LUGUBRIOUSLY mournful, from lugeo, to weep.] Mournful; indicating sorrow; as, a lugubrious look. Beppo dived deep down into the lugubrious and obscure regions of Rascaldom. Carlyle. Lugubriously (lú-gū’bri-us-li), adv. In a lugubrious manner; mournfully; sadly. Lugubriousness (lü-gü'bri-us-nes), n. The state or quality of being lugubrious; sorrowfulness; sadness. Lugworm (lug’wèrm), n. An annelid or worm belonging to the order Errantia, and the genus Arenicola (A. piscatorum), inhabiting deep canals in the muddy sand of the shore, through which it eats its way as it proceeds, passing the sand through the alimentary canal, so as to extract any nutriment from it which it may contain, and throwing up the remainder in innumerable coils called casts. It possesses a large head without eyes or jaws, and with a short proboscis. The breathing organs are thirteen pairs of scarlet tufts, and the sides are furnished with stiff bristles, by means of which it walks. It is larger than the earthworm, being sometimes a foot long. It inhabits our own coasts, and is much esteemed for bait. Called also Lob-worm. Luke (lük), a. [From or at least allied to A. Sax. wiec, warm, lukewarm; Dan. lunken, lukewarm, tepid; O.E. and Sc. lew, lewe, warm, lukewarm; G. lau, lauwarm. Wedgwood, however, connects it with W. llug, partly, to some extent, as in lugaer, lukewarm.] Lukewarm. Lukeness + (lük'nes), n. Lukewarmness. Lukewarm (lük’warm), a. [Luke and warm.] 1. Moderately warm; tepid; as, lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.-2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as, lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. 85 loins formed upon the psoas muscle; a chronic collection of pus which forms in the cellular substance of the loins behind the peritoneum, and descends in the course of the psoas muscle.-Lumbar region, the posterior portion of the body between the false ribs and the upper edge of the haunch bone. Lumbarde, n. [See LOMBARD.] A Lombard; hence, a banker; a money-lender. Chaucer. Lumber (lum'běr), n. [According to some lumber is another form of Lombard, a lumber-room, or Lombard-room, being the room where the Lombard pawnbrokers or moneylenders stored their unredeemed pledges. 'Hence, after a time, furniture stowed away in any unused chamber came to be called lumber; and since such furniture is often heavy, clumsy, and out of date, we call a clumsy man a lumbering fellow, and our American cousins have given heavy timber the name of lumber.' Isaac Taylor. The above etymology, however, though ingenious, is improbable, except as regards meaning 3. The word, in the sense of cumbrous objects, is more probably a nasalized form from the root of lubber, looby, &c. Comp. E. lump; D. lomp, clumsy, lomp, an ugly thing, a rag, belemmeren, G. belemmern, belampern, to hinder or impede; G. lumpen, a rag; lumpenkammer, a lumber-room; Sw. lumpor, rags, old clothes. Probably various words are mixed up in this form.] 1. Anything useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use. The very bed was violated And thrown among the common lumber. Otway. 2. In America, timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, and the like.-3. A pawnbroker's shop or apartment in which pledges were stored; a pledge; a pawn. "The lumber for Butler. their proper goods recover.' In a Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Rev. iii. 16. Lukewarmly (lūk'warm-li), adv. lukewarm degree or manner: (a) with moderate warmth. (b) With indifference; coolly. Lukewarmness (luk'warm-nes), n. state or quality of being lukewarm: (a) a mild or moderate heat. (b) Indifference; want of zeal or ardour; coldness. The The defect of zeal is lukewarmness, or coldness in religion. Sprat. Moderate Lukewarmth (lük'warmth), n. warmth; lukewarmness; indifference. Addison. Lull (lul), v. t. [Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla, G. lullen, to sing to sleep, D. lollen, to sing badly, Icel lirla, to sing, to trill or whistle. Formed probably from an imitation of the sound; comp. L. lallo, to sing lullaby.] To quiet; to compose; to cause to rest by gentle, soothing means. Under the canopies of lofty state, Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, Shak. Milton. Lull (lul), v.i. To subside; to cease; to become calm; as, the wind lulls. Lull (lul), n. 1. Power or quality of soothing. Yonder lull of falling waters.' Young. 2. A season of temporary quiet after storm, tumult, or confusion. Lullaby (lul'la-bi), n. A song to lull or quiet babes; that which quiets. Drinking is the lullaby used by nurses to still cry. ing children. Locke. Luller (lul'ér), n. One that lulls; one that fondles. Lum (lum), n. [W. llumon, a chimney, from llum, that shoots up or projects in a point.] 1. A chimney. [Provincial English and Scotch.]-2. A woody valley. -3. A deep pool. [Provincial English.] Lumachel, Lumachella (lū’ma-kel, lū’makel-la), n. [It. lumachella, from lumachella, a little snail, dim. of lumaca, a snail, from L. limax, a snail. Named from the shells it contains.] A calcareous stone composed of shells and coral conglutinated, but so far retaining their organization as to exhibit different colours, and so hard as to admit of polish. When red colours predominate it is called Fire-marble. Lumbaginous (lum-baj'in-us), a. Pertaining to lumbago. Lumbago (lum-bā'gō), n. [L., from lumbus, loin] In med. rheumatism or rheumatic pains affecting the lumbar region. Lumbal (lum'bal), a. Same as Lumbar. Lumbar (lum'bär), a. [L. lumbus, a loin. ] Pertaining to the loins: a term applied to the vertebræ, muscles, nerves, arteries, veins, &c., belonging to the region of the loins. - Lumbar abscess, an abscess of the They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray (Quoted by Trench). 4. Harm; mischief. [Local.]-5. Foolish and obscene talk; ribaldry. [Provincial English.] Lumber (lum'běr), v.t. 1. To heap together in disorder.-2. To fill with lumber; as, to lumber a room. Lumber (lum'bėr), v. i. 2. To make a heavy rumble. 