Webster's Dictionary 1913

3349

Lugger

Lug″ger (?), n.(Naut.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.

3350

Lugger (2)

Lug″ger, n.(Zoöl.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

3351

Lugmark

Lug″mark′ (?), n. [From Lug an ear.] A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

3352

Lugsail

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.

3353

Lugubrious

Lu‐gu″bri‐ous (?), a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. λυγρόσ sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pi...

3354

Lugworm

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 be...

3355

Luke

Luke (?), a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. — Luke″ness, n.Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luk...

3356

Lukewarm

Luke″warm′ (?), a. [See Luke.] Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.” Addiso...

3357

Lull

Lull (lŭl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lulled (lŭld); 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,...

3358

Lull (2)

Lull, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

3359

Lull (3)

Lull, n. 1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. Young.2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

3360

Lullaby

Lull″a‐by (?), n. [From Lull, v. t.] 1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. Shak.2. Hence: Good night; good-by. Shak.

3361

Luller

Lull″er (?), n. One who, or that which, lulls.

3362

Lullingly

Lull″ing‐ly, adv. In a lulling manner; soothingly.

3363

Lum

Lum (?), n. [W. llumon chimney, llum that shoots up or ends in a point.] 1. A chimney. Burns.2. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.3. A woody valley; also, a deep pool.

3364

Lumachel

{ Lu″ma‐chel (?), ‖Lu′ma‐chel″la (?), } n. [F. lumachelle, It. lumachella, fr. lamachella a little snail, dim. of lumaca a snail, fr. L. limax, -acis.] (Min.) A grayish brown li...

3365

Lumbaginous

Lum‐bag″i‐nous (?), a. Of or pertaining to lumbago.

3366

Lumbago

Lum‐ba″go (?), n. [L., fr. lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.) A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

3367

Lumbar

{ Lum″bar (?), Lum″bal (?), } a. [L. lumbus loin. See Loin.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.Lumbar region(Anat.), the region of the loin;...

3368

Lumber

Lum″ber (?), n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, o...

3369

Lumber (2)

Lum″ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lumbering.] 1. To heap together in disorder. “ Stuff lumbered together.” Rymer.2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, t...

3370

Lumber (3)

Lum″ber, v. i. 1. To move heavily, as if burdened.2. [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. Cowper.3. To cut logs in the ...

3371

Lumber State

Lum″ber State. Maine; — a nickname.

3372

Lumberer

Lum″ber‐er (?), n. One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to ti...

3373

Lumbering

Lum″ber‐ing, n. The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.

3374

Lumberman

Lum″ber‐man (?), n.; pl.Lumbermen (�). One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.

3375

Lumbosacral

Lum′bo‐sa″cral (?), n. [L. lumbus loin + E. sacral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which pass...