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lamp),< L. lucerna, a lamp: see lucentl.] A dor- 
mer- or roof -window ; also, a light or small win- 
dow in a spire. 
lucasite (lu'kas-it), . [Named after Dr. H. S. 
Lucas.] A variety of vermieulite occurring 
with corundum in Macon county, Georgia. 
lucaynet (lu-kan'), n. [Also dial, lewcome; an 
orig. error for lucarne (T).] In arch., same as 
lucarne. 
tennse, mentum entire, covering the ligula and band along the side of this fish. 3. [cap.] A 
maxilla, and fore tibifp pectinate. The branching genus of pulmonate gastropods, of the family 
antler-like mandibles of the North American L. elaphus J/elici<la; having the aperture toothed and more 
are sometimes three fourths of an inch long. L. cenus is rr I B< , twisted Hu mail rr 11* 1707 
the corresponding European species. L. dama is a large , or e r, , '/>'.>. LIJt - 
stag-beetle of the United States, from 9 to IS lines long, with lucernal (lu-ser nal), a. [< lucern 1 - + -at.) Of 
smaller pincer-like mandibles with a single snag. See Lu- or pertaining to a lamp or other artificial light. 
canidce and stag-beetle. Lucernal microscope. See microscope. 
lucarne (lu-kiim'), n. [< F. lucarne, OF. lu- Lucernaria (lu-sor-na'ri-a), . [NL., ,< L. lucer- 
fiirne, a roof-window (= Goth, lukarn.a, light, , a lamp: see lucern^-.'] The typical genus 
of Liiecriiiii-iidte. These animals are small, gelatinous, 
semi-transparent, and variously colored or phosphorescent 
marine oiganisms (jellyflshes), either swimming freely by 
rhythmical contraction and expansion cf the umbrella, or 
fixed to some submerged object by means of a stalk or pe- 
duncle which grows out of the back (aboral surface) of the 
disk and constitutes a hydrorhiza or rootstalk. In this 
latter state the animal is trumpet- or bell-shaped, resem- 
bling a little hand-bell standing on the end of its handle, 
with the other end expanded into an eight-rayed limb or 
disk, each ray ending in a little bundle or tuft of tentacles, 
Lucchese (lu-kes' or -kez'), . and . [< It. Luc- ana tne center of the disk being occupied by a single poly- 
chese, < Lucca (see def.).] I. a. Of or pertain- g ite "| th a '!>ll>e<l mouth leading into the body-cavity, 
ing to the city of Lucca in Italy, or to its in- 
habitants. 
The most precious of the Lucchese relics, a cedar-wood 
crucifix, carved, according to the legend, by Nicodemus, 
and miraculously conveyed to Lucca in 782. 
Encyc. Brit., XV. 38. 
II. n. sing, and pi. An inhabitant or inhabi- 
tants of the city or province (formerly a repub- 
lic, afterward a duchy) of Lucca, on the north- 
west coast of Italy. 
luce 1 (lus), n. [Formerly also hide, lucy; < ME. 
Lucernariadae (lu"ser-na-ri'a-de), n. pi, [NL., 
< Lucernaria + -add!.] 'An order of the sub- 
class Lucernarida, class Hydrozoa, including 
those discophorans or jellyfishes whose poly- 
pite is single and may be fixed by a proximal 
aboral hydrorhiza. The umbrellar margin has short 
tentacular processes, and the reproductive elements are 
developed in the primitive hydrosome without the inter- 
vention of free zooids. The genus Lucernaria may be re- 
garded as the type, and the group itself is by some con- 
sidered a synthetic or generalized type of structure, like 
Lucifer 
< lucere, shine : see lucent,] 1. Emitting light ; 
shining ; bright ; resplendent : as, the lucid orbs 
of heaven. [Poetical, except in some technical 
uses. See second quotation, and def. 5.] 
A court- 
Compact of lucui marbles. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
Lucid stars are those which are visible without a tele- 
scope. Xewcomb and Uolden, Astronomy, p. 4f>. 
2. Transmitting or reflecting light; clear: 
transparent; pellucid: as, a lucid stream. 
