Lucifer 
Every traveller should provide himself with agood Immly 
steel, proper Hint, utitl unfailing tinder, ln-cause lueiferx 
are llaMe ii> acci.lents. J. T. Fields, I'nderbruih, p. ISO. 
4. The typical genus of l.i-if<-n<ln: 5. () A 
genus of onmming-birds. A species f northern 
Mexico and adjoining parts of (lie I'nlted States is Troclii- 
hut or Calothitrax luctfer, having the gorgelet prolonKeit 
IntoaruH. (4) [I.e.] Any humming-bird of the 
genus Calothnraj: or l.iirifi r, of which there are 
several speeies. 
Luciferian 1 (lii-si-fe'ri-an), a. [< Lucifer (see 
del'.) + -inn. 1 of or pertaining to Lucifer or 
Satau; devilish. 
That nil thut lui-ifrrian exorcism he blotted out. 
Jer. Taylor, DiB.iuasive from 1'opery, il. 1 19. 
Luciferian 2 (lu-si-fe'ri-an), a. and . [< Lucifer 
i see del'. ) + -iiiii.] I. n. Of or pertaining to Lu- 
i it'er, Bishop of Cagliari in the island of Sardinia 
during the fourth century, or to his followers. 
II. n. One of the followers of Lucifer, Bishop 
of Cagliari. The I.uciferlans were vehement upholders 
of the Nicene faith, and separated themselves fruin their 
fellow-Catholics solely on the ground that thelattersh.iucil 
undue leniency to those who had heeu received back into 
the church after forsaking Arianism. Also Luctferiie. 
Luciferidae (lu-si-fer'i-de), . /</. [NL., < LH- 
cifi'f, 4, + -idn:] A family of thoraeostracous 
or podophthalmic crustaceans, typified by the 
Lutina pettHiylvanica. 
Devil Shrimp, a species of Lucifer. 
genus Lucifer, and characterized by the absence 
of the last pair of thoracic legs. They are con- 
sequently excluded from Decapoda, and are either placed 
with the opossum-shrimps and mantis-shrimps in Sttma- 
tupoda, or made a separate tribe, Aplopoda, as by Dana. 
Luciferite (lu'si-fer-it), . [< Lucifer (see Lu- 
cifrrian) + -(e 2 .] Same as Lueiferian*. 
luciferous (lu-sif 'e-rus), a. [< L. lucifer, light- 
bringing (see Lucij'cr), + -ous.] 1 . Giving light; 
affording light or means of discovery. Boyle, 
Works, IV. 394. [Bare.] 2. In entom., hav- 
ing phosphorescent organs : applied to insects 
which emit light, as the glow-worm. 3. [cap.] 
Of or pertaining to Lucifer or Satan; Luciferi- 
an; Satanic. [Rare.] 
This Lucifemus and gluttonous heart. 
J. Bradford, Letters (I'arker Soc., 1853), II. 32. 
luciferously (lu-sif e-rus-li), adv. 1. In a lucif- 
erous manner ; so as to enlighten or illuminate. 
Sir T. Itrtni'iii; Christ. Mor., III. 8. [Rare.] 
2. [cap.] Satanically; diabolically. 
Euery vulgarly-esteemed upstart dares breake the dread- 
full dignity of antient and autenticall Poesie, and presume 
Luctferously to proclame in place thereof repugnant pre- 
cepts of their owne spaune. 
Chapman, Masque of Middle Temple. 
lucific (lu-sif'ik), n. [< LL. liiciflcus, light-mak- 
ing, < L. lux (luc-), light, + facere, make.] Pro- 
ducing light. N. Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, II. 
ii. $ 14. [Rare.] 
luciform (lu'si-form), u. [< L. lux (luc-), light, 
+ forma, f orm. ] Having the form or nature of 
light; resembling light. [Rare.] 
