Lu"mine (?), v. i. To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.
Lu`mi*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. lumen light + -ferous.] Producing light;
yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.
Lu`mi*nos"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being luminous;
luminousness.
Lu"mi*nous (?), a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See
Luminary, Illuminate.]
1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is
a luminous body; a luminous color.
Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
Bacon.
The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads.
Longfellow.
2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room
luminous.
Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness.
Longfellow.
3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous
mind. " Luminous eloquence." Macaulay. " A luminous statement."
Brougham.
Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as
sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous
in the dark for a time.
Syn. -- Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.
-- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
Lum"mox (?), n. A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
[Low.]
Lump (?), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] 1. A small mass of
matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump
of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This
lump of clay." Shak.