LOWLow, n.
Defn: The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovineanimals.Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.
LOW Low, n. Etym: [AS. hlaw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E. lean to incline.]
Defn: A hill; a mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] Skeat.
LOWLow, n. Etym: [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.]
Defn: Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
LOWLow, v. i.
Defn: To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
LOWLow, a. [Compar. Lower; superl. Lowest.] Etym: [OE. low, louh, lah,Icel. lagr; akin to Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lieto be prostrate.]
1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
7. (Mus.)
Defn: Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
8. (Phon.)
Defn: Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, . See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.
9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. Why but to keep ye low and ignorant Milton.
13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison. In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. Felton.
15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." Milton.
16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low- browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like. Low Church. See High Church, under High. — Low Countries, the Netherlands. — Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin, etc. — Low life, humble life. — Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. — Low relief. See Bas-relief. — Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. — Low spirits, despondency. — Low steam, steam having a low pressure. — Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. — Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; — popularly so called. — Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. — Low water. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. — Low water alarm or indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. — Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier. — Low wine, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; — often in the plural.
LOWLow, n. (Card Playing)
Defn: The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
LOWLow, adv.
1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
3. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
4. In time approaching our own. In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. Locke.
5. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.Addison.The . . . odorous wind Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.Tennyson.
6. With a low musical pitch or tone. Can sing both high and low. Shak.
7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser.
8. (Astron.)
Defn: In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; — said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
LOWLow, v. t.
Defn: To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.
LOWBELLLow"bell`, n. Etym: [Low a flame + bell.]
1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.
2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.
LOWBELLLow"bell`, v. t.
Defn: To frighten, as with a lowbell.
LOWBORNLow"born`, a.
Defn: Born in a low condition or rank; — opposed to highborn.
LOWBOYLow"boy`, n.
Defn: A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; — applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed. [U. S.]
LOWBREDLow"bred`, a.
Defn: Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.
LOW-CHURCHLow"-church`, a.
Defn: Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; — applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high- church. See High Church, under High.
LOW-CHURCHISMLow"-church`ism, n.
Defn: The principles of the low-church party.
LOW-CHURCHMANLow"-church`man, n.; pl. -men (.
Defn: One who holds low-church principles.
LOW-CHURCHMANSHIPLow"-church`man*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a low-churchman.
LOWERLow"er, a.
Defn: Compar. of Low, a.
LOWERLow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] Etym:[From Low, a.]
1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag. Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. Tennyson.
2. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
3. To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
4. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
6. To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
LOWERLow"er, v. i.
Defn: To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
LOWERLow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] Etym:[OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, tobe on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.]
1. To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest. All the clouds that lowered upon our house. Shak.
2. To frown; to look sullen. But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. Dryden.
LOWERLow"er, n. [Obs.]
1. Cloudiness; gloominess.
2. A frowning; sullenness.
LOWER-CASELow"er-case`, a. (Print.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
LOWERINGLow"er*ing, a.
Defn: Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
LOWERINGLYLow"er*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
LOWERMOST Low"er*most`, a. [Irreg. superl. of Low. Cf. Uppermost, Foremost, etc.]
Defn: Lowest.
LOWERYLow"er*y, a.
Defn: Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.
LOWGH; LOWHLowgh, Lowh, obs.
Defn: strong imp. of Laugh. Etym: [Cf. 1st Low and 2d Lough.]Chaucer.
LOWINGLow"ing, n.
Defn: The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
LOWISHLow"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson.
LOWKLowk, n.
Defn: See Louk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LOWLANDLow"land, n.
Defn: Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; — opposed to highland. The Lowlands, Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.
LOWLANDERLow"land*er, n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of theLowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.
LOWLIHOOD; LOWLIHEADLow"li*hood, Low"li*head, n.
Defn: A lowly state. [R.] Tennyson.
LOWLILYLow"li*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself.J. C. Shairp.
LOWLINESSLow"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Lowly.]
1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind. Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.
2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life. The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. Dryden.
LOW-LIVEDLow"-lived`, a.
Defn: Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.
LOWLY Low"ly, a. [Compar. Lowlier; superl. Lowliest.] Etym: [Low, a. + - ly.]