Plato speaketh of the mind, or soul, as a driver that 
guides and governs a chariot, which is, not unfitly, styled 
aii-yoctScc, a lucifartn, tcthereal vehicle. 
Bp. Berkeley, Siris, J 171. 
Lucifriaut, . An improper form of Liiciferian 1 . 
Miirston. 
lucifugOUS (lu-sif 'u-gus), a. [< L. lucifiigus, 
shunning 'lie light, ^ lux (luc-), light, + fugere, 
flee.] Shunning light; avoiding daylight : ap- 
plied to various animals, as bats, cockroaches, 
etc. 
lucigen (lu'si-jen). . and a. [< L. lux (luc-), 
light, + -\/gen, produce: see -gen.] I. n. A mod- 
ern lamp of great illuminating power, in which 
oil is burned under conditions which produce 
and maintain for probably the longest possible 
time in an illuminating flame a white heat in the 
carbon particles. The principle upon which the lamp 
operates is the atomization of the oil by the action of escap- 
ing compressed air heated during its passage to the atomiz- 
ing jet. The oil and air are thus intimately mingled, at a 
high temperature at the Instant of ignition, in such pro- 
portions as to gain the maximum illuminating effect. 
II. u. A term applied to a system of light- 
ing by lucigens. 
The new system of lighting known as hiciifen permit s of 
obtaining an intense light of great brilliancy under very 
remarkable conditions. Sci. Amtr., X. S., LIX. 147. 
Luciidae (lu-si'i-de), . /</. [XL., < /.//.< + 
-/</.] The pikes, as a family of fishes: same 
as Enwitln: C. L. Jltiuiiparte. 
MM 
lucimeter (lu-sim'e-ter), . [< L. <./ (?<-). 
light, + (it. i/i-/Hir, measure.] 1. A photonn-- 
ter. 2. A sunshine-recorder designed to mea- 
sure the combined effect of the duration and 
intensity of sunshine in promoting evapora- 
tion. 
Lucina (lu-si'iift), . [L., the goddess of child- 
liirth, prop. fem. of lucinux, < lux (1'ir-), light : 
see IHI-I ni.] 1. in iti, in. mi/Hi., the goddess who 
presided over childbirth, considered as a daugh- 
ter of Jupiter and Juno, but frequently con- 
fused with Juno or with 
Diana. She correspond- 
ed more or less closely 
to the Greek goddess 
Kileithyia. 2. [NL.] In 
:uiil. : (a) The typical ge- 
nus of Lueinitlw, having 
both lateral and cardinal 
teeth. /,. itenlata is a species 
whose white shell shows con- 
centric lines of growth overlaid 
with oblique radiate striatioti 
Bruyuitre, 1791. (6) A genus of flies of the fam- 
ily Sciomyzida:, containing two large gray Euro- 
pean species resembling members of the genus 
Scatophatja. Meigen, 1830. (c) A genus of or- 
thopterous insects. Walker, 1870. 
Lucinacea (lu-si-na'se-a), . pi. [NL., < Lucina, 
2, + -acea.] A superfamily of integropalliate 
dimyarian mollusks, represented by the Lud- 
iiiiln' and related families. 
lucinacean (lu-si-na'se-an), a. and n. I. a. Of 
or pertaining to the Lucinacea. 
II. n. A member of the Lucinacea. 
Lucinidae (lu-sin'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Lucina, 2, 
+ -idtK.] A family of integropalliate siphoii- 
ate bivalve mollusks. The aual and branchial orifices 
are well defined but scarcely siphonate ; the uiouth ui very 
small, and the labial palpi are rudimentary ; the branchiee 
are large and double, and the foot is vermiform. The shell 
is subclrcular and equivalve, the hinge typically with two 
cardinal and two lateral teeth in each valve, but variableand 
sometimes edentulous; the ligament is marginal and sub- 
internal, and the anterior muscular impression elongated. 
