lozengewise 
lozengewise (loz't-nj-wi/.), ntlv. In her., ar- 
rfcnged iii tin- form of a lozenge. 
lozengy, lozengee (loz'en-ji, -go), . [< OK. i- 
XI-HI/I'; < liwuiir, lozenge : soo lozenge.'} IN /'., 
having lln whole surfacecovereil with lozenges 
or formed into lo/.cn^i'-sliaiicd divisions. This 
is very often depicted with exact squares MI 
corucrwise Lozengy barry, in her., having the whole 
surface occupied with loMDffn which are divided agtiin 
barwist- or horizontally, tin K !<>] . <li\ ided into triangles of 
which thine of one tincture point up and the others down. 
L. S. Ail abbreviation of Latin locus aii/il/i. 
'place of the seal': usually inserted within 
brackets in copies of documents to indicate the 
position of the seal in the originals. 
L. 3. D., 1. 8. d. An abbreviation of Latin 
(Middle or New Latin) libra; solidi, denarii 
that is, pounds, shillings, pence; hence, col- 
loquially, money; cash; funds. Also 8. d. 
[Eng.] 
Lt. A contraction of Lieutenant or of its ab- 
breviation Lieut. 
lu (16), . and v. Same as Zoo 2 . 
lubbard (lub'&rd), n. and a. [Formerly also 
litbberd; a var., with substituted suffix -ard, of 
lubber.} I. . Same as lubber. 
Thou slovenly lubberd, and toyish fellow, what idle toyes 
' goest thou fantasticating ! 
Itemxitula, Passengers' Dialogues (1612). 
It was now the part of the huge porter to step forward ; 
but the lubbard was . . . overwhelmed with confusion of 
spirit. Scott, Kent! worth, xxx. 
II. a. Lubberly. 
Conscious how much the hand 
Of lubbard Labour needs his watchful eye. 
Confer, Task, lit 400. 
lubber (lub'er), . [Formerly also lubbar t lub- 
berd, and lubbard; < ME. lobre, lobur, akin to 
lobt/, E. looby, < W. Hob, a dolt, lubber: see 
loi*.] A heavy, clumsy fellow ; a sturdy, awk- 
ward dolt: applied especially by sailors to any 
one of the crew who is deficient in seamanship. 
Crete lobres anil longe that loth weore to swynke 
Clothedeu hem in copes to beo knowen for bretheren. 
Piers Plmeman (A), Prol., 1. 52. 
They went to the Grammer schole little children; they 
came from thence great lubbers. 
Aicham, The Scholemaster, p. 88. 
"It will be long," said the master then, 
" Ere this great lubber do thrive on the sea." 
The Noble Fisherman (Child's Ballads, V. SSI). 
Lubber's hole (naut.), the vacant space between the head 
of a lower mast and the edge of the top, through which 
Rigging of Ship's Top. 
//, top; f, lubber's holes ; A A, futtock-shroads. 
sailors may mount without going over the rim by the 
futtock-shrouds. Formerly, when tops were differently 
constructed, it was regarded by seamen as lit to be used 
only by lubbers and greenhorns. Lubber's point (naut.). 
Same as lubber-line. 
lubber (lub'er), v. i. [< lubber, n.} To sail in 
a lubberly or clumsy manner. [Rare.] 
We set our primitive sail; and . . . soon found our- 
selves lubberin*/ over the beautiful lake at a speed of from 
two to two and a half miles an hour. 
The Century. XXX. 742. 
lubber-cock (lub'er-kok), n. A turkey-cock. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
lubber-grasshopper (lub'er -gras'hop-er), n. 
1. The clumsy locust, Rracliystola magna, a 
verv large lubberly insect common on the great 
plains of the western United States. See cut 
under Kracliystola. 2. The large short-winded 
insect Komn'len miernptern, which abounds in the 
Gulf States and feeds on all succulent plants. 
It is notable as having no known natural enemies. It is 
from 2.75 to:i.!5 inches long, very thick-bodied, and clumsy 
in its movements. 
lubberhead (lub'er-hed), n. A stupid fellow. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
lubber-hole (luVer-hol), n. Same as lubber's 
hole (which see, under lubber). 
Lubberland (lub'er-laud), . The land of Cock- 
aigne. 
Good mother, how shall we find a pig if we do not look 
about for it? will it run off o' the spit into our mouths, 
think you. as in Lttbbtrland, and cry we, we? 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, iii. 2, Peter's Prophecy. 
3633 
lubber-line (lub'er-lin), w. Xavt., a black ver- 
tical line drawn on the inside of the compass- 
box, which represents the vessel's head in steer- 
ing. Also called litlibi r's /ioint. 
lubberliness (lub'er-li-nes), n. The state or 
condition of being lubberly; sturdy clumsiness. 
You, like a lazy hulk, whose stupendous magnitude is 
full big enough to load an elephant with (i(Wr(i';i.'. 
Torn Brown, Works, ii. 179. 
lubberly (lub'er-li), a. [< lubber + -ti/1.} Like 
a lubber; clumsy; awkward. 