1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands." Dryden.
2. Low in rank or social importance. One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.
4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matt. xi. 29.
LOWLYLow"ly, adv.
1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise." Milton.
2. In a low condition; meanly. I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.
LOW-MINDEDLow"-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a basemind.Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-mindedinfirmities. Bancroft.
LOW-MINDEDNESSLow"-mind`ed*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.
LOWNLown, n. Etym: [See Loon.]
Defn: A low fellow. [Obs.]
LOW-NECKEDLow"-necked`, a.
Defn: Cut low in the neck; decollete; — said of a woman's dress.
LOWNESSLow"ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being low.
LOW-PRESSURELow"-pres`sure, a.
Defn: Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. Low- pressure steam engine, a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See Steam engine.
LOWRYLow"ry, n.
Defn: An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
LOW-SPIRITEDLow"-spir`it*ed, a.
Defn: Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; notsprightly.— Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
LOW STEELLow steel.
Defn: See under Low.
LOW-STUDDEDLow"-stud`ded, a.
Defn: Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.
LOW-THOUGHTEDLow"-thought`ed, a.
Defn: Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.
LOXODROMICLox`o*drom"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. loxodromique.]
Defn: Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. Loxodromic curve or line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.
LOXODROMICSLox`o*drom"ics, n.
Defn: The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
LOXODROMISMLox*od"ro*mism, n.
Defn: The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
LOXODROMYLox*od"ro*my, n. Etym: [Cf. F. loxodromic.]
Defn: The science of loxodromics. [R.]
LOYLoy, n.
Defn: A long, narrow spade for stony lands.
LOYAL Loy"al, a. Etym: [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal.]
1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance. Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms -To help King Edward in his time of storm, As every loyal subject ought to do. Shak.
2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle. Your true and loyal wife. Shak. Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. Dryden.
LOYALISTLoy"al*ist, n.
Defn: A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.
LOYALLYLoy"al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a loyal manner; faithfully.
LOYALNESSLoy"al*ness, n.
Defn: Loyalty. [R.] Stow.
LOYALTYLoy"al*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. loyaute. See Loyal, and cf. Legality.]
Defn: The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, orto duty, love, etc.He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon.Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons hislove still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser.
Note: "Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word." Trench.
Syn.— Allegiance; fealty. See Allegiance.
LOZENGELoz"enge, n. Etym: [F. lozange, losange; perh. the same as OF.losengef flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf.E. hatchment, blazon). Cf. Losenger, Laudable.]
1. (Her.) (a) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. (b) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
4. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. — originally in the form of a lozenge. Lozenge coach, the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge. [Obs.] Walpole. — Lozenge-molding (Arch.), a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.
LOZENGED; LOZENGE-SHAPEDLoz"enged, Loz"enge-shaped`, a.
Defn: Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bronté.
LOZENGYLoz"en*gy, a. Etym: [F. losangé. See Lozenge.] (Her.)
Defn: Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.
LULu, n. & v. t.
Defn: See Loo.
LUBBARDLub"bard, n. Etym: [See Lubber.]
Defn: A lubber. [Obs.] Swift.
LUBBARDLub"bard, a.
Defn: Lubberly.
LUBBERLub"ber, n. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See Looby, Lob.]
Defn: A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser. Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. — Lubber grasshopper (Zoöl.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romalea microptera, which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. — Lubber's hole (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten. — Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering.
LUBBERLYLub"ber*ly, a.
Defn: Like a lubber; clumsy.A great lubberly boy. Shak.
LUBBERLYLub"ber*ly, adv.
Defn: Clumsily; awkwardly. Dryden.
LUBRIC; LUBRICALLu"bric, Lu"bric*al, a. Etym: [L. lubricus: cf. F. lubrique.]
1. Having a smooth surface; slippery. [R.]
2. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. [R.] This lubric and adulterate age. Dryden.
LUBRICANTLu"bri*cant, a. Etym: [L. lubricans, p. pr. of lubricare, SeeLubricate.]
Defn: Lubricating.
LUBRICANTLu"bri*cant, n.
