tense Stilling; composing to rest.

LUM, noun The chimney of a cottage.

LUM'ACHEL,

LUMACHEL'LA, noun A calcarious stone composed of shells and coral conglutinated, but so far retaining their organization as to exhibit different colors, and so hard as to admit of polish.

LUMBAG'INOUS, adjective Pertaining to lumbago.

LUMBA'GO, noun [Latin lumbus, loins.] A pain in the loins and small of the back, such as precedes certain fevers.

A rheumatic affection of the muscles about the loins.

LUM'BAR, adjective [Latin lumbus, loins.] Pertaining to the loins. The lumbar region is the posterior portion of the body between the false ribs and the upper edge of the haunch bone.

LUM'BER, noun

1. Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use.

The very bed was violated - and thrown among the common lumber

2. In America, timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops and the like.

3. Harm; mischief. [Local.]

LUM'BER, verb transitive

1. To heap together in disorder.

2. To fill with lumber; as, to lumber a room.

LUM'BRIC, noun [Latin lumbricus, a worm.] A worm.

LUM'BRICAL, adjective [Latin lumbricus, a worm.] Resembling a worm; as the lumbrical muscles.

LUM'BRICAL, adjective Pertaining to the loins.

LUM'BRICAL, noun A muscle of the fingers and toes, so named from its resembling a worm. Of these muscles, there are four of the fingers and as many of the toes.

LUMBRIC'IFORM, noun [Latin lumbricus, a worm, and form.] Resembling a worm in shape.

LU'MINARY, noun [Latin luminare, from lumen, light.]

1. Any body that gives light, but chiefly one of the celestial orbs. The sun is the principal luminary in our system. the stars are inferior luminaries.

2. One that illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Bacon and Newton were distinguished luminaries.

LUMINATION. [See Illumination.]

LU'MINE, verb transitive To enlighten. [Not used. See Illumine.]

LUMINIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lumen, light, and fero, to produce.]

Producing light.

LU'MINOUS, adjective [Latin luminosus.]

1. Shining; emitting light. The sun is a most luminous body.

2. Light; illuminated. The moon is rendered luminous by the rays of the sun.

3. Bright; shining; as a luminous color.

4. Clear; as a luminous essay or argument.

LU'MINOUSLY, adverb With brightness or clearness.

LU'MINOUSNESS, noun

1. The quality of being bright or shining; brightness; as the luminousness of the sea.

2. Clearness; perspicuity; as the luminousness of ideas, arguments or method.

LUMP, noun

1. A small mass of matter of no definite shape; as a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.

2. A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump

3. A cluster; as a lump of figs. 2 Kings 20:7.

In the lump the whole together; in gross.

They may buy my papers in the lump

LUMP, verb transitive

1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

The expenses ought to be lumped.

2. To take in the gross.

LUMP'EN, noun A long fish of a greenish color, and marked with lines.

LUMP'FISH, noun A thick fish of the genus Cyclopterus. The back is sharp and elevated; the belly flat, and of a crimson color. along the body run five rows of sharp bony tubercles. It swims edgewise; called also a sea-owl.

LUMP'ING, participle present tense

1. Throwing into a mass or sum.

2. adjective Bulky; heavy. [A low word.]

LUMP'ISH, adjective

1. Like a lump; heavy; gross; bulky.

2. Dull; inactive.

LUMP'ISHLY, adverb Heavily; with dullness or stupidity.

LUMP'ISHNESS, noun Heaviness; dullness; stupidity.

LUMP'Y, adjective Full of lumps or small compact masses.

Luna cornea, muriate of silver.

LU'NACY, noun [from Latin luna, the moon.]

1. A species of insanity of madness, supposed to be influenced by the moon, or periodical in the month.

2. Madness in general.

LU'NAR,

LUNA'RIAN, noun An inhabitant of the moon.

LU'NARY, noun Moonwort, a plant of the genus Lunaria.

LU'NARY, adjective [Latin lunaris.

1. Pertaining to the moon; as lunar observations.

2. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as lunar days or years.

3. Resembling the moon; orbed.

4. Under the influence of the moon. obsolete

Lunar caustic, nitrate of silver, fused in a low heat.

LU'NATED, adjective Formed like a half-moon.

LU'NATIC, adjective Affected by a species of madness, supposed to be influenced by the moon.

LU'NATIC, noun A person affected by insanity, supposed to be influenced or produced by the moon, or by its position in its orbit; a madman.

LUNA'TION, noun [Latin lunatio.] A revolution of the moon.