1. To move heavily. rumbling noise; to A boisterous gush of wind lumbering amongst it. The post-boy's horse right glad to miss 3. In America, to cut timber in the forest and prepare it for the market. Lumberdar (lum′ber-där), n. [Hind.] The head man of a village. [Anglo-Indian.] (He) said he was the lumberdar or head man of a neighbouring village. W. H. Russell. Lumberer (lum'ber-ér), n. In America, a person employed in cutting lumber or timber and getting it from the forest; a woodcutter. Lumber-house, Lumber-room (lum'berhous, lum'bér-röm), n. A house or room for the reception of lumber, or useless things. Lumber-man (lum'bėr-man), n. Same as Lumberer. In Lumber-room, n. See LUMBER-HOUSE. Lumber-waggon (lum'bėr-wag-on), n. America, a kind of waggon used by farmers for carrying their produce to market. Lumber-yard (lum'bér-yärd), n. A timberyard. [American.] Lumbric (lum'brik), n. [L. lumbricus, a worm.] A worm. Clarke. [Rare.] Lumbrical (lum'brik-al), a. [L. lumbricus, a worm.] Pertaining to or resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the fingers and toes. Lumbrical (lum'brik-al), n. A muscle of the fingers and toes, so named from its resembling a worm. Of these muscles, there are four of the fingers and as many of the toes. LUMPFISH quality of being luminant; luminosity; luminousness. [Rare.] The muse of these people.. is such a humble, home-born thing that they think of her no more than Ouida. a fire-fly does of her luminance. Luminant (lu'min-ant), a. [See LUMINARY.] Emitting light; shining; luminous. Luminary (lum'in-a-ri), n. [Fr. luminaire, from L. lumen, luminis, light, for lucmen, from luceo, to shine.] 1. Any body that gives light, but chiefly one of the heavenly bodies. Where the great luminary Dispenses light from far. Milton. Hence-2. One who is a source of intellectual light; a person that illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Bacon and Newton were distinguished luminaries in the spheres of philosophy and science. Luminatet (lum'in-at), v.t. [L. lumino, luminatum, from lumen, light.] To illuminate. Lumination † (lüm-in-a'shon), n. Same as Illumination. Luminet (lum'in), v. t. To enlighten. See ILLUMINE. Luminiferous (lūm-in-if'èr-us),a. [L. lumen, light, and fero, to produce.] 1. Producing light; yielding light.-2. Serving as the medium for conveying light; as, the luminiferous ether. Luminosity (lūm-in-os'i-ti), n. The quality of being luminous; luminousness. Laplace conceives that, in its primitive state, the sun consisted in a diffused luminosity so as to resemble those nebulæ among the fixed stars. Whewell. Luminous (lūm'in-us), a. [L. luminosus; Fr. lumineux.] 1. Shining; emitting light, whether original or reflected; as, the sun and the moon are luminous bodies. 2. Bright; brilliant; clear; as, a luminous colour. Far in the west there lies a desert land, where the mountains Lift, through perpetual snows, their lofty and luminous summits. Longfellow. 3. Clear, as if illuminated; as, a luminous essay or argument. Calculated to place his disinterested pursuit of truth in a luminous aspect. De Quincey. Luminously (lüm'in-us-li), adv. In a luminous manner; with brightness or clearness. Luminousness (lūm'in-us-nes), n. The quality of being luminous; brightness; clearness; as, the luminousness of the sea; the luminousness of ideas, arguments, or method. Let us consider a little each of these characters in succession; and first, what is very peculiar to this church, its luminousness. This perhaps strikes the traveller more from its contrast with the excessive Ruskin. gloom of the Church of St. Mark's. Lummox (lum'moks), n. A fat, unwieldy, stupid person. [Provincial English and American.] Lummy (lum'i), a. Jolly; first-rate. [Slang.] To think of Jack Dawkins-lummy Jack-the Dodger, the artful Dodger, going abroad for a comDickens. mon twopenny-halfpenny sneeze-box! Lump (lump), n. [O.D. lompe, N. lump, piece, mass; Sw. lump, a piece cut from a log; allied probably to E. lubber, lumber, lunch.] 1. A small mass of matter, of no definite shape; as, a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.-2. A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as, copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump.-In the lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump.' Addison. Lump (lump), v. t. 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. The expenses ought to be lumped. Ayliffe. 2. To take in the gross; to regard or speak of collectively. Not forgetting all others, whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. Sterne. Lump (lump), v.i. To be sulky. [Provincial English. If you don't like it, you may lump it, if you do not choose to take what is offered, you may sit in the sulks. Lumper (lump'er), n. A labourer employed to load and unload vessels when in harbour. Lumpfish (lump'fish), n. An acanthopterygious fish of the genus Cyclopterus (C. lumpus), and family Discoboli, so named from the clumsiness of its form. The back is arched and sharp, the belly flat, the body is covered with sharp black tubercles, and on each side there are three rows of large bony scales and another row on the back. The ventral fins are modified into a very LUMPING strong sucker, by means of which it adheres with great force to any substance to which it applies itself. Before the spawning season it is of a brilliant crimson colour, mingled with orange, purple, and blue, but afterwards changes to a dull blue or lead colour. It sometimes weighs 7 lbs., and its flesh is very fine at some seasons, though insipid at others. It frequents the northern seas, and is often brought to the Edinburgh and London markets. In the former it bears the name of Cock-paddle or Cock-paidle. Called also Lumpsucker from its power of adhesion, and Sea-owl from its uncouth appearance. Bulky; Lumping (lump'ing), p. and a. heavy. Arbuthnot. Lumpish (lump'ish), a. 1. Like a lump; heavy; gross; bulky.-2. Dull; inactive. "That lumpish idiot." Crabbe. Lumpishly (lump'ish-li), adv. In a lumpish manner; heavily; with dulness or stupidity. Lumpishness (lump'ish-nes), n. The quality of being lumpish; heaviness; dulness; stupidity. Lumpsucker (lump'suk-ér), n. See LUMPFISH. Lump-sugar (lump'shu-ger), n. Loaf-sugar broken into small pieces. Lumpy (lump'i), a. Full of lumps or small compact masses. Luna (lu'na), n. [L., for lucna, from luceo, to shine.] 1. The moon.-2. In old chem. silver.-Luna cornea, fused chloride of silver, so called from its horn-like appear ance. Lunacy (lu'na-si), n. [From L. lunaticus, In the right hand a pointed dart they wield; 4.† Influenced by the moon. They have denominated some herbs solar and some lunar, and such like toys put into great words. Bacon. -Lunar bone, one of the bones of the wrist. -Lunar caustic, nitrate of silver.-Lunar cycle, the period of time after which the new moons return on the same days of the year. See CYCLE. - Lunar distance (naut. astron.), a term denoting the distance of the moon from the sun, or from a fixed star or planet lying nearly in the line of its path, by means of which the longitude of a ship at sea is found. - Lunar method (naut. astron.), the method of determining the longitude of a place or ship from the observation of lunar distances.-Lunar month. See MONTH.