LUMBAGO, lum-b[=a]'g[=o], _n._ a rheumatic affection of the muscles or
fibrous tissues in the lumbar region.--_adjs._ LUMBAG'INOUS; LUM'BAR,
LUM'BAL, pertaining to, or near, the loins. [L.,--_lumbus_, loin.]
LUMBER, lum'b[.e]r, _n._ anything cumbersome or useless: timber sawed or
split for use.--_v.t._ to fill with lumber: to heap together in
confusion.--_n._ LUM'BERER, one employed in felling timber and bringing it
from the forest.--_adj._ LUM'BERING, filling with lumber: putting in
confusion.--_n._ LUM'BER-ROOM, a room for holding things not in use. [Fr.
_Lombard_--Ger. _Langbart_; the _lumber_-room being orig. the
_Lombard_-room or place where the Lombards, the medieval bankers and
pawnbrokers, stored their pledges.]
LUMBER, lum'b[.e]r, _v.i._ to move heavily. [Scand.; prov. Sw. _lomra_, to
resound, Ice. _hljómr_, a sound.]
LUMBRICAL, lum'brik-al, _adj._ (_anat._) worm-like.--_adj._ LUMBRIC'IFORM.
[L. _lumbricus_, a worm.]
LUMINARY, l[=u]'min-ar-i, _n._ any body which gives light, esp. one of the
heavenly bodies: one who illustrates any subject or instructs
mankind.--_adj._ L[=U]'MINANT, emitting light.--_n._ an illuminating
agent.--_n._ LUMIN[=A]'TION, a lighting up.--_v.t._ L[=U]'MINE (_Spens._),
to illumine.--_adjs._ LUMINIF'EROUS, transmitting light; L[=U]'MINOUS,
giving light: shining: illuminated: clear: lucid.--_adv._
L[=U]'MINOUSLY.--_ns._ L[=U]'MINOUSNESS, LUMINOS'ITY.--LUMINOUS PAINT, a
phosphorescent powder, such as sulphide or oxysulphide of calcium, ground
up with a colourless varnish or other medium, and used as a paint. [L.
_lumen_, _luminis_, light--_luc[=e]re_, to shine.]
LUMMY, lum'i, _adj._ (_slang_) knowing, cute.
LUMP, lump, _n._ a small shapeless mass: a protuberance: swelling: the
whole together: the gross.--_v.t._ to throw into a confused mass: to take
in the gross.--_ns._ LUMP'ER, a labourer employed in the lading or unlading
of ships: (_prov._) a militiaman; LUMP'FISH, a clumsy sea-fish with a
short, deep, and thick body and head, and a ridge on its back, also called
LUMP'SUCKER, from the power of its sucker.--_adjs._ LUMP'ING, in a lump:
heavy: bulky; LUMP'ISH, like a lump: heavy: gross: dull.--_adv._
LUMP'ISHLY.--_ns._ LUMP'ISHNESS; LUMP'-SUG'AR, loaf-sugar in small
pieces.--_adj._ LUMP'Y, full of lumps.--IN THE LUMP, in gross. [Scand.,
Norw. _lump_, a block; Dut. _lomp_.]
LUNAR, l[=u]'nar, _adj._ belonging to the moon: measured by the revolutions
of the moon: caused by the moon: like the moon--also L[=U]'NARY.--_ns._
L[=U]'NACY, a kind of madness formerly supposed to be affected by the moon:
insanity; LUN[=A]'RIAN, L[=U]'NARIST, a student of lunar phenomena;
L[=U]'NARY, the moonwort fern.--_adjs._ L[=U]'N[=A]TE, -D, formed like a
half-moon: crescent-shaped; L[=U]'NATIC, affected with lunacy.--_n._ a
person so affected: a madman (_De lunatico inquirendo_, the title of the
writ or commission for inquiry into the mental state of an alleged
lunatic).--_n._ LUN[=A]'TION, the time between two revolutions of the moon:
a lunar month.--_adjs._ L[=U]'NIFORM, moon-shaped; L[=U]'NISOLAR, resulting
from the united action of the sun and moon: compounded of the revolution of
the sun and the moon.--_n._ L[=U]'NULA, a crescent-like appearance, esp.
the whitish area at the base of the nails.--_adjs._ L[=U]'NULATE, -D
(_bot._), shaped like a small crescent.--_ns._ L[=U]'NULE, L[=U]'NULET,
anything in form like a small crescent; L[=U]'NULITE, a small circular
fossil coral.--LUNAR CAUSTIC, fused crystals of nitrate of silver, applied
to ulcers, &c.; LUNAR CYCLE=METONIC CYCLE (q.v.); LUNAR MONTH (see MONTH);
LUNAR OBSERVATION, an observation of the moon's distance from a star for
the purpose of finding the longitude; LUNAR RAINBOW (see RAINBOW, under
RAIN); LUNAR THEORY, a term employed to denote the _a priori_ deduction of
the moon's motions from the principles of gravitation; LUNAR YEAR (see
YEAR). [L. _lunaris_--_luna_, the moon--_luc[=e]re_, to shine.]