By my Soul, the Girl is spoll'd already d'ye think shell 
ever endure a great lubberly Tarpawlin ? 
Congrm, Love for lave, ii. 10. (Dames.) 
lubberly (lub'er-li), adv. [< lubberly, a.} Clum- 
sily; awkwardly. 
lubberwort (lub'6r-wrt), n. Any food or drink 
which makes one idle and stupid. [Prov. Eng.] 
lubric (lu'brik), a. [< OF. lubrique, slippery, 
lascivious, F. lubrique, lascivious, = Sp. lubrieo 
= Pg. It. lubrieo, slippery, lascivious, < L. lu- 
bricus, slippery, uncertain, deceitful.] 1. Hav- 
ing a smooth surface; slippery; hence, volu- 
ble; glib. 
Then starts she suddenly into a throng 
Of short thick sobs, whose thuml ring volleys float, 
And roul themselves over her lubric throat, 
In panting murmurs. Crashaw, Mustek's Duel. 
2. Unsteady; wavering. 
Through the deep and lubric waves of state and court 
Sir B. Wottm, Reliquiae, p. 208. 
3. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. 
Why were we hurried down 
This lulm'c and adulterate age 
(Nay, added fat pollutions of our own), 
To encrease the steaming ordures of the stage ? 
Dryden, Ode to the Memory of Mrs. Anne Killlgrew, 1. 63. 
[Obsolete or rare in all uses. ] 
lubrical (lu'bri-kal), o. [(lubric + -al.} Same 
as lubric. 
What, shall thy lubrical and glibbery muse 
Live ! B. Jonton, Poetaster, v. 1. 
lubricant (lu'bri-kan), . Same as leprechaun. 
By the mandrake's dreadful groans, 
By the Lubrican's sad moans, 
By the noise of dead men's bones 
In charnel-houses rattling. 
Drayton, Nymphidia, 1. 418. 
lubricant (lu'bri-kant), a. and n. [< L. lubri- 
can(t-)s, ppr. of lubricare, make smooth : see lu- 
bricate.} I. a. Lubricating. 
II. . Any natural or artificial material that 
may be used to lubricate the rubbing surfaces 
of machinery, in order to lessen their friction 
upon each other. Natural non-volatile oils and greases 
are the typical lubricants ; but the variety of materials and 
compounds used is very great, including some metallic 
alloys. 
lubricant-tester (lu'bri-kant-tesn^r), n. A 
form of testing-machine for determining the lu- 
bricating values of oils. This tester acts by re- 
cording the friction developed under a given 
power. 
lubricate (lu'bri-kat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. lubri- 
cated, ppr. lubricating. [< L. lubricatus, pp. of 
lubricare (> It. lubricare = Sp. Pg. lubricar), 
make slippery, < lubricus, slippery: see lubric.~} 
1. Tomako smooth orslippery; supplyorsmear 
with some substance, especially one of an oily 
or greasy nature, for the purpose of diminishing 
friction: as, to lubricate the bearings of a ma- 
chine. 
There seemed a pool of honey about his heart, which lu- 
bricated all his speech and action with fine jets of mead. 
Emerson, English Traits, p. 291. 
2. In phofog., to coat or smear (a print) with 
some glazing agent, as Castile soap dissolved in 
alcohol, or a compound of beeswax and Venice 
turpentine, as a preliminary to burnishing. 
lubricate (lu'bri-kat), a. [< L. lubricatus, pp. 
of lubricare, make slippery: see lubricate, v."] 
Slippery. [Rare.] 
lubricating-Oil (lu'bri-ka-ting-oil), . Any oil 
that is used or is suitable for lubrication ; spe- 
cifically, a thick oil produced in the process of 
refining paraffin-oil and petroleum, which, when 
submitted to cold, deposits in abundance crys- 
tals of paraffin. 
lubrication (lu-bri-ka'shon), n. [< L. as if *lu- 
bricatio(n-), < lubrii'tin: make slippery: see lu- 
bricate.} The act of lubricating, or the state of 
being lubricated. 
There Is a sort of previous lubrication, such as the boa- 
constrictor applies to any subject of digestion, which is 
requisite to familiarize the mind with a startling or a com- 
plex novelty. De Quincey, Style, I. 
lubricative (ItVbri-ka-tiv). <i. [< lubricate -f 
-ire.} Capable of lubricating; supplying lubri- 
cation. [Rare.] 
Lucanus 
What he desires Is that the prig should In- uood In 
some oily an<l lubricative way, so as not to jar the n 
i\ In i all Irsfl good. 