LUNCH,

LUNCH'EON, noun

Literally, a swallow; but in usage, a portion of food taken at any time, except at a regular meal. It is not unusual to take a luncheon before dinner. The passengers in the line-ships regularly have their lunch

I sliced the luncheon from the barley loaf.

LUNCH'EON, n.

LUNE, noun [Latin luna, the moon.]

1. Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. [Little used.]

2. A fit of lunacy or madness, or a freak. [Not used.]

3. A leash; as the lune of a hawk.

LU'NET,

LUNETTE, noun

1. In fortification, an enveloped counterguard, or elevation of earth made beyond the second ditch, opposite to the places of arms; or a covered place before the courtine, consisting of two faces that form an angle inward. It is commonly raised in ditches full of water, to serve instead of fausse brays, to dispute the enemy's passage of the ditch.

2. In the manege, a half horse-shoe, which wants the spunge, or that part of the branch which runs towards the quarters of the foot.

3. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

LU'NET, noun A little moon

LUNETTE, n.

LUNG, noun

1. The lungs are the organs of respiration in man and many other animals. There are two of these organs, each of which occupies its cavity in the thorax. They alternately inhale and expel the air, by means of which the necessary function of respiration is carried on.

Each lung fills completely the cavity in which it is placed.

2. Formerly, a person having a strong voice, and a sort of servant.

LUNGE, noun [See Allonge.] A sudden push or thrust.

LUNG'ED, adjective Having lungs, or the nature or resemblance of lunged; drawing in and expelling air.

LUNG'-GROWN, adjective Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

LUN'GIS, noun A lingerer; a dull drowsy fellow.

LUNG'WORT, noun A plant of the genus Pulmonaria.

LU'NIFORM adjective [Latin luna, the moon, and form.] Resembling the moon.

LUNISO'LAR, adjective [Latin luna, moon, and solaris, sol, sun.]

Compounded of the revolutions of the sun and moon.

The lunisolar year consists of 532 common years; found by multiplying the cycle of the sun by that of the moon.

LU'NISTICE, noun [Latin luna, the moon, and sto, steti, or sisto, to stand.]

The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

LUNT, noun The match-cord used for firing cannon.

LU'NULAR, adjective [from Latin luna, the moon.] In botany, like the new moon; shaped like a small crescent.

LU'NULATE, adjective [from Latin luna, the moon.] In botany, resembling a small crescent.

LU'PERCAL, adjective Pertaining to the Lupercalia, or feasts of the Romans in honor of Pan; as a noun, the feast itself.

LU'PINE, noun [Latin lupinus.] A kind of pulse. The genus Lupinus contains several species, mostly annual plants, bearing digitate leaves, and papilionaceous flowers. The seeds of the white lupine have a leguminous taste, accompanied with a disagreeable bitterness, and are said to be anthelmintic.

LU'PULIN, noun [Latin lupulus, hops.] The fine yellow powder of hops.

LURCH, noun [This is the same word radically as lurk. The primary sense is to run, start, leap or frisk about, as a man or beast that flies from one tree or other object to another to conceal himself. Hence we see the peculiar applicability of this word in seamen's language.]

In seamen's language, a sudden roll of a ship. A lee-lurch is a sudden roll to the leeward, as when a heavy sea strikes the ship on the weather side.

To leave in the lurch to leave in a difficult situation, or in embarrassment; to leave in a forlorn state or without help.

LURCH, verb intransitive

1. To roll or pass suddenly to one side, as a ship in a heavy sea.

2. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lie in ambush or in secret; to lie close. [For this, lurk is now used.]

3. To shift; to play tricks.

I am fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch

LURCH, verb transitive

1. To defeat; to disappoint, that is, to evade; as, to lurch the expectation. [Little used.]

2. To steal; to filch; to pilfer. [Little used.]

LURCH, verb transitive [Latin lurco, a glutton.] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour. [Not used.]

LURCH'ER, noun

1. One that lies in wait or lurks; one that watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.

Swift from the play the scudding lurcher flies.

2. A dog that watches for his game.

3. [Latin lurco, a glutton.] A glutton; a gormandizer.

LUR'DAN, adjective Blockish. [Not used.]

LUR'DAN, noun A clown; a blockhead. [Not used.]

LURE, noun

1. Something held out to call a hawk; hence,

2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; as the lures of beauty or of gain.

LURE, verb intransitive To call hawks.

Standing by one that lured loud and shrill.

LURE, verb transitive To entice; to attract; to invite by any thing that promises pleasure or advantage.

LUREd on by the pleasure of the bait.

And various science lures the learned eye.

LU'RED, participle passive Enticed; attracted; invited by the hope of pleasure or advantage.

