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.]
Lug"ger (?), n. (Naut.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a
running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.
Totten.
Lug"ger, n. (Zoöl.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the
European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
Lug"mark` (?), n. [From Lug an ear.] A mark cut into the ear of an
animal to identify it; an earmark.
Lug"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs
obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. Totten.
Lu*gu"bri*ous (?), a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr.
lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.] 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 of
mortality.
Hawthorne.
-- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.
Lug"worm` (?), n. [1st lug + worm.] (Zoöl.) 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 (?), a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm,
lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. --
Luke"ness, n. [Obs.]
Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke.
Dickens.
Luke"warm` (?), a. [See Luke.] Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot;
tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood."
Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison.
An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the
name of passion.
Dryden.
-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n.
Lull (ll), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lulled (lld); p. pr. & vb. n. Lulling.]
[Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla;
all of imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.] 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.
Lull, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for
a time; as, the storm lulls.
Lull, n. 1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a
lullaby. [R.] Young.