Before each lucid panel fuming stood 
A censer fed with myrrh and spiced wood. 
Keats, Lamia, ii. 
So wide the loueness, so lucid the air. 
Lowell, Appledore. 
3. Marked by intellectual clearness or bright- 
ness; free from obscurity or confusion of 
thought, or, specifically, from delirium ; clear- 
headed; sane: as, a lucid mind; lucid percep- 
tions ; lucid intervals in insanity. 
After some gentle Slumbers, and unusual Dreams, about 
the dawniugs of the Day, I had a lucid Interval. 
Ilowell, Letters, ii. 29. 
4. Presenting a clear view; easily understood ; 
distinct : as, a lucid order or arrangement ; a 
lucid style of writing. 
A singularly lucid and interesting abstract of the de- 
bate. Macaulay. 
5. In entom.: (a) Smooth and very shining; 
full-grown 
In heraldry the luce or pike occurs in the arms of the 
Lucy or Lucie family so far back as the reign of Henry 
II- Day. 
Slend. They [the Shallows] may give the dozen white 
luces in their coat. . . . 
Shal. The luce is the fresh fish. 
Lucernariidai ; calycozoan. 
II. . A member of the genus Lucernaria or 
of the family Lucernari idee; a calycozoan. See 
of insane behavior: an intermission resembling restora- 
tion of health, as distinguished from a mere diminution 
of the disease. 
. lucidce (-de). [NL. (sc. 
e, as opposed 
Xhemighty^orpikeistT^eL^^tS ^=^^nSe|f& a^n^S^h^g^^S^ 
salmon is the king of the fresh waters. into an umbrella in the walls of which are the , donhln or miiitiT..* afar 
7. Walton, Complete Angler, i. 8. reproductive organs. It is a prime division of hydro- Inrfdltv Mil \ r V 1, ^'tt 
A pike, first a Hurling pick, then a Pickerel, then a Pike, zoans, equivalent to Discophora in a common acceptation jHJSX /? ' *?' .;i.t=*- luei te = it- 
then a Luce or Lucie. Holme, p. 345. I that term, and has been divided like the latter into 'UCKttta, < L. as it *luetdtta(t-)g, < lucidus, light, 
luce 2 (lus), n. [Origin obscure.] A rut. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
lucencet, . [ME. Imensc, <OF. "lucence = Sp. 
lucencia, < L. lucent t-)s, shining: see lucent.] ??. ten8 j ve with the order, and is also called Calycoaoa. 
TI,,. ...,,.,.,,...,,,, i :, ti : i.._ t. n-i-i Discophora. 
lucernaridan (lu"ser-nar'i-dan), a. and n. 
n. Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. 
II. n. A member of the Lucernarida; a dis- 
The state or quality of being lucent ; light. 
O lux vera, graunt us jowr lucemt, 
That with the spryte of errour I nat seduot be 
Diffby Mysteries, p. 9C. (Halliwell.) 
lucency (lu'sen-si), n. [Se 
or quality of 'being lucent 
splendor. [Karei] 
A name of some note and lucency, but lucency of the 
Nether-fire sort. Carlyle, French Rev., III. 1. 6. 
See 
I. 
intellectual transparency. 
He [Voltaire] looked on things straight ; and he had a 
marvelous logic and lucidity. 
M. Arnold, Mixed Essays, p. 169. 
Thought-transference is out of the question, and M. 
Richet has recourse to the theory of a sort of clairvoyance 
generic name of lucidity, a vision in 
ptical impediments no longer act as 
Science, XII. 47. 
It contains discophorans with the um- =Syn. Clearness, Plainness, etc. See penvicuitu 
w&SSftift In a lucid manner: 
referred He argued the matter during two hours, and no doubt 
Depastrum, and Carduella. lucidly and forcibly. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xxiv. 
*elurencf-\ The state cophoran; an acraspedote medusan or jellyfish. i ^ i t S a ^ re " our8 fl to 
?brihta ssTTus'e * Lucernariida (lu : 4r-na-n'i-de), n.pt [^L., %S8%%&?% 
< Lucernaria + -ida;.] The typical family of such. 
