Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter L > Page 66 of 74. « Previous ¦58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 ¦ Next » Loyalty Loy"al·ty noun [ Confer French loyauté . See Loyal , and confer Legality .] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. He had such loyalty to the king as the law required.Clarendon. Not withstanding all the subtle baitSpenser. » " 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 . Lozenge Loz"enge (lŏz"ĕnj) noun [ French lozange , losange ; perhaps the same as Old French losenge f flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. English hatchment , blazon ). Confer Losenger , Laudable .] Lozenged Loz"enged (lŏz"ĕnjd), The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window.C. Bronté. Lozengy Loz"en·gy (-ĕn*jȳ) adjective [ French losangé . See Lozenge .] (Her.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.
Lu Lu (lū) noun & transitive verb See Loo .
Lubbard Lub"bard noun [ See Lubber .] A lubber. [ Obsolete] Swift.
Lubbard Lub"bard adjective Lubberly.
Lubber Lub"ber noun [ Confer dial. Swedish lubber . See Looby , Lob .] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny.Tusser. Land lubber , Lubberly Lub"ber·ly adjective Like a lubber; clumsy. A great lubberly boy.Shak. Lubberly Lub"ber·ly adverb Clumsily; awkwardly. Dryden.
Lubric, Lubrical Lu"bric, Lu"bric·al adjective [ Latin lubricus : confer French lubrique .] This lubric and adulterate age.Dryden. Lubricant Lu"bri·cant adjective [ Latin lubricans , present participle of lubricare , See Lubricate .] Lubricating.
Lubricant Lu"bri·cant noun 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 transitive verb [ Latin lubricatus , past participle of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric .] Supples, lubricates , and keeps in play,Young. Lubrication Lu`bri·ca"tion noun The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
Lubricator Lu"bri·ca`tor noun Lubricitate Lu·bric"i·tate intransitive verb See Lubricate .
Lubricity Lu·bric"i·ty noun [ Latin lubricitas : confer French lubricité .] As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem.Dryden. Lubricous Lu"bri·cous adjective [ Latin lubricus .] Lubric.
Lubrification, Lubrifaction Lu`bri·fi·ca"tion, Lu`bri·fac"tion noun [ Latin lubricus lubric + facere to make.] The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Ray. Bacon.
Lucarne Lu`carne" noun [ French, from Latin lucerna a lamp. See Luthern .] (Architecture) A dormer window.
Lucchese Luc·chese" noun sing. & plural [ Italian Lucchese .] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.
Luce Luce noun [ Old French lus , Latin lucius a kind of fish.] (Zoology) A pike when full grown. Halliwell.
Lucency Lu"cen·cy noun The quality of being lucent.
Lucent Lu"cent adjective [ Latin lucens , present participle of lucere to shine, from lux , lucis , light.] Shining; bright; resplendent. " The sun's lucent orb." Milton.
Lucern Lu"cern noun [ Etymology uncertain.] [ Obsolete] My lucerns , too, or dogs inured to huntChapman. The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucernBeau. & Fl. Lucern Lu"cern noun [ French luzerne .] (Botany) A leguminous plant ( Medicago sativa ), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa . [ Written also lucerne .]
Lucern Lu"cern noun [ Latin lucerna .] A lamp. [ Obsolete] Lydgate.
Lucernal Lu·cer"nal adjective [ Latin lucerna a lamp.] Of or pertaining to a lamp. Lucernal microscope , Lucernaria Lu`cer·na"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin lucerna a lamp.] (Zoology) 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.
Lucernarian Lu`cer·na"ri·an adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. - - noun One of the Lucernarida.
Lucernarida Lu`cer·nar"i·da noun plural [ New Latin See Lucernaria .] (Zoology) Lucerne Lu"cerne noun (Botany) See Lucern , the plant.
Lucid Lu"cid adjective [ Latin lucidus , from lux , lucis , light. See Light , noun ] Lucid , like a glowworm.Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles.Tennyson. A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate.Macaulay. Lucidity Lu·cid"i·ty noun [ Confer French lucidité . See Lucid .] The quality or state of being lucid.
Lucidly Lu"cid·ly adverb In a lucid manner.
Lucidness Lu"cid·ness noun The quality of being lucid; lucidity.
Lucifer Lu"ci·fer noun [ Latin , bringing light, noun , the morning star, from lux , lucis , light + ferre to bring.] 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. How wretchedShak. Luciferian Lu`ci·fe"ri·an adjective Luciferian Lu`ci·fe"ri·an noun (Eccl. Hist.) 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.
Luciferous Lu·cif"er·ous adjective [ See Lucifer .] Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. Boyle.
Luciferously Lu·cif"er·ous·ly adverb In a luciferous manner.
Lucific Lu·cif"ic adjective [ Latin lucificus ; lux , lucis , light + facere to make.] Producing light. Grew.
Luciform Lu"ci·form adjective [ Latin lux , lucis , light = -form .] Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light. Berkeley.
Lucifrian Lu·cif"ri·an adjective Luciferian; satanic. [ Obsolete] Marston.
Lucimeter Lu·cim"e·ter noun [ Latin lux , lucis , light + -meter .] an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.
Luck Luck noun [ Akin to Dutch luk , geluk , German glück , Icelandic lukka , Swedish lycka , Danish lykke , and perhaps to German locken to entice. Confer 3d Gleck .] 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,Shak. Luck penny , Luckily Luck"i·ly adverb [ From Lucky .] In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.
Luckiness Luck"i·ness noun Luckless Luck"less adjective Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour.Dryden. --
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