Defn: That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
LUBRICATE Lu"bri*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. lubricatus, p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric.]
1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. S. Sharp. Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.
2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
LUBRICATIONLu`bri*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
LUBRICATORLu"bri*ca`tor, n.
1. One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.
2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.
LUBRICITATELu*bric"i*tate, v. i.
Defn: See Lubricate.
LUBRICITYLu*bric"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. lubricitas: cf. F. lubricité.]
1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. Ray.
2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune. L'Estrange.
3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency. Sir T. Herbert. As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem. Dryden.
LUBRICOUSLu"bri*cous, a. Etym: [L. lubricus.]
Defn: Lubric.
LUBRIFICATION; LUBRIFACTION Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion, Lu`bri*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. lubricus lubric + facere to make.]
Defn: The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Ray. Bacon.
LUCARNELu`carne", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. See Luthern.] (Arch.)
Defn: A dormer window.
LUCCHESELuc*chese", n. sing. & pl. Etym: [It. Lucchese.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.
LUCELuce, n. Etym: [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pike when full grown. Halliwell.
LUCENCYLu"cen*cy, n.
Defn: The quality of being lucent.
LUCENT Lu"cent, a. Etym: [L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light.]
Defn: Shining; bright; resplendent. " The sun's lucent orb." Milton.
LUCERNLu"cern, n. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]
1. A sort of hunting dog; — perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. Chapman.
2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in req [Written also lusernand luzern.]The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase.Beau. & Fl.
LUCERNLu"cern, n. Etym: [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
Defn: A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; — called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
LUCERNLu"cern, n. Etym: [L. lucerna.]
Defn: A lamp. [Obs.] Lydgate.
LUCERNALLu*cer"nal, a. Etym: [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a lamp. Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
LUCERNARIALu`cer*na"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
LUCERNARIANLu`cer*na"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.— n.
Defn: One of the Lucernarida.
LUCERNARIDA lu`cer*nar"i*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Lucernaria.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; - - called also Calycozoa. (b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.
LUCERNELu"cerne, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Lucern, the plant.
LUCIDLu"cid, a. Etym: [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.]
1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.
2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton.
3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. Macaulay.
4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.
Syn.— Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. SeeLuminous.
LUCIDITYLu*cid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lucidité. See Lucid.]
Defn: The quality or state of being lucid.
LUCIDLYLu"cid*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lucid manner.
LUCIDNESSLu"cid*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being lucid; lucidity.
LUCIFER Lu"ci*fer, n. Etym: [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; — applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan.How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . .When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak.
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; — called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
LUCIFERIANLu`ci*fe"ri*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
2. Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.
LUCIFERIANLu`ci*fe"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.
LUCIFEROUSLu*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [See Lucifer.]
Defn: Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. Boyle.
LUCIFEROUSLYLu*cif"er*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a luciferous manner.
LUCIFIC Lu*cif"ic, a. Etym: [L. lucificus; lux, lucis, light + facere to make.]
Defn: Producing light. Grew.
LUCIFORMLu"ci*form, a. Etym: [L. lux, lucis, light = -form.]
Defn: Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light. Berkeley.
LUCIFRIANLu*cif"ri*an, a.
Defn: Luciferian; satanic. [Obs.] Marston.
LUCIMETERLu*cim"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. lux, lucis, light + -meter.]
Defn: an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.
LUCK Luck, n. Etym: [Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. glück, Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to entice. Cf. 3d Gleck.]
Defn: That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. [Prov. Eng.] — To be is luck, to receive some good, or to meet with some success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.
LUCKILYLuck"i*ly, adv. Etym: [From Lucky.]
Defn: In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; — used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.
LUCKINESSLuck"i*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.
2. Good fortune; favorable issue or event. Locke.
LUCKLESSLuck"less, a.
Defn: Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meetingwith ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a lucklessmaid.Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden.— Luck"less*ly, adv.— Lock"less*ness, n.
LUCKYLuck"y, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; — said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour. We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. Shak.
Syn.— Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
LUCKY PROACHLuck`y proach". (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Fatherlasher.
LUCRATIVE Lu"cra*tive, a. Etym: [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.]
1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. Bacon.
