Luck"less, a. 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.
-- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n.
Luck"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.
Luck`y proach" (?). (Zoöl.) See Fatherlasher.
Lu"cra*tive (?), a. [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.