LU'RID, adjective [Latin luridus.] Gloomy; dismal.

LU'RING, participle present tense Enticing; calling.

LURK, verb intransitive

1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.

Let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk privily for the innocent. Proverbs 1:11.

2. To lie concealed or unperceived. See that no selfish motive lurks in the heart.

See the lurking gold upon the fatal tree.

3. To retire from public observation; to keep out of sight.

The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.

LURK'ER, noun One that lurks or keeps out of sight.

LURK'ING, participle present tense Lying concealed; keeping out of sight.

LUS'CIOUS, adjective [I know not the origin and affinities of this word.]

1. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; as luscious food.

2. Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste.

And raisins keep their luscious native taste.

3. Pleasing; delightful.

He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase.

4. Fullsome; as luscious flattery.

5. Smutty; obscene. [Unusual.]

LUS'CIOUSLY, adverb

1. With sweetness or richness that cloys or nauseates.

2. Obscenely.

LUS'CIOUSNESS, noun Immoderate richness or sweetness that cloys or offends.

LU'SERN, noun A lynx.

LUSH, adjective Of a dark, keep, full color.

How lush and lusty the grass looks; how green! obsolete

LUSK, adjective Lazy; slothful. [Not in use.]

LUSK, noun A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Not in use.]

LUSK'ISH, adjective Inclined to be lazy.

LUSK'ISHLY, adverb Lazily.

LUSK'ISHNESS, noun Disposition to indolence; laziness. obsolete

LUSO'RIOUS, adjective [Latin lusorius, from ludo, lusi, to sport.]

Used in play; sportive. [Little used.]

LU'SORY, adjective [Latin lusorius, as above.] Used in play; playful; as lusory methods of instructing children.

LUST, noun

1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.

My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Exodus 15:9.

2. Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27. 2 Peter 2:10.

3. Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14. Psalms 81:12.

4. Vigor; active power. [Not used.]

LUST, verb intransitive

1. To desire eagerly; to long; with after.

Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy 12:15.

2. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.

LUST not after her beauty in thy heart. Proverbs 6:25.

Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28.

3. To have irregular or inordinate desires.

The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4:2.

LUST not after evil things as they also lusted. 1 Corinthians 10:6.

4. To list; to like.

LUS'TER, noun [Latin lustrum, lustro to purify.]

1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk.

The sun's mild luster warms the vital air.

2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction.

His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster

3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass.

4. The space of five years. [Latin lustrum.]

LUST'FUL, adjective

1. Having lust, or eager desire of carnal gratification; libidinous; as an intemperate and lustful man.

2. Provoking to sensuality; inciting to lust or exciting carnal desire.

Thence his lustful orgies he enlarged.

3. Vigorous; robust; stout.

LUST'FULLY, ad. With concupiscence or carnal desire.

LUST'FULNESS, noun The state of having carnal desires; libidinousness.

LUST'IHOOD, noun [lusty and hood.] Vigor of body. obsolete

LUST'ILY, adverb With vigor of body; stoutly; with vigorous exertion.

I determine to fight lustily for him.

LUST'INESS, noun Vigor of body; stoutness; strength; robustness; sturdiness.

Cappadocian slaves were famous for their lustiness

LUST'ING, participle present tense Having eager desire; having carnal appetite.

LUST'ING, noun Eager desire; inordinate desire; desire of carnal gratification.

LUST'LESS, adjective

1. Listless; not willing. obsolete

2. Not vigorous.

LUS'TRAL, adjective [Latin lustralis, from lustro, to purify.]

1. Used in purification; as lustral water; lustral waves.

2. Pertaining to purification; as lustral days.

LUS'TRATE, verb transitive [Latin lustro, to cleanse. See Luster.]

1. To make clear or pure; to purify. [See Illustrate.]

2. To view; to survey.

LUSTRA'TION, noun

1. The act or operation of making clear or pure; a cleansing or purifying by water.

And holy water for lustration bring.

2. In antiquity, the sacrifices or ceremonies by which cities, fields, armies or people defiled by crimes, were purified.

LUS'TRICAL, adjective Pertaining to purification.

LUS'TRING, noun A species of glossy silk cloth. [Corruptly written and pronounced lutestring.]

LUS'TROUS, adjective Bright; shining; luminous.

Good sparks and lustrous

LUS'TRUM, noun In ancient Rome, the space of five years.

LUST'-STAINED, adjective Defiled by lust.

LUST'WORT, noun [lust and wort.] A plant of the genus Drosera.

LUST'Y, adjective [from lust.]

