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Well met, gentlemen; this is lucky that we meet so just lucllferOUSt (lu-krif'e-rus), a. 
gain, + ferre = E. bear*.] 
able. 
lucrum, 
ludicrous 
tube of which the included stamens are inserted. 
together at this very door. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 173 
.profit There are twoTpecie;, one found in the Himalaya and the 
l, piont- other In tne Kh .f s j a mountains. The best-known species is 
L. yratmima, a small tree with opposite ovate-lanceolate 
leaves, and very fragrant cymes 
opposite ovate-lanceolate 
of showy pink flowers. It 
j-plant. 
(Vc7V is the dearness"of sal armoniaak. Lucuma" (lu-ku'ma), n. [NL. (Jussieu, 1789), 
Boyle, Works, III. 148. from the p eruv _ name .] A genus of dicotyle- 
lucriferousnesst (lu-krif'e-rus-nes), n. Profita- donous gamopetalous plants of the natural order 
Mr. Chivery. who was a man of few words had, on ran- Tn nd thl||g that ls like to keep this experiment ,._, .._ . _. ----- . 
dry Sunday mornings given his boy what he termed " a f , *. Kenera ii y useful as perhaps it will prove i 8 a highly ornamental hothouse-plant. 
lucky touch" on the shoulder, signifying that he consider- -- 
, 
ed such commendation of him to Good Fortune, prepare- 
Boyle, Works, II. 30. 
a. [< L. lucrificus, gam- 
facere, make.] Producing 
tiapotacece, the soapberry family. It is character- 
ized by four- or five-parted flowers, coriaceous exstipulate 
leaves the staminodia or abortive stamens alternate with 
the fertile ones (although sometimes few or wanting), and 
seeds without albumen. It embraces about 50 species, chief- 
" master and I have not forgot it yet. lucrioUSt, An obsolete variant of lucrous. ]y gouth American, but extending from Chili to Mexico and 
Mrs. Centlim-e, Love's Contrivance, i. i,,p rml a (lu'krus), a. [Early mod. E. also orro- the West Indies ; a very few, however, occur in Australia 
1UI/1UUB V* w "/> \- J , ,~ , i xrnl^l Tlioir arp trppRnv shrnhfi with milkv 
Lueky money, coins worn or carried by way of a charm 
sometimes ancient or foreign money. = Syn. 1 and 2. Fur- 
innate, etc. See happy. 
II. n. See the phrase. -To cut one's lucky, 
make one's lucky, to get away ; escape. [Low. ] 
Charley and I made our lucky up the wash'us chimney. 
Dvsketa, Oliver Twist. 
luckyl (luk'i), adv. [< lucky, a.] More than 
enough; too: as, lucky severe; lucky long. 
[Scotch.] 
lucky 2 , ' 
ueously lucrious; = Sp. Pg. It. lucroso, < L. lu~ 
crosus, gainful, < lucrum, gain: see lucre.] Of 
or pertaining to lucre or gain. [Rare.] 
Free from the muck -worm miser's lucrous rage, 
In calm contentment's cottag'd vale of life. 
Cooper, Tomb of Shakespeare. 
UCtation (luk-ta'shon), . [< L. luctatio(n-), a 
wrestling, < luctari, pp. luctatus, wrestle, strive. 
Cf. eluctate, reluct, reluctant.] Effort to over- 
come in a contest; struggle; contest. [Rare.] 
L. luctus, sorrow, 
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fixed to a person's name 
[Scotch.] 
lucky-bag (luk'i-bag), . 
as , Lucky M'Laren. 