-Lunar observation generally means an observation of the moon's distance from a star for the purpose of finding the longitude.-Lunar tables: (a) in astron. tables of the moon's motions arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) In navigation, logarithmic tables for correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun, or from a fixed star on account of refraction and parallax. Lunar theory, the deduction of the moon's motion from the law of gravitation.-Lunar year. See YEAR. Lunar (lü'ner), n. In navigation, lunar distance. Lunaria (lú-na'ri-a), n. [From L. luna, the moon.] A genus of biennial and perennial cruciferous herbs, natives of central and southern Europe: so called from the broad silvery dissepiments of the pod resembling a full moon. One of the species (L. biennis) is known by the English names of honesty or satin flower. It is a tall erect biennial, with large cordate leaves and terminal racemes of purple or white flowers. Lunarian (lu-nā'ri-an), n. An inhabitant of the moon. Lunary (lu'na-ri), a. Same as Lunar. Fuller. 86 Lunary (lu'na-ri), n. A plant, moonwort (which see). Lunate, Lunated (lu'nāt, lū'nāt-ed),a. Having a form resembling that of the half-moon; crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf. Lunatic (lu'nat-ik), a. [L. lunaticus. See LUNACY.] 1. Affected by lunacy; mad; insane; as, a lunatic person. Shak.-2. Indicating or exhibiting lunacy. 'Bedlam beggars, from low farms, sometimes with lunatic bans, sometimes with prayers.' Shak. Lunatic (lu'nat-ik), n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person; properly, one who has lucid intervals; a person of unsound mind; a madman.-Lunatic asylum, a house or hospital established for the reception of lunatics. Lunation (lú-na'shon), n. [L.L. lunatio, lunationis, from L. luno, lunatum, to bend like a half-moon or crescent, from luna, a moon.] The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the following. Lunch (lunsh), n. [Prov. E., a lump or piece, probably a form of lump, as hunch of hump, bunch of bump, dunch (Sc.) of dump. The use of the word to mean food taken between meals is paralleled by the common Scotch use of piece in this sense.] A luncheon (which see). Lunch (lunsh), v.i. To take a lunch. Luncheon (lunsh'on), n. [A longer form of lunch, perhaps for lunching; or the termination may be borrowed from nuncheon, which seems to be really a word of different origin altogether. See NUNCHEON.] 1. A lump of bread; a slice. I sliced the luncheon from the barley-loaf. Gay. 2. A slight repast or meal between breakfast and dinner-formerly between dinner and supper; food taken at any time except Luncheon (lunsh'on), v.i. To take lunch or at a regular meal. luncheon. While ladies are luncheoning on Perigord pie, or coursing in whirling britskas, performing all the singular ceremonies of a London morning in the heart of the season. Disraeli. Luncheon-bar (lunsh'on-bär), n. A part of an inn or public-house where luncheon can be had. Lune (lun), n. [L. luna, the moon.] 1. Anything in the shape of a crescent or halfmoon. [Rare.]-2. In geom. a figure formed on a sphere or on a plane by two arcs of circles which inclose a space. The lune of Hippocrates is famous as being the first curvilinear space whose area was exactly determined. Davies. 3. A fit of lunacy or madness; a freak; a crotchet; a whim. Those dangerous unsafe lunes i' the king.' Shak. Lune (lũn), n [Probably another form of line.] A leash; as, the lune of a hawk. Lunett (lu'net). n. [See LUNETTE.] A little Lunette (lu-net), n. [Fr. lunette, dim. of moon; a satellite. Bp. Hall. L. luna, the moon.] 1. In fort, a work in the form of a redan with flanks, used as an advanced work.-2. In farriery, a half horse-shoe, which wants the sponge, or that part of the branch which runs toward the quarters of the foot.-3. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.-4. In arch. an aperture for the admission of light in a concave ceiling: such are the upper lights to the naves of St. Peter's at Rome and of St. Paul's in Lon Lunette. don.-5. A kind of watch-glass, flattened in the centre; also, a kind of convexo-con Lunette, St. Paul's, London. cave lens for spectacles.-6. In archæol. a crescent-shaped penannular concave plate of metal, apparently worn as an ornament about the neck. LUNI-CURRENT Lung (lung), n. [A. Sax. lunge, pl. lungen, Icel. lunga, lungu, D. long, Dan. and G. lunge. Wedgwood may be right in tracing the root-meaning to lightness or sponginess, seen in Bav. luck, lunk, light. Comp. lights.] 1. In anat. one of the two organs of respiration in air-breathing animals. They are situated one on each side of the chest, and separated from each other by the heart and larger blood-vessels. Each is inclosed in its own serous membrane, called the pleura. The general form of the lung is pyramidal, the base resting on the diaphragm, the apex extending to the base of the neck. Each lung is divided into two lobes by a deep transverse fissure near its middle, the upper lobe of the right lung being again partially Human Lungs, Heart, and great Vessels. A, Lungs with the anterior edges turned back to show the heart and bronchia. B, Heart. C, Aorta D, Pulmonary artery. E, Ascending vena cava. F, Trachea. GG, Bronchia. HH, Carotid arteries. 11, Jugular veins. JJ, Subclavian arteries. KK, Subclavian veins. PP, Costal cartilages. Q, Anterior cardiac artery. R, Right auricle. divided. The left lung is narrower than the right, but is somewhat longer. Their substance is light and spongy, and being filled with air-cells floats readily on water. When the chest is expanded, the air, passing down the windpipe into the capillary ramifications of the bronchi, acts on the blood that has been vitiated by circulation, exchanging gases with it through the walls of the airvessels. Thus purified the blood returns to the left auricle of the heart, and the air, laden with carbonic acid, is expelled by the collapse of the chest. Among birds the lungs do not hang free in the cavity of the thorax, but are attached to the ribs and backbone, the bronchi opening into the air canals of the body. In reptiles the lungs are much more simple, but differ little from the mammal type. In serpents only one lung is fully developed, the other being rudimentary. In amphibians partially, and in fishes wholly, the lungs are replaced by gills.-2. pl. (a) A person having a strong voice. (b) A servant who blew the fire of an alchemist. That is his fire-drake, His lungs, his zephyrus, he that puffs his coals. B. Jonson. Lunge (lunj), n. [Contr. from allonge (which see).] A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword. Formerly written Longe. Lunge (lunj), v.i. To make a thrust or pass, as with a sword or rapier; as, he instantly lunged at him. Lunge (lunj), v.t. In the manege, to exercise (a horse) by running round in a ring while held by a long rein. Thackeray. Lunged (lungd),a. 1.Having lungs.