LUNCH, lunsh, _n._ a slight repast between breakfast and dinner--also
LUNCH'EON.--_v.i._ to take lunch.--_n._ LUNCH'EON-BAR, a counter at a
restaurant where luncheons are served. [_Lunch_, a contr. of _luncheon_,
itself extended from _lunch_, a lump.]
LUNE, l[=u]n, _n._ anything in the shape of a half-moon: (_Shak._) a fit of
lunacy.--_n._ LUNETTE', a little moon: (_fort._) a detached bastion: a hole
in a concave ceiling to admit light: a watch-glass flattened more than
usual in the centre: in the R.C. Church, a moon-shaped case of crystal used
for receiving the consecrated host. [Fr. _lune_--L. _luna_.]
LUNG, lung, _n._ one of the organs of breathing--from its spongy
texture.--_adjs._ LUNGED; LUNG'-GROWN, having an adhesion of the lung to
the pleura.--_n._ LUNG'WORT, an herb with purple flowers and spotted
leaves: a lichen on tree-trunks, used as a remedy for pulmonary diseases.
[A.S. _lunge_, pl. _lungan_, the lungs; cog. with _light_ (adj.).]
LUNGE, lunj, _n._ a sudden thrust in fencing.--_v.i._ to give such.--_v.t._
to cause to plunge. [Fr. _allonger_, to lengthen--L. _ad_, to, _longus_,
long.]
LUNIFORM, LUNISOLAR, LUNULATE. See LUNAR.
LUNT, lunt, _n._ a light, blaze.--_v.i._ (_Scot._) to burn, to smoke. [Dut.
_lont_, a match; cf. Ger. _lunte_.]
LUPINE, l[=u]'p[=i]n, _adj._ like a wolf: wolfish.--_n._ a genus of
leguminous plants.--_adj._ LUPAN[=A]'RIAN, bawdy.--_n._ LUPERC[=A]'LIA, a
festival among the ancient Romans, held on the 15th of February, in honour
of _Lupercus_ (Pan), god of fertility and patron of shepherds--(_Shak._)
L[=U]'PERCAL. [L. _lupinus_--_lupus_, a wolf, _lupa_, a whore.]
LUPPA, lup'a, _n._ cloth having so much gold and silver thread as to look
as if made entirely of metal.
LUPULUS, l[=u]'pu-lus, _n._ the common hop.--_n._ L[=U]'PULIN, the peculiar
bitter aromatic principle of the hop.
LUPUS, l[=u]'pus, _n._ a chronic tuberculosis of the skin, often affecting
the nose. [L. _lupus_, a wolf.]
LURCH, lurch, _n._ an ancient card-game: in cribbage, the position of the
party who has gained every point before the other makes one.--_v.t._ to
overreach: (_arch._) to steal.--LEAVE IN THE LURCH, to leave in a difficult
situation without help. [O. Fr. _lourche_.]
LURCH, lurch, _v.i._ to evade by stooping, to lurk: to roll or pitch
suddenly to one side (as a ship).--_n._ a sudden roll of a ship.--_n._
LURCH'ER, a name applied to any dog with a distinct cross of greyhound: one
who lies in wait: a glutton. [_Lurk_.]
LURDAN, lur'dan, _adj._ (_arch._) stupid.--_n._ a stupid person.--Also
LUR'DANE, LUR'DEN. [O. Fr. _lourdein_, dull--_lourd_, heavy.]
LURE, l[=u]r, _n._ any enticement: bait: decoy: (_Shak._) a stuffed bird
used in falconry for training the hawk.--_v.t._ to entice: decoy. [O. Fr.
_loerre_ (Fr. _leurre_)--Mid. High Ger. _luoder_ (Ger. _luder_), bait.]
LURE, l[=u]r, _n._ a trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling
cattle, &c. [Ice. _lúdhr_.]
LURID, l[=u]'rid, _adj._ ghastly pale, wan: ghastly and sensational:
gloomy.--_adv._ L[=U]'RIDLY. [L. _luridus_.]
LURK, lurk, _v.i._ to lie in wait: to be concealed.--_n._ a swindle.--_n._
LURK'ER.--_adj._ LURK'ING, lying hid: keeping out of sight.--_n._
LURK'ING-PLACE, a hiding-place. [Scand., Sw. prov. _luska_.]