A receptacle on_a 
luctual.] Sorrowful; full of sorrow. Bailey, 
1731. 
lucubrate (lu'ku-brat), v. ; pret. and pp. lucu- 
brated, ppr. lucubration. [< L. lucubratus, pp. of 
lucubrare (>ItJCM&rore = Pg. Sp.lucubrar== F. 
man-of-war for all clothes and other articles of .-- Si'cVnV'Hi nsl /i - Sn Pu luctuose 
privatepropertycarelesslyleftbytheirowners. *f*?f*J &S ^JS, sfrro^: see 
Have the master-at-arms with you in this inspection, to 
gather up all articles of private property and put them in 
the lucky bag. Luce, Seamanship, p. 310. 
lucky-dad, lucky-daddie (luk'i-dad, -dad'i), 
n. A grandfather. [Scotch.] 
lucky-hands (luk'i-handz), n. A widely dis- 
tributed fern, Aspidium Filix-mas: so named 
from the resemblance of the young unexpanded 
frond to a hand. The fronds, as well as the roots, were 
used by ignorant and superstitious people as preservatives 
against witchcraft and enchantment. 
lucky-minnie (luk'i-min"i), n. A grandmother. 
[Scotch.] 
lucky-proach (luk'i-proch), n. A fish, the fa- 
ther-lasher. [Scotch.] 
, , 
and New Caledonia. They are trees or shrubs with milky 
juice and clusters of small or middle-sized flowers in the 
axils of the leaves or on the older joints. L. mammosa 
and L. mulUflara of the West Indies are called bully-trees, 
the former of which is the mammee-sapota or marmalade- 
tree. The fruit contains a pleasant-flavored pulp, resem- 
bling quince marmalade in appearance and taste. L. Cai- 
mito of Peru has a smaller fruit, which is said to be supe- 
rior In flavor to the last-named. L. obmata, also of Peru, 
is cultivated in Chili under the name of lucuma de Co- 
quimbo. In a recent revision of the Sapotacea: by Radl- 
kofer this genus has been reduced to two Chilian species, 
the West Indian plants being referred to VitMa.no., but 
they are best known by the name Lucuma. 
Lucumo (lu'ku-mo), . [L., also lucomo, lucmo, 
an inspired person, an Etruscan prince or 
priest; a word of Etruscan origin.] Among 
the ancient Etruscans, the head of a patrician 
or noble family uniting in himself the charac- 
ters of priest "and prince; in general, one of 
the Etruscan nobility. To this class the kings 
also seem to have belonged. 
And plainly and more plainly 
How might the burghers know, 
By port and vest, by horse and crest, 
Each warlike Lucumo. 
Macaulay, Horatius, St. 23. 
light; think closely or seriously; meditate. 
I like to speak and lucubrate my till. 
Byron, Beppo, st. 47. 
II. trans. To elaborate, as by laborious night 
lucky-stone (luk'i-ston), n. An ear-stone or lucubration (lu-ku-bra'shon), n. [= F. lucubra- 
otonth of a fish, superstitiously regarded as tion = Sp. lucubradon = Pg. lucubraf&o = It. lu- 
i__.i_ i. ii cubrazione, < L. lucubratio(n-), working by can- 
dle-light, < lucubrare, pp. lucubratus, work by 
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\ v YV 31 T ilj. / t-r -i \7 T, Macawaii, iiortmus, si. Z6. 
lucubrer), work by candle-light, < (Llt.)lucubrum 
(ML lucubriim, a faint light), < L. lux (luc-), lucus a non lucendo (lu'kus a non lu-sen do), 
light : see lucent. Cf . elucubrate.] I. intrans. [L.: lucus, a wood or grove, esp. one sacred to a 
To study earnestly or laboriously, as by candle- deity; a, from; non, not; lucendo, &bi. gerund 
UOltY Uy JLlVi-Uj ItUH'j ll\JVj mwrwWVj VUfJi-t fe 1 -* " 
of lucere, shine (see lea 1 , a- 10 , non, lucent) ; that 
is, a grove is called lucus (which is in form like 
Incus (lucu-), a light, lucere, be light, shine, lu- 
cidus, light) because it is not light : in allusion 
to the attempt of an ancient grammarian men- 
tioned by Quintilian to derive lucus, a grove, 
from lucere, shine. The two words are in fact 
connected, lucus (like grove) being orig. an open 
light space in a wood.] An absurd etymology 
or derivation; hence, anything inconsequent 
or illogical. Sometimes shortened to lucus a 
bringing luck to the owner or wearer. 
lucrative (lu'kra-tiv), a. [< F. lucratif= Sp. 