-2. Drawing in and expelling air like the lungs. The lunged bellows.' Dryden. Lungeous (lunj'us), a. [O.Fr. longis, a lout, from long, long.] Awkward; rough; cruel; quarrelsome. [Provincial.] Lung-grown (lung'gron), a. In med. having Lungis,t n. [0. Fr. longis. See LOUNGE.] A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow. Beau. & Fl. Lungless (lung'les), a. Having no lungs. Lungwort (lung'wêrt), n. 1. A plant of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), nat. order Boraginaceæ. It is a common garden flower, having red and purple tubular blossoms, and leaves speckled like human lungs, and on account of this resemblance has been used in pulmonary diseases.-2. A lichen (Sticta pulmonacea) growing abundantly on trunks of trees in moist alpine countries. It is occasionally used like Iceland-moss in diseases of the lungs. Luni-current (lü'ni-ku-rent), a. Having LUNIFORM relation to phases in currents, depending on the changes of the moon. Luniform (lūʼni-form), a. [L. luna, the moon, and forma, shape.] Resembling the moon. Lunisolar (lü-ni-sō'lär), a. [L. luna, moon, and solaris, from sol, sun.] Compounded of the revolutions of the sun and moon; resulting from the united action of the sun and moon. -Lunisolar precession, in astron, that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon.--Lunisolar period, that after which the eclipses again return in the same order. Lunisolar year, a period of time consisting of 532 common years, found by multiplying the cycle of the sun by that of the moon. Lunistice (lü'nis-tis), n. [L. luna, the moon, and sto, steti, or sisto, to stand.] In astron, the farthest point of the moon's northing and southing in its monthly revolution. Luni-tidal (lü'ni-tī-dal), a. Relating to tidal motions dependent on the moon. Lunt (lunt), n. [D. lont, Dan. and G. lunte, a match.] 1. The match-cord used for firing cannon.-2. A burning match; a light, as of a pipe; a flame; a column of flame and smoke; a column of smoke, as that arising from a tobacco-pipe vigorously puffed. [Scotch.] She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt. Burns. Lunt (lunt), v. i. To emit smoke; to flame; to be on fire. [Scotch.] Burns. The luntin pipe, an' sneeshin mill, Are handed round wi' right guid-will. Lunula (lü'nü-la), n. [Dim. of L. luna, the moon.] Something in the shape of a little moon or crescent; specifically, in anat. the small white semilunar mark at the base of the nails. Lunular (lü'nü-lêr), a. [From L. lunula, dim. of luna, the moon.] Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a small crescent. Lunulate, Lunulated (lü'nü-lāt, lū'nü-lāted), a. [From L. lunula, dim. of luna, the moon.] Resembling a small crescent; as, a lunulate leaf. Lunule (lü'nül), n. [L. lunula, dim. of luna, You all did see, that on the Lupercal Shak. Lupiform (lú'pi-form), a. [L. lupus, a wolf, and forma, likeness.] Wolf-like: a characteristic designation of a form of syphilis, in which the clustered tubercles form patches of disorganized skin, and the surface is perforated by deep ulcerated pits. Lupine (lù'pin), a. Like a wolf; wolfish; ravenous. Lupine (lü'pin), n. [Fr. lupin; L. lupinus. See LUPINUS.] The common name of the plants of the genus Lupinus (which see). Lupinine, Lupinite (lu'pin-in, lü'pin-it), n. A peculiar bitter substance extracted from the leaves of the Lupinus albus. Lupinus (lü-pi'nus), n. [L., from lupus, a wolf, in allusion to its destroying or exhausting land. ] A very extensive genus of hardy annual, perennial, and half-shrubby plants, some of which are commonly cultivated in gardens for the sake of their gaily-coloured flowers; the lupines. They belong to the nat. order Leguminosae, and inhabit Europe, the temperate parts of North and South America, a few annual species being found in the Mediterranean region. The leaves are simple, digitate, or composed of many leaflets; the flowers are usually blue, violet, or varie 87 gated, more rarely pink, yellow, or white, in terminal racemes. L. albus is much grown in Italy and Sicily for forage, as well as for the seeds, which are used as food. Lupous (lu'pus), a. Wolfish; like a wolf. [Rare.] Lupulin, Lupuline (lū’pū-lin), n. [L. lupulus, hops.] 1. The peculiar bitter aromatic principle of the hop. Called also Lupulite.-2. The fine yellow powder of hops, which contains the bitter principle. It consists of little round glands, which are found upon the stipules and fruit, and is obtained by drying, heating, and then sifting the hops. It is largely used in medicine. Lupulite (lu'pu-lit), n. See LUPULIN, 1. Lupus (lu'pus), n. [L., a wolf.] 1. In astron. one of the southern constellations, situated on the south of Scorpio.-2. In med. a slow non-contagious tubercular affection, occurring especially about the face, and commonly ending in ragged ulcerations of the nose, cheeks, forehead, eyelids, and lips. It is so termed from its eating away the flesh. It is also called Noli-me-tangere. - Lupus metallorum, the alchemical name of stibnite or sulphide of antimony. Lurch (lérch), n. [O. Fr. lourche, ourche, It. lurcio, G. lurz, lurtsch, a lurch at cribbage.] A term at the game of cribbage, denoting the position of a player who has not made his thirty-first hole when his opponent has pegged his sixty-first. The loser in such a case is said to be left in the lurch, in French expressed by il demeura lourche (Cotgrave). Hence, to leave in the lurch, to leave in a difficult situation or in embarrassment; to leave in a forlorn state or without help. Cotgrave. Lurch (lėrch), v.i. [A form of lurk, as church of kirk, birch of birk, bench of bank, &c. See LURK.] 1. To withdraw to one side or to a private place; to lie in ambush or in secret; to lie close; to lurk. Fond of prowling and lurching out at night after their own sinful pleasures. Kingsley. 2. To shift; to play tricks. I am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. Shak. 3. To roll suddenly to one side, as a ship in a heavy sea; to stagger to one side, as a tipsy man. Lurch (lêrch), n. [See LURCH, v.i.] Naut. a sudden roll of a ship.-Lee lurch, a sudden roll to the leeward, as when a heavy sea strikes the ship on the weather side. Lurch (lêrch), v. t. [Partly based on LURCH, the gaming term, partly on LURCH.v.i.] 1.To anticipate or outstrip in acquiring something; to deprive of by anticipating; to rob. You have lurched your friends of the better half of the garland by concealing the part of the plot. 2. To take or gain privily or secretly before other competitors, or when others do not or cannot; to appropriate; to steal. B. Jonson. The fond conceit of something like a Duke of Venice, put lately into many men's heads by some one or other subtilely driving on under this notion his own ambitious ends to lurch a crown. Milton. 3. To leave in the lurch; to deceive; to disappoint. This is a sure rule, that will never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. South. Lurcht (lérch), v. t. [Comp. L. lurco, lurcho, to devour greedily. See also above.] To eat or swallow greedily; to eat up; to devour. Too far off from great cities may hinder business; or too near lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. Bacon. Lurcher (lèrch'èr), n. 1. One that lies in wait or lurks; one that watches, as to steal, or to betray or entrap; a poacher. Swift from his play the scudding lurcher flies. Gay. Especially-2. A dog that lies in wait for game, as hares, rabbits, partridges, fallowdeer, &c., drives them into nets, runs them down or seizes them. This species of dog is said to be descended from the shepherd's dog and the greyhound, and is more used by poachers than sportsmen. Lurcher (lêrch'èr), n. [See LURCH, to eat.] A glutton; a gourmandizer. Lurdan, Lurdane (lér'dan, lêr'dan), a. [O. Fr. lourdin, lourdein, from lourd, heavy, dull, thick-headed. See LOORD.] Blockish; stupid; clownish; lazy and useless. In one (chamber), Red after revel, droned her lurdane knights Slumbering. Tennyson. Lurdan, Lurdane (lêr'dan, lèrdān), n. A clown; a blockhead; a lazy useless person. Lure (lür), n. [Fr. leurre, from M.H.G. luodar, a lure, G. luder, carrion, a bait for LUSHBURG wild beasts.] 1. In falconry, an object somewhat resembling a bird thrown into the air to recall a hawk, often a bunch of feathers or several wings tied together and attached to a cord. The hawk being accustomed to get pieces of flesh to eat from the lure, this object comes to have a great influence on it, so that it will return when the falconer swings the lure about and whistles or calls. Hence-2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure. With a smile made small account of beauty and her lures.' Milton. Lure (lür), v.i. To call an animal, especially a hawk. Standing near one that lured loud and shrill. Bacon. At whatsoever hour of the day the boy lured for him, and called 'Limo,' were the dolphin never so close hidden, out he would, and come abroad. 2. To entice; to attract; to invite by anything that promises pleasure or advantage. 'Lured on by the pleasure of this bait.' Sir W. Temple. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay. Lurid (lūr'id), a. [L. luridus.] Pale yellow, as flame; ghastly pale; gloomy; dismal. All these thoughts of love and strife Glimmered through his lurid life. Longfellow. 2. In bot. having a dirty brown colour, a little clouded. Lurk (lérk), v.i. [Apparently corresponding to N. luska, Dan. luske, to lurk, to skulk; allied to Dan. lur, G. lauer, an ambush or watching; perhaps to lower (v.i.), listen, &c. See LURCH, v.i.] 1. To lie hid; to lie in wait Let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent. Prov. i. II. 2. To lie concealed or unperceived. The spectral form of an awful fate dominating all things human and divine might lurk in the background, but it did not obtrude itself or mar the fairness or completeness of that seemly human life in which the spirit found satisfaction and rest. Dr. Caird. Lurker (lèrk'èr), n. One that lurks or keeps out of sight. Lurking-hole, Lurking-place (lêrk'inghōl, lérk'ing-plás), n. A place in which one lurks or lies concealed; a secret place; a hiding-place; a den. Lurry (lur'i), n. [W. llwry, precipitant; llwr, that tends forward.] 1. A confused throng; a crowd; a heap. A lurry and rabble of poor farthing friars, who have neither rent nor revenue. World of Wonders. 2. A confused inarticulate sound or utterance; as, a lurry of words. We are not to leave duties for no duties, and to turn prayers into a kind of lurry. Millon. Lurry (lur'i), n. A lorry. Lord Lytton. Luscinia (lus-sin'i-a), n. A genus of insessorial birds of the thrush family (Turdida), to which the nightingale (L. philomela) belongs. See NIGHTINGALE. Luscious (lush'us), a. [O. E. lushious. Comp. lush.] 1. Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste; pleasing; delightful. And raisins keep their luscious native taste. Dryden. He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase. South. 2. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; hence, unctuous; fulsome. He had a tedious, luscious way of talking, that was apt to tire the patience of his hearers. Feffrey. 3. Smutty; obscene. [Rare.] Lusciously (lush'us-li), adv. In a luscious manner. Lusciousness (lush'us-nes), n. The state or quality of being luscious. Luserne (lu'sèrn), n. [Fr. loup-cervier, L. lupus-cervarius, deer-wolf-lupus, a wolf, and cervus, a stag.] A lynx. Lush (lush), a. [Probably connected with lish, Sc. leish, vigorous, active, lust, lusty; the common derivation from luscious, and that from delicious, in O.E. sometimes written licious, may however be correct.] Fresh, luxuriant, and juicy; succulent. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Shak. And at the root thro" lush green grasses burn'd The red anemone. Tennyson. Lush (lush), n. [Same origin as lushy (which see)] Intoxicating drink; especially beer. [Slang.] Lushburg, Luxemburg (lush'berg, luks'em-berg), n. A counterfeit coin of the reign of Edward III., coined at Luxembourg, and LUSHY made to represent the English coins then current. Lushy (lush'i), a. ['A word attributed for its origin to the name of Lushington, a once well-known London brewer, but when we find losho and loshano in a Gypsy dialect, meaning jolly, ... there seems to be some ground for supposing the word to be pure Romany.' C. G. Leland.] Tipsy or under the influence of intoxicating liquor. [Slang.] Lusiad (lu'si-ad), n. [Pg. Os Lusiados, the Lusitanians, or the Portuguese.] The celebrated Portuguese epic poem, written by Camoens, on the establishment of the Portuguese government in India. It was published in 1571. Luskt (lusk), a. [Icel. löskr, weak, idle.] lubber. An idle, lazy fellow; a Lusk (lusk), v.i. To be idle, indolent, or unemployed. Warner. Luskisht (lusk'ish), a. Inclined to lusk or be lazy. Marston. Luskishly † (lusk'ish-li), adv. Lazily. Luskishness + (lusk'ish-nes), n. Disposition to indolence; laziness. Lusorious † (lü-so'ri-us), a. [L. lusorius, from ludo, lusum, to sport.] Of or pertaining to play; sportive. Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots. Burton. Lusory (lu'so-ri), a. [L. lusorius.] Used in play; playful; as, lusory methods of instructing children. Jer. Taylor. Lust (lust), n. [A. Sax. O.Sax. D. G. and Sw. lust; Icel. lyst, losti; Dan. lyst; Goth. lustus, desire, luston, to desire. The root meaning is believed by Grimm to be seen in the Icel. ljósta, to smite, so that lust would originally mean what smites or the state of being smitten. See the verb.] 1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as, the lust of gain. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my lust shall be satisfied upon them. Ex. xv. 9. 2. Evil propensity; depraved affection or desire; more especially, sexual appetite; unlawful desire of sexual pleasure; concupiscence. Rom. i. 27. If thou wouldst know sin's strength, thy lusts how hard to tame, Against them take up arms and earnest war proclaim. Abp. Trench. 3.† Pleasure; will; inclination. Tombling backe he downe did slyde Over his horses taile above a stryde; Whence little iust he had to rise againe. 4. Vigour; active power. Spenser. Trees will grow greater, and bear better fruit, if you put salt, or lees of wine, or blood, to the root; the cause may be the increasing the lust or spirit of the root. Bacon. Lust (lust), v.i. [A. Sax. lustan, lystan, Icel. lysta, Dan. lyste, D. lusten, G. lüsten. List, to please, is another form.] 1. To list; to like. But all had leave that lust.' Spenser.-2. To desire eagerly; to long: with after. Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deut. xii. 15. 3. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite: with after. Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Mat. v. 28. 4. To have irregular or inordinate desires. The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. Jam. iv. 5. We should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. I Cor. x. 6. Lust-breathed (lust'breтHd), a. Animated by lust. Shak. Lust-dieted (lust'di-et-ed), n. Fed upon lust; pampered by lust. The superfluous and lust-dieted man.' Shak. Luster (lust'er), n. One inflamed with lust. Lustert (lus'tér), n. [L. lustrum, a den of wild beasts.] The den or abode of a wild beast. But turning to his luster, calves and dam He shows abhorred death. Chapman. Lustful (lust'ful), a. 1. Having lust or eager desire of carnal gratification; libidinous; as, an intemperate and lustful man.-2. Provoking to sensuality; inciting to lust or exciting carnal desire. Milton. Brome. Lustihead, Lustihood (lust'i-hed, lust'i- Now in his freshest flower of lustikead. Spenser. Lustily (lust'i-li), adv. In a lusty manner; vigorously; strongly. I determine to fight lustily for him. Shak. Lustiness (lust'i-nes), n. The state of being lusty; vigour; robustness. Cappadocian slaves were famous for their lustiness. Dryden. Lustless (lust'les), a. 1. Free from lust.2. Listless; languid; lifeless; indifferent. Seemeth thy flock thy counsel can, So lustless been they, so weak, so wan. Spenser. [L. lustralis, from Lustral (lus'tral), a. lustro, to purify.] 1. Used in purification; as, lustral water. His better parts by lustral waves refined.' Garth.-2. Pertaining to purification; as, lustral days. Lustrate (lus'trat), v. t. [L. lustro, lustratum, to cleanse, from lustrum.] To make clear or pure; to purify. Lustrate t (lus'trat), v.i. To go about for the purpose of inspecting as to the cleansing or purification of a place. Thrice through Aventine's mount he doth lustrate. Vicars. Lustration (lus-tra'shon), n. 1. The act or operation of making clear or pure; a cleansing or purifying by water. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden. 2. In class. antiq. the sacrifices or ceremonies by which cities, fields, armies, or people defiled by crimes were purified. Lustre (lus'ter), n. [Fr. lustre; L. lustrum, a purificatory sacrifice, from luo, to wash away, to purify, or as others think, from luceo, to shine. See LUSTRUM.] 1. Brightness; splendour; gloss; as, the lustre of the sun or stars; the lustre of silk. The sun's mild lustre warms the vital air. Pope. 2. In mineral. a variation in the nature of the reflecting surface of minerals. In this sense it designates, first, the kind or quality of the light reflected; second, the degree of intensity. There are six recognized qualities of lustre-metallic, as in pyrites and glance-coal; adamantine, as in the diamond; vitreous, as in glass; resinous, as in pitchstone; pearly, as in gypsum; and silky, as in amianthus. With regard to degree of intensity, the lustre is said to be splendent when it can be seen at a great distance; shining, when the reflected light is weak; glistening, when observed only at a short distance; glimmering, when the surface presents only luminous points; and dull, when the surface is almost destitute of lustre.-3. The splendour of birth, of deeds, or of fame; renown; distinction. His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great lustre. Wotton. 4. A sconce with lights; a branched chandelier ornamented with drops or pendants of cut glass. Double rows of lustres lighted up the nave. Eustace. 5. A fabric for ladies' dresses, consisting of cotton warp and woollen weft. It is plain or self-coloured, and has a highly finished lustrous surface. Lustre (lus'ter), n. [Directly from L. lustrum, and therefore ultimately the same word as preceding. See LUSTRUM.] The space of five years; a lustrum (which see). Lustrical (lus'tri-kal), a. Pertaining to puriLustreless (lus'tér-les), a. Destitute of lustre. Thence his lustful orgies he enlarged. 3. Vigorous; robust; stout; lusty. 'Lustful health.' Sackville. Lustfully (lust'ful-li), adv. In a lustful manner. LUTEOLEINE purification of the whole Roman people performed at the end of every five years. Hence-2. The space of five years, or fifty completed months, among the ancient Romans. Lust-stained (lust'stand), a. Defiled by lust. Lustwort (lust'wért), n. [E. lust and wort.] A plant of the genus Drosera; sundew. See DROSERA. Lusty (lust'i), a. [From E. lust; D. and G. lustig, D. lystig, merry, jovial. See LUST.] 1. Full of or characterized by life, spirit, vigour, health, or the like; stout; vigorous; robust; healthful; lively; merry; gallant. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lusty as an eagle. Book of Common Prayer. How lush and lusty the grass looks! Shak. Byron. 2. Bulky; large; of great size.-3. † Beautiful; handsome. So lovedst thou the lusty Hyacint; So lovedst thou the faire Coronis deare. Spenser. 4. Pleasant. That was or might be lusty to his herte.' Lydgate. 5. Impudent; saucy. Cassius's soldiers did shew themselves verie stubborne and lustie in the camp. North. 6. Full-bodied or stout through being pregnant: a colloquial use.-7. Lustful; hotblooded. Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew, Lustyhede, tn. Pleasure; mirth. Chaucer. Lusus naturæ (lu'sus na-tu're), n. [L., a play or sport of nature.] A term applied to a monster, or to anything seemingly unnatural in the physical world. Lutanist (lu'tan-ist), n. [From lute.] A person that plays on the lute. A celebrated lutanist was playing to a large com- It consists of four parts, viz. the table or belly with a large sound-hole in the middle; the body, ribbed like a melon, having nine or ten ribs or divisions; the neck, which has nine or ten stops or frets which divide the strings into semitones; and the head or cross, in which are fitted the pegs or screws for tuning the strings, of which there are five or six pairs, each pair tuned in octaves or unisons. The strings are struck by the fingers of the right on the frets by those of Lute (lut), v.t. To play on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson. Lute (lut), v. t. pret. & pp. luted; ppr. luting. To close or coat with lute. A glass retort is said to be luted, when it is smeared over with clay so as more perfectly to resist the effects of heat, and to prevent its fusion. Lute, Luting (lut, lūting), n. [L. lutum, mud, clay, from luo, to wash.] In chem (a) a composition of clay or other tenacious substance used for stopping the juncture of vessels so closely as to prevent the escape or entrance of air. (b) The external coating of clay or sand, or other substances applied to glass retorts, in order that they may support a high temperature without fusing or cracking. Lute-backed (lüt'bakt), a. Having a curved spine. Holland. Lutenist (lüt'en-ist), n. A performer on the lute; a lutanist. Luteoleine, Luteoline (lu'te-ol-e-in, lū'tėol-in), n. [L. luteolus, yellowish, from luteus, LUTEOUS golden yellow.] (CHO) The yellow colouring matter of weld or dyer's weed. When sublimed it crystallizes in needles. Luteous (lū'tē-us), a. [L. luteus, yellowish.] Of a brownish yellow; of a clayish colour. Luter, Lutist (lüt'èr, lüt'ist), n. One who plays on a lute. Lutescent (lü-tes'ent), a. [From L. luteus, yellow.] Of a yellowish colour. Lute-string (lūt'string), n. The string of a lute. Lutestring (lut'string), n. [A corruption of lustring. A stout glossy kind of silk used for ladies' dresses. To speak in lutestring, to speak in an affected manner or in the manner of a fine lady. I was led to trouble you with these observations by a passage which, to speak in lutestring, I met with this morning in the course of my reading. Letters of Junius. Lutetia (lü-të'shi-a), n. A small planet or asteroid between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, discovered by Goldschmidt, 15th November, 1852. Lutheran (lu'ther-an), a. Pertaining to Martin Luther, the reformer; as, the Lutheran church. Lutheran (lu'thèr-an), n. A disciple or follower of Luther; one who adheres to the doctrines of Luther. Lutheranism, Lutherism (lū’thėr-an-izm, lu'ther-izm), n. The doctrines of religion as taught by Luther, the characteristic doctrine of which is consubstantiation, or the doctrine that the body of Christ is present in the eucharist. Some of the more extreme Lutherans have asserted not only the presence of the human nature of Christ in the Lord's supper, but the absolute omnipresence of his human nature. Many of the things at first retained as merely tolerable by Luther and his fellow-reformers, as images and pictures in places of worship, clerical vestments, the form of exorcism in baptism, &c., have become favourite and distinguishing characteristics of some of the churches. Luthern, Lutheran (lü'thèrn, lu'thér-an), [Probably from Fr. lucarne (which see).] In arch. a dormer or garret window. Luting (lüt'ing), n. See LUTE, in chem. Lutist, n. See LUTER. Lutose (lüt'ōs), a. [L. lutosus, from lutum, clay.] Miry; covered with clay. Lutra (lü'tra), n. [L. lutra, an otter.] A genus of carnivorous animals, of the digitigrade tribe, comprising the otters, of which there are many species. See OTTER. Lutraria (lü-trā'ri-a), n. A genus of lamellibranchiate molluscs, belonging to the family Myada. The species are found in the sand at the mouths of rivers, in temperate climates. Lutulentt (lü'tü-lent), a. [L. lutulentus, from lutum, mud.] Muddy; turbid; thick. Luxt (luks), v.t. Same as Luxate. Pope. Luxate (luks'at), v.t. pret. & pp. luxated; ppr. luxating. [L. luxo, luxatum, from lurus, dislocated, oblique or slanting, from Gr. luxus, loxos, slanting.] To displace or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate. Luxation (luks-a'shon), n. 1. The act of luxating or forcing a joint from its proper place or articulation; or the state of being thus put out of joint.-2. A dislocation; that which is dislocated. Luxe (Inks), n. [L. luxus, excess, extravagance, luxury.] Luxury. [Rare.] Luxuriance (lug-zü'ri-ans), n. The state of being luxuriant; abundant or excessive growth or quantity; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance. While through the parting robe the alternate breast Luxuriancy (lug-zü'ri-an-si). Same as Lux uriance. 89 be rank or luxurious, to be wanton. See LUXURY.] 1. To grow exuberantly, or to grow to superfluous abundance.-2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.-3. Fig. to indulge to excess; to revel without restraint; as, to luxuriate in description. Luxuriation (lug-zü'ri-ā"shon), n. The act of luxuriating; the process of growing exuberantly, or beyond the natural growth. Luxuriety (lug-zü-rï'e-ti), n. Same as Luxuriance. Sterne. Luxurious (lug-zū'ri-us), a. [Fr. luxurieux; L. luxuriosus, from luxuria, luxury.] 1. Characterized by indulgence in luxury; given to luxury; voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive dress and equipage; as, a luxurious life; luxurious cities; luxurious ease.-2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress, and equipage; as, luxurious wealth.-3. Furnished with luxuries; as, a luxurious table.-4.† Characterized by lust; libidinous. She knows the heat of a luxurious bed. Shak. 5. Luxuriant; exuberant. The work under our labour grows Luxurious by restraint. Milton. SYN. Voluptuous, epicurean, effeminate, sensual, intemperate, self-indulgent. Luxuriously (lug-zü'ri-us-li), adv. In a luxurious manner; deliciously; voluptuously. The Luxuriousness (lug-zū'ri-us-nes), n. state or quality of being luxurious. Luxurist (lugʻzü-rist), n. One given to luxury. Luxury (lugʻzü-ri), n. [L. luxuria, from luxus, sensual excess.] 1. A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; or the free indulgence in costly dress and equipage. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. Addison. 