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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Lu-nā'ri-an, n. p. 794An inhabitant of the moon.Lū'na-ry, n. p. 794(Bot.) A plant of the genus Lunaria; moonwort; honesty. See HONESTY.Lú'na·ry, a. p. 794Pertaining to, resembling, or measured by, the moon; lunar. “Lunary months, consisting of twenty-eight days.” Fuller.Lū’nate or Lū’nā-teal, a. p. 794(Bot.) Having a form resembling that of the half-moon; crescent-shaped. Gray.Lū'na-tic, a. p. 794Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. 2. Exhibiting lunacy. To shut the eye against their luminous aid is lunatic. Hare.Lū'na-tic, n. p. 794A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, properly one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.Lu-nā'tion, n. p. 794The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29¼ to 29⅚ days, the average length being 29 d., 12 h.…Lŭnch, n. p. 794A slight repast between breakfast and dinner; luncheon. 2. A place for taking a luncheon; an eating-house.Lŭnch, v. i. p. 794To take a lunch. Smart.Lŭnch'eon, n. p. 794A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal. I sliced the luncheon from the barley loaf. Gay.Lūne, n. p. 794Any thing in the shape of a half moon. [Rare.] 2. (Geom.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles. 3. A fit of lunacy or madness, or a freak. [Obs.] “These…Lū'net, n. p. 794A little moon or satellite. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Lu-nëtte', n. p. 794(Fort.) A detached bastion. Mahan. 2. (Far.) A half horse-shoe, which wants the sponge or that part of the branch which runs toward the quarters of the foot. 3. A kind of watch-crystal which is more…Lŭng, n. p. 794(Anat.) One of the two organs of respiration in an air-breathing animal, each of which occupies its cavity in the thorax. The lungs are composed of delicate cells or cavities, in which the air-tubes…Lŭnġe, n. p. 794A sudden push or thrust.Lŭnged, a. p. 794Having lungs, or like breathing organs.Lŭn'ġeoŭs, a. p. 794Awkward; rough; cruel; vindictive; quarrelsome; ill-tempered. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Lŭng'-grōwn, a. p. 794(Med.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura. Harvey.Lŭn'ġis, n. p. 794A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. [Obs.]Lŭng'less, a. p. 794Without lungs.Lŭng'wort, n. p. 794(Bot.) An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe;—so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung. The American lungwort is Mertensia…Lū'ni-cŭr'rent, a. p. 794Having relation to phases in currents that depend on the moon’s changes. Bache.Lū'ni-fôrm, a. p. 794Resembling the moon.Lū'ni-sō'lar, a. p. 794Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession (Astron.), that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on…Lū'nis-tiçe, n. p. 794(Astron.) The furthest point of the moon’s northing and southing, in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]Lū'ni-tī'dal, a. p. 794Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. Bache.Lŭnt, n. p. 794The match-cord used for firing cannon.Lū'nu-lȧ, n. p. 794(Anat.) The small white space at the base of the finger-nails.Lū'nu-lȧr, a. p. 794(Bot.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.Lū'nu-late or Lū'nu-lā'ted, a. p. 794(Bot.) Resembling a small crescent. Gray.Lū'nūle, n. p. 794(Geom.) A lune. See LUNE. 2. (Conch.) A mark or spot in the form of a crescent on certain species of bivalve shells.Lū'nu-let, n. p. 794(Entom.) A small spot on insects, shaped like a half moon, and differing in color from the rest of the body.Lū'nu-līte, n. p. 794A small fossil coral. Lyell.Lu-pẽr'cal, a. p. 794Pertaining to the Lupercalia.Lu-pẽr'cal or Lū'per-cā'li-ȧ, n. sing. p. 794Lū'per-cā'li-ȧ, n. pl. [Lat. lupercalis, from Lupercal, a grotto in the Palatine Hill, sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan, from lupus, the wolf; so called because he kept off the wolves.] (Rom.…Lā'pin-ās'ter, n. p. 794(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants embracing but a single species (L. pentaphyllus, or bastard lupine).Lū'pine, n. p. 794(Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus (L. perennis), having showy racemes of flowers. Gray.Lā'pīne, a. p. 794Wolfish; ravenous.Lā'poüs, a. p. 794Resembling a wolf; wolfish.Lū'pu-līne, n. p. 794(Chem.) The bitter principle of hops. 2. The fine yellow powder of hops, which contains that principle. This powder consists of little round glands, which are found upon the stipules and fruit. It is…Lā'pu-lūs, n. p. 794(Bot.) A genus of plants including the hop.Lū'pus, n. p. 794(Med.) An ulcerous excrescence; a sort of ringworm or cancer. Dunglison. 2. (Astron.) A constellation situated south of Scorpio; the Wolf.Lur-cā'tion, n. p. 794Gluttony; gormandizing. [Obs.]Lürch, n. p. 794(Naut.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side. At lurch, hidden or secreted for a purpose, especially to pilfer. [Obs.] Burton.—Lee lurch (Naut.), a sudden roll to the leeward, as when a heavy sea…Lŭrch, v. i. p. 794To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lie in ambush or in secret; to lie close; to lurk. 2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. I am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. Shak. 3. To…Lŭrch, v. t. p. 794To steal; to pilfer; to rob; to intercept. And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. Shak. 2. To defeat; to disappoint; to evade. “An instrument which never…Lürch, v. t. p. 794To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [Obs.] Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh every thing…Lûrch’er, n. p. 794One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher. Swift from the play the scudding lurcher flies. Gay. 2. Especially, a dog that lies in wait for game…Lŭrch'-līne, n. p. 794The line of a fowling-net, by means of which it was pulled over so as to inclose the birds. Nares. I and my men will to the lurch-line steal, And pluck the net. Sir, for Mag.Lŭr'dan, a. p. 794Stupid; clownish; blockish. [Obs.]Lür'dan, n. p. 794A clown; a blockhead. [Obs.]Lür'dy, a. p. 794Idle; sluggish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Lūre, n. p. 794An object, not unlike a fowl, held out by the falconer to call a hawk. 2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; as, the lures of beauty or of gain.Lūre, v. i. p. 794To call a hawk or other animal. At whatsoever hour of the day this boy lured for him, and called “Limo,” were the dolphin never so close hidden, out he would, and come abroad. Holland.Lūre, v. t. p. 794To draw to the lure. “Lured on by the pleasure of the bait.” Temple. O for a falconer’s voice, to lure this tercel-gentle back! Shak. 2. Hence, to invite by any thing that promises pleasure or…Lū'gy, a. p. 795The same as LURDY. [Prov. Eng.]Lū'rid, a. p. 795Ghastly pale; gloomy; dismal. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river-side. Tennyson. 2. (Bot.) Having a dirty brown color, a little clouded.Lûrk, v. i. p. 795To lie hid; to lie in wait. Let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk privily for the innocent. Prov. i. 11. 2. To lie concealed or unperceived; to keep out of sight. The defendant lurks and wanders…Lūrk'er, n. p. 795One who lurks or keeps out of sight.Lūr'k'ing-place, n. p. 795A place in which one lurks, or lies hidden; a secret place; a hiding-place; a den. Take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself. 1 Sam. xxiii. 23.