2. Greedy of gain [Obs.]Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, indeferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term.Latimer.
LUCRATIVELYLu"cra*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lucrative manner.
LUCRELu"cre, n. Etym: [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Defn: Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; — often in an illsense.The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope.
LUCRIFEROUSLu*crif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. lucrum gain +-ferous.]
Defn: Gainful; profitable. [Obs.] Boyle.
LUCRIFICLu*crif"ic, a. Etym: [L. lucrificus; lucrum gain + facere to make.]
Defn: Producing profit; gainful. [Obs.]
LUCTATIONLuc*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. luctatio, fr. luctari to wrestle, strive.]
Defn: Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor. [R.]Farindon.
LUCTUAL Luc"tu*al, a. Etym: [L. luctus mourning, sorrow, fr. lugere, fr. luctum, to mourn.]
Defn: Producing grief; saddening. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.
LUCUBRATELu"cu*brate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lucubrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Lucubrated.] Etym: [L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work bylamplight, fr. lux light. See Light, n.]
Defn: To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
LUCUBRATELu"cu*brate, v. t.
Defn: To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
LUCUBRATIONLu`cu*bra"tion, n. Etym: [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.]
1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. Goldsmith.
2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. Tatler.
LUCUBRATORLu"cu*bra`tor, n.
Defn: One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.
LUCUBRATORYLu"cu*bra*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. lucubratorius.]
Defn: Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking. Pope.
LUCULELu"cule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. lux, lucis, light.] (Astron.)
Defn: A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.
LUCULENTLu"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.]
1. Lucid; clear; transparent. Thomson.
2. Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.
3. Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.] Most debonair and luculent lady. B. Jonson.
LUCULENTLYLu"cu*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a luculent manner; clearly.
LUCULLITE Lu*cul"lite, n. Etym: [From Lucullus, a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. lucullite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
LUCUMALu*cu"ma, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
Note: Lucuma mammosum is called natural marmalade in the West Indies; L. Caimito, of Peru, furnishes a delicious fruit called lucuma and caimito.
LUDDITELud"dite, n.
Defn: One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; — so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau.
LUDIBRIOUS Lu*dib"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. ludibrium mockery, derision, from ludere to play, sport.]
Defn: Sportive; ridiculous; wanton. [Obs.] Tooker.
LUDIBUNDLu"di*bund, a. Etym: [L. ludibundus.]
Defn: Sportive. [Obs.] — Lu"di*bund*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
LUDICROUS Lu"di*crous, a. Etym: [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.]
Defn: Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome. A chapter upon German rhetoric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland — there are none. De Quincey.
Syn.— Laughable; sportive; burlesque; comic; droll; ridiculous.— Ludicrous, Laughable, Ridiculous. We speak of a thing asludicrous when it tends to produce laughter; as laughable when theimpression is somewhat stronger; as ridiculous when more or lesscontempt is mingled with the merriment created.— Lu"di*crous*ly, adv.— Lu"di*crous*ness, n.
LUDIFICATION Lu`di*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. ludificatio, fr. ludificare to make sport of; ludus sport + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
Defn: The act of deriding.
LUDIFICATORYLu*dif"i*ca*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. ludificatorius.]
Defn: Making sport; tending to excite derision. [Obs.]
LUDLAMITELud"lam*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Mr. Ludlam, of London.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
LUDLOW GROUPLud"low group`. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; — so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
LUDWIGITELud"wig*ite, n. Etym: [Named after the chemist Ludwig.] (Min.)
Defn: A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.
LUESLu"es, n. Etym: [L.] (Med.)
Defn: Disease, especially of a contagious kind. Lues venerea, syphilis; — called also simply lues.
LUFF Luff, n. Etym: [OE. lof, prob. a sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, loeven to luff. The word is perh. akin to E. glove. Cf. Aloof.] (Naut.) (a) The side of a ship toward the wind. (b) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. (c) The roundest part of a ship's bow. (d) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. Luff tackle, a purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes. Totten. — Luff upon luff, a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle. R. H. Dana, Jr.
LUFFLuff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Luffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Luffing.] (Naut.)