Pg. It. lucrativo, < L. lucrativtis, profitable, < 
lucrari, pp. lucratus, gain: see lucre, r.] 1. 
Yielding lucre or gain ; gainful ; highly profit- 
able: as, a lucrative transaction; a lucrative 
business or office. 2f. Greedy of gain; self- 
seeking. 
Let not thy prayer be lucrative, nor vindictive, pray not 
for temporal superfluities. Donne, Sermons, xi. 
Lucrative Office, an office to which compensation is at- 
tached, or perquisites. Lucrative succession, in Scott 
law, a passive title whereby an heir apparent who accepts lucubrator (lu'ku-bra-tor), n. 
a gratuitous grant from his ancestor of any part of the es- _ 0; . n One who lucubrates. me t>ra 
to^h^pIymentofalltheTeMsoTthe'L^estoi'contract^d lucubratory (lu'ku-bra-to-ri), a. [<~L.luctibra- Luddite (lud'it), n. and a. I. . A member 
prior to the grant. =Syn.l. Paying, remunerative. torius, working by candle-light, < lucubrare, o f a conspiracy of workmen in England (1811- 
pp. lucubratiis, work by candle-light: see lucu- ' 
brate, light 1 .] Composed by candle-light ; per- 
taining to nocturnal study or serious thought. 
You must have a dish of coffee and a solitary candle at 
your side, to write an epistle lucubratory to your friend. 
Pope, to Mr. Cromwell, Dec. 21, 1711. 
[ML. : see lucu- 
candle-light : see lucubrate, v.] 1. The act of 
lucubrating; close study or thought; careful 
consideration; meditation. 2. A product of '"' 
thought or study; a written composition; an ludH, a. A Middle English form of loud. 
essav or treatise lud-t, n. A Middle English form of lede*. 
Your monthly lucubratio,* are widely diffused over all L^ (lud), . A minced form of Lord, in petty 
the dominions of Great Britain. oaths ; also vulgarly m address : as, my lud. 
Goldsmith, Essay, National Concord. i^ d ; g ir p e ter, I hope you haven't been quarrelling with 
The most trifling lucubration was denominated ' a work.' Maria? Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 1. 
ludbyt, " Same as loteby. 
Luddism (lud izm), . [< Ludd(ite) + -ism.] 
The practices or opinions of the Luddites. 
, 
[< lucubrate + 
lucratively (lu'kra-tiv-li), ado. In a lucrative 
manner ; profitably. 
lucre (lu'ker), n. [Early mod. E. also luker; 
< ME. *lukre (erroneously lurke, luk, Prompt. 
Parv.), < OF. (and F.) lucre = Sp. Pg. It. lucro, 
< L. lucrum, gain, with formative -crum, from 
a V lu, which appears also in Ir. luach, price, lucubrum (lu'kii-brum), n. 
wages, Gr. /leio, tji'iii, booty (see Lestes), OBulg. brate.] Same as cresset, }. . 
Icmu, booty (Russ. loviti, take as booty); AS. lean lucule (lu'kul), n. [= F. lucule, < NL. as if *lu- 
= OS. OFries. Ion = D. loon = MLG. Ion = OHG. cula, dim. of L. lux (luc-), light: see luculent, 
MHG. Ion, G. lonn = Icel. laun = Sw. Dan. Ion = light 1 .] In astron., a luminous spot on the sun. 
