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Look up: lure

  1. lure
    [n] - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lure
    A roughly prey shaped item tied with a piece of meat and swung or dragged for a raptor to chase.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20587

  3. Lure
    Lure noun [ Old French loire , loirre , loerre , French leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; confer Middle High German luoder , German luder lure, carrion.] 1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  4. Lure
    Lure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lured ; present participle & verbal noun Luring .] [ Old French loirer , loirier , French leurrer . See Lure
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  5. Lure
    Lure intransitive verb To recall a hawk or other animal.

    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/70

  6. lure
    enticement noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Lure
    • (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. • (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. • (n.) A velvet smoothing brush. • (n.) To draw to the lure; henc...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. lure
    (from the article `Polynesian culture`) ...reefs or shorelines and in the shallows. Shrimps were netted with fine nets, while lobsters were collected by men who dove and pried their spiny ... ...Spinning rods are generally 7–10 feet long, while the usual length of a bait casting rod is 5–6 feet. As with fly fishing, bait casti...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/85

  9. Lure
    A mechanical device attached to an arm and electrically driven around the racing strip. The lure operator keeps it a uniform distance ahead of the greyhounds. It's the object the greyhounds chase while racing. A lure generally is a stuffed object that resembles either a bone or a rabbit.
    Found on http://www.greyhoundracingtoday.com/HowT

  10. Lure
    (horse) `Lure` (foaled 1989) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and owned by Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, he is a son of the leading stallion Danzig, who in turn was sired by Hall of Famer and prominent sire Northern Dancer. He was out of the mare Endear by another Hall of Fame...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lure



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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