Defn: To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind. To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.
LUFFA Luf"fa, n. [NL., fr. Ar. lufah.] (Bot.) (a) A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. L. Ægyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds. (b) Any plant of this genus, or its fruit. (c) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and women's hats; — written also loofah.
LUFFERLuf"fer, n. (Arch.)
Defn: See Louver.
LUGLug, n. Etym: [Sw. lugg the forelock.]
1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
3. (Mach.)
Defn: A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
4. (Harness)
Defn: The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The lugworm. Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.
LUG Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging.] Etym: [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.]
Defn: To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden. They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share. Collier.
LUGLug, v. i.
Defn: To move slowly and heavily.
LUGLug, n.
1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]
2. Anything which moves slowly. [Obs.] Ascham.
LUGLug, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A rod or pole. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. A measure of length, being 16 [Obs.] " Eight lugs of ground." Spenser. Chimney lug, or Lug pole, a pole on which a kettle is hung over the fire, either in a chimney or in the open air. [Local, U.S.] Whittier.
LUGGAGELug"gage, n. Etym: [From 4th Lug.]
Defn: That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to becarried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or theircontents.I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. Swift.What do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage! Shak.
Syn. — Plunder; baggage. Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. [Eng.]
LUGGERLug"ger, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.
LUGGERLug"ger, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
LUGMARKLug"mark`, n. Etym: [From Lug an ear.]
Defn: A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.
LUGSAILLug"sail`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. Totten.
LUGUBRIOUS Lu*gu"bri*ous, a. Etym: [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ruj to break.]
Defn: Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly;doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems ofmortality. Hawthorne.— Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv.— Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.
LUGWORMLug"worm`, n. Etym: [1st lug + worm.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.
LUKE Luke, a. Etym: [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]
Defn: Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.— Luke"ness, n. [Obs.]Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke. Dickens.
LUKEWARMLuke"warm`, a. Etym: [See Luke.]
Defn: Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; notzealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarmpatriots." Addison.An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the nameof passion. Dryden.— Luce"warm`ly, adv.— Luce"warm`ness, n.
LULLLull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Lulling.] Etym:[Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw.lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.]
Defn: To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. " To lull him soft asleep." Spenser. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity. Milton.
LULLLull, v. i.
Defn: To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.
LULLLull, n.
1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. [R.] Young.
2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.
LULLABY lull"a*by, n. Etym: [From Lull, v. t. ]
1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. Shak.
2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [Obs.] Shak.
LULLERLull"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, lulls.
LULLINGLYLull"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a lulling manner; soothingly.
LUM Lum, n. Etym: [W. llumon chimney, llum that shoots up or ends in a point.]
1. A chimney. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
2. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
3. A woody valley; also, a deep pool. [Prov. Eng.]
LUMACHEL; LUMACHELLA Lu"ma*chel, Lu`ma*chel"la, n. Etym: [F. lumachelle, It. lumachella, fr. lamachella a little snail, dim. of lumaca a snail, fr. L. limax, -acis.] (Min.)
Defn: A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.
LUMBAGINOUSLum*bag"i*nous, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to lumbago.
LUMBAGOLum*ba"go, n. Etym: [L., fr. lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.)
Defn: A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.
LUMBAR; LUMBALLum"bar, Lum"bal, a. Etym: [L. lumbus loin. See Loin.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. Lumbar region (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region.
LUMBER Lum"ber, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard.]
1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray.
2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] Lumber kiln, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] — Lumber room, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] — Lumber wagon, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.
LUMBERLum"ber, b. t. [imp. & p. p. Lumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lumbering.]
1. To heap together in disorder. " Stuff lumbered together." Rymer.
2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
LUMBERLum"ber, v. i.
1. To move heavily, as if burdened.
2. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.]
Defn: To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.Cowper.
3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.]
LUMBERERLum"ber*er, n.
Defn: One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. [U.S.] Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. Lowell.
LUMBERINGLum"ber*ing, n.
Defn: The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.]
LUMBERMANLum"ber*man, n.; pl. Lumbermen (.
Defn: One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.[U.S.]
LUMBER STATELum"ber State.