1. Stout; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body. this is the correct sense of the word, comprehending full health and strength; as a lusty youth. But it is now used in the sense of,

2. Bulky; large; of great size. This sense does not always include that of vigor.

3. Handsome; pleasant; saucy. obsolete

4. Copious; plentiful; as a lusty draught.

5. Pregnant; a colloquial use.

LU'TANIST, noun [from lute.] A person that plays on the lute.

A celebrated lutanist was playing to a large company.

LUTA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin lutarius, from lutum, mud.]

1. Pertaining to mud; living in mud.

2. Of the color of mud.

LUTA'TION, noun [See Lute.] The act or method of luting vessels.

LUTE, noun [Latin laudo.]

An instrument of music with strings. It consists of four parts, viz; the table, the body or belly which has nine or ten sides, the neck, which has nine or ten stops or divisions marked with strings, and the head or cross. In the middle of the table there is a passage for the sound. There is also a bridge to which the strings are fastened. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.

LU'TED, participle passive Closed with lute.

LU'TENIST, noun A performer on the lute.

LU'TER,

LU'THERAN, adjective Pertaining to Luther, the reformer; as the Lutheran church.

LU'THERAN, noun A disciple or follower of Luther; one who adheres to the doctrines of Luther.

LU'THERAN, a. Pertaining to Luther, the reformer; as the Lutheran church.

LU'THERAN, n. A disciple or follower of Luther; one who adheres to the doctrines of Luther.

LU'THERANISM, noun The doctrines of religion as taught by Luther.

LU'THERN, noun In architecture, a kind of window over the cornice, in the roof of a building, to admit light into the upper story.

LU'TING, participle present tense Closing with lute.

LU'TING, noun [Latin lutum, mud, clay.] Among chimists, a composition of clay or other tenacious substance used for stopping the juncture of vessels so closely as to prevent the escape or entrance of air.

LUTE, verb transitive To close or coat with lute.

LU'TIST, noun One who plays on a lute.

LU'TULENT, adjective [Latin lutulentus, from lutum, mud.] Muddy; turbid; thick.

LUX'ATE, verb transitive [Latin luxo, laxo, laxus.]

To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate. Lux, in a like sense, is, I believe, now used.

LUX'ATED, participle passive Put out of joint; dislocated.

LUX'ATING, participle present tense Removing or forcing out of its place, as a joint; dislocating.

LUXA'TION, noun

1. That act of moving or forcing a joint from its proper place or articulation; or the state of being thus put out of joint.

2. A dislocation; that which is dislocated.

LUXE, noun Luxury. [Not used.]

LUXU'RIANCE,

LUXU'RIANCY, noun [Latin luxurians, luxurio, to grow rank, or to wanton.]

1. Rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance.

Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion.

2. Excessive or superfluous growth.

A fungus prevents healing only by its luxuriancy.

LUXU'RIANCY, n. [L. luxurians, luxurio, to grow rank, or to wanton.]

LUXU'RIANT, adjective

1. Exuberant in growth; abundant; as a luxuriant growth of grass.

2. Exuberant in plenty; superfluous in abundance.

Prune the luxuriant the uncouth refine.

3. A luxuriant flower multiplies the covers of the fructification so as to destroy the essential parts.

LUXU'RIANTLY, adverb With exuberant growth.

LUXU'RIATE, verb intransitive To grow exuberantly, or to grow to superfluous abundance.

LUXURIA'TION, noun The process of growing exuberantly, or beyond the natural growth.

LUXU'RIOUS, adjective [Latin luxuriosus, from luxo, to loosen; luxor, to riot.]

1. Voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive dress and equipage; as a luxurious life; luxurious cities.

2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress and equipage; as luxurious wealth.

3. Furnished with luxuries; as a luxurious table.

4. Softening by pleasure, or free indulgence in luxury; as luxurious ease.

5. Lustful; libidinous; given to the gratification of lust; as a luxurious bed.

6. Luxuriant; exuberant.

The work under our labor grows

Luxurious by restraint. [Not used.]

LUXU'RIOUSLY, adverb In abundance of rich diet, dress or equipage; deliciously; voluptuously.

LUX'URIST, noun One given to luxury.

LUX'URY, noun [Latin luxuria, from luxo, to loosen.]

1. A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; or the free indulgence in costly dress and equipage.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury

2. That which gratifies a nice and fastidious appetite; a dainty; any delicious food or drink. The canvas-back duck is a luxury for an epicure.

3. Any thing delightful to the senses.

He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and by laying on it earth, furnished a king of luxury for a hermit.

4. Lust; lewd desire. [Not now used.]

5. Luxuriance; exuberance of growth. [Not now used.]