The genera and species are numerous ; the living ones are 
found In temperate and tropical seas ; fossil forms go back 
to the Silurian. See Lucina. 
lucioid (lu'si-oid), n. and a. [< LL. lucius, a 
pike (see Lucius), + Gr. eWof, form.] I. H. A 
fish of the family Esocidee; a pike. SirJ.Sich- 
ard.ion. 
II. a. Like a pike ; esociue. 
Luciola (lu-si'o-la), n. [NL. (Laporte, 1833), < 
It. luccioki, a firefly, formerly also a glow-worm, 
< luce, < L. lux (luc-), light: see light 1 .] A ge- 
nus of fireflies of the family Lampyridte, having 
a short transverse prothorax, carinate, and nar- 
rowly margined. It is widely distributed, with over so 
species, usually dark-brown and yellow. L. luntanica is 
a highly luminous species, which may emit Hashes every 
two or three seconds. 
Lucioperca (lusi-o-per'ka), n. [NL.,<LL. 
lucius, a pike, + L. nerca, perch.] A Cuvierian 
genus of percoid fishes, synonymous -with Stizo- 
stedium ; the pike-perches. L. tandra is the giant 
pike-perch of Europe, 3 or 4 feet long, of voracious habits 
and valuable as a food-fish. 
Lucius (lu'si-us), w. [NL., < LL. lucius, a fish, 
supposed to be the pike ; cf . Gr. /Wxcof, a kind 
of fish, lit. 'wolf, = L. lupus, wolf: see Lupus. 
Hence ult. (< LL. lucius) E. luce 1 .] A genus 
of fishes, the pikes : same fts Esox. 
luck 1 (luk), n. [< ME. /*-, lid-ke (not found in 
AS. ) = OFries. Ink = D. luk, gcluk = MLG. lucke, 
LG. luk (= Icel. lulcka = Sw. lycka = Dan. lykkc, 
< a.) = OHG. "gilucchi (not recorded), MHG. 
geliicke, gliicke, G. gliick, good fortune, luck, 
happiness; prob. orig. only HG., the LG. forms 
being prob., like the Scand., from the HG. 
Connection with D. lokken = OHG. locclivn. 
MHG. G. locken = Icel. lokka = Sw. locka = 
Dan. lokke, allure, entice, seems improbable, 
on account of the difference of meaning.] 1. 
Fortune; hap; that which happens to a person 
by chance, conceived as having a real tendency 
to be favorable or unfavorable, or as if there 
were an inward connection between a succes- 
sion of fortuitous occurrences having the same 
characters favorable or unfavorable. Thus, 
gamesters say that one ought to continue to play while 
the luck is in one's favor and leave off when the luck turns 
against one. 
To tell of good or evil luck, 
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality. 
SHak., Sonnets, \iv. 
Here's a Trout has taken my fly : I had rather have lost 
a crown. What luck 's this I he was a lovely fish, and 
turned up a side like a salmon 
("Hun, in Walton's Angler, ii. iftl. 
Oay Ivck to our hunters '. how nobly they ride ' 
H'Mltier. Hunters of Men. 
lucky 
2. Good fortune; favorable hap; a supposed 
something, pertaining to a person, at least for 
a time, givini; to fortuitous events a favorable 
character; also, in a weakened sense, a fortui- 
ombination of favorable occurrence 
His tests best become him because they eome from him 
ruilely and vnatTccted: and hee has the/wrAv coiiummly 
to hane them famous. 
/'/'. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Blunt Man. 
They lyoung men who gamble! think they are " try- 
Ing their luck, ' as the phrase is ; but if they could be con- 
vinced that it is not their luck which they are trying, but 
only a fraction of it, their opponent having the rest In his 
pocket, they would show themselves . . . averse to risks 
In which it is more than an even chance against them. 
/'. Moryatt, Probabilities, I. 
Luck may, and often does, have some share in epheme- 
ral successes, as in a gambler's winnings spent at soon u 
got, but not in any lasting triumph over timr. 