Defn: Maine; — a nickname.
LUMBOSACRALLum`bo*sa"cral, n. Etym: [L. lumbus loin + E. sacral.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.
LUMBRICLum"bric, n. Etym: [L. lumbricus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.
LUMBRICALLum"bric*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lombrical. See Lumbric.] (Anat.)
Defn: Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet. — n.
Defn: A lumbrical muscle.
LUMBRICIFORMLum*bric"i*form, a. Etym: [L. lumbricus worm + -form.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
LUMBRICOIDLum"bri*coid, a. Etym: [Lumbricus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or familyLumbricidæ.
LUMBRICUSLum"bri*cus, n. Etym: [L. See Lumbric.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.
LUMEN Lu"men, n.; pl. L. Lumina (#), E. Lumens (#). [L., light, an opening for light.]
1. (Photom.) (a) A unit of illumination, being the amount of illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of the sphere. (b) A unit of light flux, being the flux through one square meter of surface the illumination of which is uniform and of unit brightness.
2. (Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole.
LUMINANTLu"mi*nant, a.
Defn: Luminous. [R.]
LUMINARY Lu"mi*na*ry, n.; pl. Luminaries, Etym: [F. luminaire, L. luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See Light.]
1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. " Radiant luminary." Skelton. Where the great luminary . . . Dispenses light from far. Milton.
2. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.
LUMINATE Lu"mi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. luminatus, p. p. of luminare to illumine, fr. lumen light. See Limn.]
Defn: To illuminate. [Obs.]
LUMINATIONLu`mi*na"tion, n.
Defn: Illumination. [Obs.]
LUMINELu"mine, v. i.
Defn: To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.
LUMINESCENCELu`mi*nes"cence, n. [See Luminescent.]
1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)(a) The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light, as in thefirefly and glowworm.(b) The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
LUMINESCENTLu`mi*nes"cent, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + -escent.] (Physics)
Defn: Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
LUMINIFEROUSLu`mi*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. lumen light + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.
LUMINOSITYLu`mi*nos"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
LUMINOUSLu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux.See Luminary, Illuminate.]
1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow.
2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. Longfellow.
3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement." Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.
Syn.— Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.— Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv.— Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
LUMMOXLum"mox, n.
Defn: A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler. [Law.]
LUMPLump, n. Etym: [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.]
1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.
2. A mass or aggregation of things.
3. (Firearms)
Defn: A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump. Addison. — Lump coal, coal in large lumps; — the largest size brought from the mine. — Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.
LUMPLump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lumping.]
1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. The expenses ought to be lumped together. Ayliffe.
2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment you, I lump all together. Sterne.
3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it. [Law]
LUMPERLump"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Lamper eel.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European eelpout; — called also lumpen.
LUMPERLump"er, n.
1. One who lumps.
2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
LUMPFISH Lump"fish`, n. Etym: [From Lump, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.
LUMPINGLump"ing, a.
Defn: Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot.
LUMPISHLump"ish, a.
Defn: Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. " Lumpish,heavy, melancholy." Shak.— Lump"ish*ly, adv.— Lump"ish*ness, n.
LUMPSUCKERLump"suck`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The lumprish.
LUMPYLump"y, a. [Compar. Lumpier; superl. Lumpiest.]
Defn: Full of lumps, or small compact masses.
LUMPY-JAWLump"y-jaw`. (Med.)
Defn: Actinomycosis. [Colloq.]
LUNALu"na, n. Etym: [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf.Lune.]
1. The moon.
2. (Alchemy)
Defn: Silver. Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; — so called from its resemblance to horn. Luna moth (Zoöl.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
LUNACYLu"na*cy, n.; pl. Lunacies. Etym: [See Lunatic.]
1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, — formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. Brande. Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Shak.
2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. Dr. H. More.
Syn.— Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
LUNARLu"nar, a. Etym: [L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See Luna, and cf.Lunary.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
2. Resembling the moon; orbed. Dryden.
3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.
4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs. Bacon. Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; — so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists. — Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle. — Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the lunar method. — Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude. — Lunar month. See Month. — Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude. — Lunar tables. (a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax. — Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds.