Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Lubberly

Lub″ber‐ly, a. Like a lubber; clumsy.A great lubberly boy. Shak.

3269

Lubberly (2)

Lub″ber‐ly, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. Dryden.

3270

Lubric

{ Lu″bric (?), Lu″bric‐al (?), } a. [L. lubricus: cf. F. lubrique.] 1. Having a smooth surface; slippery.2. Lascivious; wanton; lewd.This lubric and adulterate age. Dryden.

3271

Lubricant

Lu″bri‐cant (?), a. [L. lubricans, p. pr. of lubricare, See Lubricate.] Lubricating.

3272

Lubricant (2)

Lu″bri‐cant, n. That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

3273

Lubricate

Lu″bri‐cate (?), v. t. [L. lubricatus, p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric.] 1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts...

3274

Lubrication

Lu′bri‐ca″tion (?), n. The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

3275

Lubricator

Lu″bri‐ca′tor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lubricates. “ Lubricator of the fibers.” Burke.2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

3276

Lubricitate

Lu‐bric″i‐tate (?), v. i. See Lubricate.

3277

Lubricity

Lu‐bric″i‐ty (?), n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F. lubricité.]1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. Ray.2. Slipperin...

3278

Lubricous

Lu″bri‐cous (?), a. [L. lubricus.] Lubric.

3279

Lubrification

{ Lu′bri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), Lu′bri‐fac″tion (?), } n. [L. lubricus lubric + facere to make.] The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Ray. Bacon.

3280

Lucarne

‖Lu′carne″ (?), n. [F., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. See Luthern.] (Arch.) A dormer window.

3281

Lucchese

Luc‐chese″ (?), n. sing. & pl. [It. Lucchese.] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

3282

Luce

Luce (?), n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) A pike when full grown. Halliwell.

3283

Lucency

Lu″cen‐cy (?), n. The quality of being lucent.

3284

Lucent

Lu″cent (?), a. [L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light.] Shining; bright; resplendent. “ The sun's lucent orb.” Milton.

3285

Lucern

Lu″cern (?), n.1. A sort of hunting dog; — perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to huntBeasts of most rapine. Chapman.2. An animal whose fur was ...

3286

Lucern (2)

Lu″cern, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; — called also alfalfa. [Written also lucer...

3287

Lucern (3)

Lu″cern, n. [L. lucerna.] A lamp. Lydgate.

3288

Lucernal

Lu‐cer″nal (?), a. [L. lucerna a lamp.] Of or pertaining to a lamp.Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its i...

3289

Lucernaria

‖Lu′cer‐na″ri‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.] (Zoöl.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches ...

3290

Lucernarian

Lu′cer‐na″ri‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. — n. One of the Lucernarida.

3291

Lucernarida

‖Lu′cer‐nar″i‐da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Lucernaria.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; — called also Calycozoa. (b) A more extensive grou...

3292

Lucerne

Lu″cerne (?), n.(Bot.) See Lucern, the plant.

3293

Lucid

Lu″cid (?), a. [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.] 1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton.A court com...

3294

Lucidity

Lu‐cid″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. lucidité. See Lucid.] The quality or state of being lucid.