2. That which is delightful to the senses, the feelings, &c.; especially, that which gratifies a nice and fastidious appetite; a dainty; any delicious food or drink; and hence, any article of food or drink not necessary to support life. He cut the side of the rock for a garden, and by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. Learn the luxury of doing good. Addison. Goldsmith. Rhyme, that luxury of recurrent sound. Prof. Blackie. 3. Lust; lewd desire; lasciviousness. 'Hateful luxury and bestial appetite.' Shak. 4. Luxuriance; exuberance of growth.- SYN. Voluptuousness, epicurism, effeminacy, sensuality, delicacy, gratification, pleasure, enjoyment, delight. Luz (luz), n. The name of a bone in the human body which the Rabbinical writers affirmed to be indestructible, and variously stated to have been one of the vertebræ, the os sacrum, the sesamoid bone of the great toe, and one of the triangular bones near the lambdoidal suture of the cranium. 'How doth a man revive again in the world to come?' asked Hadrian; and Joshua Ben Hananiah made answer, 'From luz in the backbone.' He then went on to demonstrate this to him: He took the bone luz and put it into water, but the water had no action on it; he put it in the fire, but the fire consumed it not; he placed it in a mill, but could not grind it; and laid it on an anvil, but the hammer crushed it not. Lightfoot. Luzula (lü'zű-la), n. A genus of plants, nat. order Juncacem. They are like rushes, but always perennial with more grasslike foliage, fringed with long white hairs. There are many species, several of which are found in Britain. -Ly [Goth. -leiks, Icel. -likr, -légr, O.H.G. -lth, G. lich, D. -lijk], a termination of adjectives and adverbs, is a contraction of A. Sax. lic, E. like; as in lovely, manly, richly, readily, that is, love-like, man-like, rich-like, readylike. As an adverbial suffix -ly was originally -lice, the dative or ablative case of an adjective in lic. Lyam (li'am), n. [See LEAM.] A leash for holding a hound. Lyart, Liart (li'art), a. [L. L. liardus, dapple gray. See LIARD.] Gray; gray-haired. [Scotch.] Twa had manteeles o' dolefu' black, Burns. LYCOPODE Lycæna (li-se'na), n. A genus of butterflies, closely allied to Polyommatus. L. dispar (large copper-butterfly) and L. phlæas (small copper-butterfly) are British species. Lycænidæ (li-se'ni-dē), n. pl. A family of lepidopterous insects, of which the type is the genus Lycæna. Lycanthrope (li'kan-thrōp), n. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and anthropos, a man.] 1. Originally, a man supposed to have been transformed into the form of a wolf and endowed with its savage propensities; a werewolf.2. A person affected with lycanthropy; one who imagines himself to be a wolf, and acts in conformity with his delusion. Many instances occur, and may be encountered in every asylum, in which the insane conceive themselves dogs (Cynanthropia) and other animals, and even inanimate objects; but these are solitary cases, whereas this hallucination has appeared epidemically, and lycanthropes have literally herded and hunted together in packs. In 1600, multitudes were attacked with the disease in the Jura, emulated the destructive habits of the wolf, murdered and devoured children; howled, walked, or attempted progression on allfours, so that the palms of the hands became hard and horny. Chambers's Ency. Lycanthropy (li-kan'thro-pi), n. [Gr. lycanthropia-lykos, a wolf, and anthropos, man.] A kind of erratic melancholy or madness, in which the patient supposes himself to be a wolf. See LYCANTHROPE. Lyceum (li-se'um), n. [Gr. lykeion, from a temple near it dedicated to Apollo lykeios, Apollo the wolf-slayer, from lykos, a wolf.] 1. In Greece, a place near the river Ilissus, where Aristotle taught philosophy.-2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.-3. An association of men for literary improvement.4. A school for the higher education preparatory to the university. Lychgatet (lik'gat), n. Same as Lichgate. Lychnis (lik'nis), n. [L.; Gr. lychnis, allied to lychnos, a light.] 1. A genus of usually erect, annual, biennial, and perennial herbs, belonging to the nat. order Caryophyllaceæ. Some of them bear beautiful flowers. There are about thirty species, natives chiefly of Europe and extratropical Asia, a few occurring in the arctic regions. They differ from Silene in the number of styles, which in Lychnis is four or five, in Silene three. Several species are found in Britain.— 2. Pliny's name for the ruby, sapphire, or carbuncle. Lychnite (lik'nit), n. [Gr. lychnitës, from lychnos, a lamp. An old name for Parian marble, from its being quarried by lamplight. Lychnobite (lik'no-bit), n. [Gr. lychnos, a lamp, and bios, life.] One who labours or transacts business by night, and sleeps by day. Lychnoscope (lik'no-skop), n. [Gr. lychnos, a lamp, light, and skopeo, to see.] In arch. a small narrow window in the chancel of a church, so arranged that a person outside may be enabled to see the priest at the altar Lycodon (li'ko-don), n. during the act of consecration. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and odous, odontis, a tooth.] A genus of slow-moving innocuous serpents found in South Africa. Lycodont (likō-dont), n. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and odous, odontos, a tooth.] In geol. a name given to certain fossil teeth, supposed to be those of a kind of wolf-fish. Lycoperdon (li-kō-pèr'don), n. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and perdomai, to break wind.] A genus of fungi, the species of which grow in the form of balls, which burst and discharge their spores or seeds in the form of a fine dark powder or dust. They are commonly called puff-balls. L. gemmatum, or common puff-ball, acts mechanically as a styptic, by means of its brown spores; L. giganteum, or giant puff-ball, when dry, staunches slight wounds, and the smoke stupefies bees. In a young state it is edible. Lycopersicum (li-kō-pèr'si-kum), n. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and persikon, a peach.] A genus of plants closely allied to Solanum, and belonging to the nat. order Solanaceæ. Three or four species, all South American, are known. L. esculentum is the love-apple or tomato. It is distinguished from Solanum by the elongate acuminate connate anthers. They are unarmed, tall, loose-growing herbs, with pinnatisect leaves and pedunculate lax few-flowered cymes. Lycopod (likō-pod), n. A plant belonging to the nat. order Lycopodiaceæ. Lycopode (likō-pōd), n. [Gr. lykos, a wolf, and pous, podos, a foot.] Vegetable brimstone, the highly inflammable powder con |