LmvtU, Study Windows, p. 117. 
3. An object with which goodf ortune is thought 
to be connected; especially, a vessel for holding 
liqxiid, as a drinking-cup. There are several such ves- 
sels surviving In England, as the Luck of Edenhall, ]m 
served in a manor-house In the county of Cumberland. 
The drlnklng-glass of crystal tall ; 
They call It the Luck of Edenhall. 
Ltinufelltnc, The Luck of Edenhall. 
Fisherman's luck. See fteherman. Qrenay luck. Pee 
yreamj, 9. To be down oh one's luck, to be in bad luck. 
IC'olloq.] 
They say that when Mrs. C. was particularly dmen on 
her luck, she gave concerts and lessons in music here and 
there. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Ixiv. 
=8yn. Bee happy. 
lucki (luk), v. [< ME. lukken (= MLG. lucken); 
from the noun.] I. intrans. To be lucky. Hal- 
liin II. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. trans. To make lucky. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
luck 2 (luk), . [Avar, of lock*,] A lock of wool 
twisted on the finger of a spinner. 
She straight slipp'd off the Wall and Band, 
And laid aside her Lucia and Twitches. 
Bloomfield, Richard and Kate, 1. SO. 
Miss Gisborne's flannel is promised the last of the week 
there is a bunch of hick* down cellar ; bring them up. 
5. Judd, Margaret, i. 2. 
Luckenbooth brooch. A brooch of a fashion 
formerly sold in the Luckenbooths in Edin- 
burgh, usually heart-shaped and of silver, some- 
times of more elaborate pattern, as of two 
hearts conjoined, and often bearing inscrip- 
tions. These brooches were used as gifts of 
love and betrothal. 
luckie, n. See lucky 2 . 
luckily (luk'i-li), adv. In a lucky manner; for- 
tunately; by good fortune; with a favorable 
issue : as, luckily we escaped injury. 
luckiness (luk'i-nes), . The state or quality 
of being lucky or fortunate; good fortune; fa- 
vorable issue or event. 
luckite (luk'it), n. TLuclc(y Boy) (see def.) + 
-tte 2 .] A variety of the mineral melanterite, or 
hydrous ferrous sulphate, containing a small 
amount of manganese. It is found at the 
" Lucky Boy" silver-mine in Utah. 
luckless (luk'les), a. [< luck 1 + -less.] I. 
Having no luck ; suffering mischance ; un- 
lucky; unsuccessful: as, a luckltus gamester. 
Ah, luckless poet ! stretch thy 1 ungs and roar. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. L 324. 
2. Unattended by luck ; bringing or marked by 
ill luck or misfortune; unfortunate; unfavor- 
able : as, a luckless adventure. 
The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time. 
Shot., S Hen. VL, v. 8. 45. 
= Syn, Unlucky, Ill-starred, ill-fated. 
lucklessly (luk'les-li), adc. In a luckless man- 
ner; unfortunately; unsuccessfully. 
lucklessness (luk'les-nes), . The state of be- 
ing luckless or unfortunate. Imp. Diet. 
luck-penny (luk'pen'i), n. 1. A small sum 
given back "for luck" to the purchaser or 
payer by the person who receives money in a 
bargain or other transaction. [Scotch and 
Irish.] 2. A copper tossed overboard "for 
luck." 
lucky 1 (luk'i), a. and . [< luck 1 + -y 1 .] I. . 
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with 
good success : as, a lucky adventurer. 
This is fairy gold, boy. . . . We are lucky. 
Skat., W. T., lit 8. 129. 
2. Producing good by chance or unexpectedly ; 
favorable; auspicious: as, a lucky adventure; 
a lucky time ; a lucky cast. 
So may some gentle Muse 
With lucky words favour my destined urn ; 
And, as he passes, turn, 
And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud. 
Miltun, Lycidaa, 1. 20. 