Goth, laun, reward.] Gain in money or goods ; luculent (lu'ku-lent), a. [ME. luculent = It. 
profit: often, in a restricted sense, base or un- luculento, < L. luculentus, full of light, bright, . 
worthy gain; money or wealth as the object of splendid, < lux (luc-), light: see lucent, light 1 .] luddockt, . [ Uk. luddock, luddok.} Loin. JA- 
1816) banded together for the destruction of im- 
proved machines, under the delusion that these 
diminished employment: said to have called 
themselves Luddites from an imbecile named 
Ned Lud, who broke two stocking-frames from 
anger. The disturbances created by them were 
called Luddite riots, and required stern mea- 
sures for their repression. 
Who makes the quartern loaf and Luddites rise ? 
J. and U. Smith, Rejected Addresses, No. 1. 
II. o. Of or pertaining to the Luddites: as, 
Luddite riots. 
sordid greed; hence, greed. 
Not greedy of filthy lucre. 1 Tim. ill. 3. 
Love to my child, and lucre of the portion, 
Provoked me. B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, v. 6. 
Until I gave one of them a small knife to cut betel nuts, 
he would not go with us ; but for the lucre of that he con- 
ducted us to a town. 
Jlob. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 424). 
lucret, c. '. [Early mod. E. also luker; < OF. 
1. Bright; luminous; transparent. 
Trie oute the grape unhurt, neither to ripe, 
Neither to soure, as gemmes luculent. 
Fattadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 186. 
It emitted a luculent flame as bright and large as a small 
wax candle. Evelyn, Diary, May 6, 1645. 
2. Clear; evident; unmistakable. 
The most luculent testimonies that the Christian reli- 
gion hath. Hooker, Eccles, Polity, v. 40. 
ber Cure Cocorum, p. 43. 
luden+j n. Same as leden. 
ludibnoust (lu-dib'ri-us), a. [= Pg. ludibrioso, 
< LL. ludibriosus, scornful, < L. ludibritim, a 
mockery, < litdere, play, sport: see ludicrous.] 
Ridiculous ; sportive; wanton. [Rare.] 
Needlesse it shall be to refute this phansie, which falleth 
to the ground of itselfe as a ludibrious follie of the man. 
Tooker, Fabric of the Church (1604), p. 119. 
lucrer, < L. lucrari, gain, < lucrum, gain: see luculently (lu'ku-lent-li), adv. In a luculent ludibundnesst (lu'di-bund-nes), . [< 'ludi- 
lund (not recorded) (< L. ludibundus, sportive, 
< ludere, play) + -ness.] Sportiveness ; play- 
fulness. 
lucre, n.] To gain. Levins, Manip. Vocab., manner; lucidly; clearly; luminously, 
col. 182, 1. 35. Nowhere has the transition . . . been so luculently 
Lucretian (lu-kre shian), . [< Lucretius (see shown as here. 
def.) + -an.] Of or pertaining to any member Uax Mutter, Science of Lang., N. S., p. 542. 
of the ancient Roman gens of the Lucretii ; es- Luculia (lu-ku'li-a), n. [NL. (Robert Sweet, 
pecially, relating to or characteristic of the Ro- 1820), from the ffepalese name, Luculi swa, 
man poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Cams of one of the species, L. gratissima.'] A genus ludicrous (lu'di-krus), a. [= OF. litdicre = Pg. 
(about 98-55 B. c.), eminent as a poet, and as of plants of the natural order Rubiacece and of It. ludicro, < L. ludicrus, sportive, < Indus, play, 
the most important exponent of the Epicurean the tribe Cinchoneie, distinguished by the im- < ludere, play, sport. Cf. allude, collude, delude, 
philosophy. bricated lobes of the corolla, on the throat or elude, illude, prelude.] Serving for or exciting 
That ludibundness of nature in her gamaieus, and such 
like sportful and ludicrous productions. 
Dr. H. More, Mystery of Iniquity, I. xv. 14. 