LURRY, lur'i, _n._ (_Milt._) confusion.
LUSCIOUS, lush'us, _adj._ sweet in a great degree: delightful: fulsome, as
flattery.--_adv._ LUSC'IOUSLY.--_n._ LUSC'IOUSNESS. [Old form lushious,
from lusty.]
LUSH, lush, _adj._ rich and juicy, of grass. [A contr. of _lushious_, old
form of _luscious_.]
LUSH, lush, _v.t._ to swill.--_n._ plentiful liquor.--_adj._ LUSH'Y, tipsy.
LUSIAD, l[=u]'si-ad, _n._ a Portuguese epic by Camoens, celebrating the
chief events in the history of Portugal.--_adj._ LUSIT[=A]'NIAN,
Portuguese. [Port. _Os Lusiadas_, the Lusitanians.]
LUSK, lusk, _adj._ (_obs._) lazy.--_v.i._ to lie about lazily.--_adj._
LUSK'ISH (_obs._).--_n._ LUSK'ISHNESS (_Spens._).
LUST, lust, _n._ longing desire: eagerness to possess: carnal appetite:
(_B._) any violent or depraved desire.--_v.i._ to desire eagerly (with
_after_, _for_): to have carnal desire: to have depraved desires.--_adjs._
LUST'-BREATHED (_Shak._), animated by lust; LUST'-D[=I]'ETED (_Shak._),
pampered by lust.--_n._ LUST'ER.--_adj._ LUST'FUL, having lust: inciting to
lust: sensual.--_adv._ LUST'FULLY.--_n._ LUST'FULNESS.--_adj._ LUST'IC
(_Shak._), lusty, healthy, vigorous.--_ns._ LUST'IHEAD, LUST'IHOOD,
LUST'INESS.--_adv._ LUST'ILY.--_adj._ LUST'LESS (_Spens._), listless,
feeble.--_n._ LUST'WORT, the sundew.--_adj._ LUST'Y, vigorous: healthful:
stout: bulky: (_Milt._) lustful. [A.S. _lust_, pleasure.]
LUSTRE, lus't[.e]r, _n._ brightness, gloss, splendour: (_fig._) renown: a
candlestick ornamented with pendants of cut-glass: the characteristic
appearance of a bright metallic surface, or of air within glass under water
as seen under certain angles of total reflection: a dress material having a
highly finished surface: a glaze applied to porcelain.--_adjs._
LUS'TRELESS, destitute of lustre; LUS'TROUS, bright: shining:
luminous.--_adv._ LUS'TROUSLY. [Fr.,--Low L. _lustrum_, a window--L.
_luc[=e]re_, to shine.]
LUSTRE, lus't[.e]r, LUSTRUM, lus'trum, _n._ a period of five years:
(_orig._) the solemn offering for the purification of the Roman people made
by one of the censors at the conclusion of the census, taken every five
years.--_adj._ LUS'TRAL, relating to or used in lustration: of or
pertaining to a lustre.--_n._ LUSTR[=A]'TION, a purification by sacrifice:
act of purifying.--_adj._ LUS'TRICAL, pertaining to purification by
lustration. [L. _lustrum_--_lu[)e]re_, to wash, to purify.]
LUSTRING, lus'tring, _n._ a glossy silk cloth.--Also LUS'TRINE,
LUTE'STRING. [Fr. _lustrine_--It. _lustrino_.]
LUSTY. See LUST.
LUTE, l[=u]t, _n._ a medieval stringed instrument of music like the
guitar.--_v.i._ to play on the lute.--_ns._ LUT'ANIST, LUT'ER, LUT'IST, a
player on a lute; LUTE'STRING, the string of a lute. [O. Fr. _lut_ (Fr.
_luth_); like Ger. _laute_, from Ar. _al_, the, _`úd_, wood, the lute.]
LUTE, l[=u]t, _n._ a composition used to exclude air, as round pipe-joints:
a brickmaker's straight-edge scraper: a rubber packing-ring for a
jar.--_v.t._ to close or coat with lute.--_adjs._ LUT[=A]'RIOUS,
L[=U]'TEOUS, of or like mud.--_n._ LUT[=A]'TION.--_adj._ L[=U]'TOSE, miry.
[L. _lutum_, from _lu[)e]re_, to wash.]
LUTEOLIN, l[=u]'t[=e]-[=o]-lin, _n._ the yellow colouring matter of weld or
dyer's weed.--_adjs._ LUT[=E]'OLOUS, yellowish; L[=U]'TEOUS,
golden-yellowish. [L. _lutum_, weld.]