Lucernariadce. 
brellar 
arms 
shining; lustrous; resplendent. 
I meant the day-starre should not brighter rise, 
Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. 
B. Jonson, Epigrams, Ixxv. 
Lucent syrops tinct with cinnamon. 
Keats, Eve of St. Agnes. 
lucern 1 (lu'sern), . [< ME. lucern, < OF. lu- 
cerne, luserne, luiserne, lucarne, a lamp, also 
glow-worm, also, like F. lucarne, a roof -window 
(see lucarne), = Sp. lucerna, < L. lucerna, a 
lamp, < lucere, shine : see lucent.] A lamp. 
A multitude of wreaths, tablets, masks, festoons lu- 
cernes, [and] genii holding lyres. 
C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 375. 
lucern 2 (lu'sern), . [Also lusern, luserne, lu- 
zern, luzerne, luzarne, lyserne; appar. < OF. lii- 
cervere, locervere, lovecerviere, fern, of loup-cer- 
vier, a lynx (see loup-cervier), confused with OF 
luberne, luperne, loniberne, a female leopard or 
panther, and its hide.] If. A lynx; also, the 
fur of the lynx, formerly in great esteem. 
The Lyserne, the Beauer, the Sable, the Martron, the 
black and dunne fox. HaMuyt's Voyayei, I. 479. 
2f. A sort of 1 hunting-dog. 
Let me have 
My Lucerns too, or dogs inur'd to hunt 
Beasts of most rapine. 
Chapman, Bussy D'Ambois, iii. 1. 
lucernS, n. See lucerne. 
lucerna (lu-ser'na), . [L. : see lucernl.] 1. 
An ancient lamp. See lucernl. 2. A quasi- 
Nicholson, Zool., 1878, 
p. 133. 
lucerne, lucern 3 (lu- 
sern'), n, [< F. luzerne, 
formerly luserne, lu- 
cerne.] A leguminous 
plant. Medicago sativa, 
a highly valuable pas- 
ture- and forage-plant, 
cultivated from an- 
cient times, now wide- 
ly spread in temperate 
climates. In the United 
States it has been cultivated 
with especial success in 
southern California. It is 
greatly relished by animals, 
and under favorable con- 
ditions yields several crops 
in a year. It is also an im- 
prover of soil. In the western United States it is best 
known under the Spanish name alfalfa, having been Intro 
duced into California from South America. Also called 
Spanish trefoil, French, Brazilian, or Chilian clover, and in 
British usage medic or purple medic. 
Lucerne hammer. See hammeri. 
Lucianist (lu'shian-ist), n. [< Lucian (see def.) 
+ -is*.] 1. One of the followers of Lucian or 
Lucan, a Marcionite leader in the second cen- 
Flowenng Branch o( Lucerne 
\Medtcagosatrva}. a, flower: *. 
fruit. 
Lucifer (lu'si-fer), n. [= F. Lucifer = Sp. Luci- 
fero = Pg. Lucifer = It. Lucifero, < L. lucifer, 
light-bringing, applied to the moon (Diana), 
and to the morning star (Venus), and poet, to 
day, < lux (luc-), light, + ferre = E. Sear 1 : 
see lucent, Ughfl, and Jeer 1 . The equiv. Gr. 
word is </>umti6pof. see plwsphorus.] 1. The 
morning star; the planet Venus when she ap- 
pears in the morning before sunrise : when she 
follows the sun, or appears in the evening, she 
is called Hesperus, or the evening star. Ap- 
plied by Isaiah figuratively to a king of Babv- 
lon. 
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the 
morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which 
didst weaken the nations ! I B . x j v . m. 
2. The prince of darkness ; Satan. [This use 
arises from an early opinion that in the above 
passage from Isaiah reference was made to 
Satan.] 
And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer 
Never to hope again. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., ill. 
Panda>monium, city and proud seat 
Of Lucifer; so by allusion call'd 
Of that bright star to Satan paragon'd. 
MUton, P. L., 
rection, but some representative of 
.- 2. 
ry Pg. 
.lucidm, light, bright, clear, 
It Is usually made of a small plin oMvood tipped 
8 P<s'm nitrate. Also called 