5. Lanitr, The English Novel, p. 267. 
lubricator (lii'bri-ka-tor), ii. [< lubricate + -or.} 
< Mie who or that which lubricates. Specifically 
(a) A device or contrivance for keeping tin- rubbing parts 
f machines, bearings, shafting, ftr., >ii|i|iti><l with some 
lubricant to diminish friction. These appliances an urn I. 
in a great variety of forms, and may be divMrtl int., t)n< . 
classes those for lubricating the cylinders of motors, 
IfiH.sr for lubricating the axles of cars anil loail-vhicles, 
and those for shafting and machinery in general. In all 
the aim is the same, to furnish a limif. >l imt constant sap- 
ply of the lubricant to the moving parts. See imperme- 
attrr. (b) A machine for waxing bullets, so that when nred 
tln'v will clean the gun; also, a wad containing a lubricant 
and followed by a felt washer, attached to tin- pmjn til> 
in a rifled gun that the operation of firing may clean the 
piece, (e) In photog. , a glazing agent as a solution of Cas- 
tile soap in spirit, or a compound of beeswax and turpen- 
tine, with which prints are smeared before burnishing to 
Improve the gloss. Lubricator alarm-signal, in mack., 
a device for giving an alarm when, from failure of lubrica- 
tion, a journal becomes heated. 
lubricity (lu-bris'i-ti), n. [< F. lubricitt = 8p. 
lubricidad == Pg. liibricidadc = It. lubricilA, slip- 
periness, lasciviousness, < ML. lubricita(t-)n, 
slipperiuess, < L. lubricus, slippery: see lubric.} 
1. The state or quality of being lubric or slip- 
pery; slipperiness of surface, literal or figura- 
tive ; hence, instability; transitoriness; evanes- 
cence; evasiveness. 
There cannot be two more pregnant Instances of the Lu- 
bricity and instableness of Mankind than the Decay of 
these two antient Nations [the Greeks and the Jews]. 
Howell. Letters, II. 67. 
I take this evanescence and lubricity of all things . . . 
to be the most unhandsome part of our condition. 
Emerson, Experience. 
That learned jurisconsult, with characteristic lubricity, 
had evaded the dangerous honor. 
Motley. Dutch Republic, IL 13s. 
2. Capacity for lubrication. 
The mucilage adds to the lubricity of the oyl, and the 
oyl preserves the mucilage from inspissation, and con- 
tracting the consistency of a jelly. 
Hay, Works of Creation, It. 
3. Lasciviousness; lewdness; salacity. 
Wantonness and lubricity. Dryden. 
Of these [symbols of Priapus] the goat is one that most 
frequently occurs, ... as this animal has always been 
distinguished for its lubricity. 
Knight, Anc. Art and Myth. (1876), p. 21. 
When one looks at the popular literature of the French 
at this moment, . . . and at the life of which this literature 
of theirs is the index, one is tempted to make a goddess 
out of a word of their own, and then, like the town clerk 
of Ephesus, to ask : " What man Is there that knoweth not 
that the city of the French is a worshipper of the great 
goddess Lubricity > " 
M. Arnold, Nineteenth Century, XV. 678. 
lubricous (lu'bri-kus), a. [< L. lubricus, slip- 
pery : see lubric."} If. Same as lubric. 
Much lesse shall I positively determine anything in 
matters so lubricous and uncertain. 
Ulamittc, lYe-existence of Souls, xii. 
2. Having a smooth, slippery surface, appear- 
ing as if oiled or varnished, as certain nlgn.' and 
the elytra of certain Coleojttcra. 
lubrifaction (lu-bri-fak'shon), n. [Irreg. < L. 
lubricus, slippery, +factio(n-), a making, <fac- 
tus, pp. of facere, make : see -fy.} The act or 
operation of lubricating, or of making slip- 
pery. 
The sixth cause is 1-ubri.factim and relaxation ; as we see 
In medicines emollient, such as are milk, honey, mallow?*, 
etc. Bacon, Nat. Hist, t 41. 
lubrification (lu*bri-fi-ka'shon), . [= F. ln- 
brification; as lubrify + -alion: see -fy, -Jica- 
tio'n."] Same as lubrifaction. 
lubriiyt, '. t. [< OF. lubrifier, make slippery, 
contr. \ L. lubricus, slippery, + -fcare, make: 
see -fy.} To make slippery. Cotgrare. 
Lucanidae (Ifi-kan'i-de), . i>l. [NL., < Luca- 
nus + -ida;.} A family of lamellicorn coleop- 
terous insects, the lamellae of whose antenna! 
club are incapable of close apposition, and 
whose mandibles are large and powerful in the 
male ; the stag-beetles. The form of the luoanlds 
Is generally elongate, nd the elytra cover the pygidlum ; 
in some there are stridnlating organs. They are usually 
of plain dark colors, but some, such as species of Lam- 
vnma in Australia and of Chiatognathus in chiloe, are 
brilliant. I'pward of 500 species are v described. They 
most abound in warm wooded countries, and live during 
the day In trunks of trees, logs, etc., taking flight at dusk. 
The larva? of the European species live in willow and oak, 
where they remain untransformed for years. See Luea.- 
nut. The same or a corresponding group is called Luca- 
nida, Lucanides, Lttcanilet, Lucanoidet, etc. 
Lucanus (lu-ka'nus), w. [NL.. so called in al- 
lusion to the glistening elytral surface, < ML. 
lucanus, sunrise, < L. lucere, shine: see lucent.} 
The typical genus of Lucanidte: stag-1" 
proper, with emarginate eyes, geniculate an- 
