lug 
3. A projecting part of some object resembling 
more or less in form or position the human ear. 
(a) A projecting piece or ear on a Teasel or other object to 
serve as a handle, or on a tile or the like to afford it a hold 
when used in roofing. 
The first [tile] is moulded with a lug, which secures 
itself in position by catching above the lath of the roof ; 
the second shows a tile moulded with two lugs, by which 
it engages the tiles of the courses above and below. 
C. T. Dams, Bricks and Tiles, p. 330. 
Projecting lugs, to which the copper bars are attached. 
S. P. Thompson, Dynamo-Elect. Mach., p. 143. 
(6)In jiutch., a projecting piece ; specifically, a short flange 
by or to which something is fastened. 
The ring is fastened to the plug, and held to the breech 
by the luge and boss. 
Michatlis, tr. of ilonthaye's Krupp and De Bange, p. 36. 
(c) A projecting piece upon a founders' flask or mold, (rf) 
In single harness, one of the two loops of leather depen- 
dent from the saddle, one on each side, through which the 
shafts are passed for support, (e) The arm of a bee-frame. 
4. A jamb or side wall of a recess, as a fireplace. 
And for him who sat by the chimney lug, 
Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug. 
WhMier, Maud Muller. 
5. A grade of tobacco. 
In this condition the leaves [of tobacco] are stripped from 
the stems, sorted into qualities, such as lugs, or lower 
leaves, "firsts, "and "seconds." Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 424. 
To blaw in one's lug. See blaw. 
lug 2 (lug), v. t. [< lug%, .] To form with a lug 
or projection: as, to tug a door-sill (that is, to 
hollow out or chamfer off the upper and outer 
angle of the stone to within a short distance of 
each end, the parts not cut away forming the 
lugs). 
lug 3 (lug), . [Perhaps <, lug 1 , v., pull (pluck) ; 
but cf.To^r 1 .] 1. A rod or pole. 2. A pliable 
rod or twig such as is used in thatching. 3f. A 
measure of length, properly 15 feet 1 inch, but 
sometimes 164, 18, or 20 feet (a lutj of coppice- 
wood in Herefordshire was 49 square yards); 
a pole or perch. [Prov. Eng. in all senses.] 
And eke that ample Pitt, yet far renownd 
For the large leape which Debon did compell 
Coulin to make, being eight lugs of growud, 
Into the which retourning backe he fell. 
Spenser, F. Q.,11. x. 11. 
lug-a-leaf (lug'a-lef), )i. The brill. Willughby. 
[Cornwall, Eng'.] 
lugbait (lug'bat), n. Same as lugworm. 
lug-bolt (lug' bolt), re. A cylindrical bolt to 
which is welded a flat iron bar. The head is usu- 
ally a hook which is received by a lug, or it passes through 
the lug and is held by a nut. Sometimes the flat bar has 
holes by which it is fastened to a timber by separate bolts 
or screws. Also called strap-bolt. 
lugdoret, Same as lokdore. 
luget, n. and '. A Middle English form of lodge. 
lug-foresail (Iug'f6r"sal or -si), . In a schooner, 
a foresail set without any boom. 
luggage (lug'aj), n. [< lug**- + -age.'] I. Any- 
thing to be carried that is cumbersome and 
heavy. 
What do you mean, 
To dote thus on such luggage > 
Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 231. 
My misfortune made me think before 
My life a tedious and painful trouble, 
My very soul a luggage, and too heavy 
For me to carry. Shirley, The Wedding, v. 2. 
2. Baggage; especially, a traveler's baggage. 
[In this special sense chiefly in Great Britain.] 
The luggage is too great that f ollowes your camp. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Kemonst. 
I am gathering up my luggage and preparing for my 
journey. Swift. 
I left my servant at the railway looking after the lug- 
gage very heavy train and vast quantity of it in the van. 
Dickens, Hard Times, ii. 1. 
luggage-saddle (lug'aj-sad"l), . A pad on 
which goods or personal effects are carried on 
a led horse. 
luggage-van (lug'aj-van), n. A railway-car for 
luggage ; a baggage-car. [British.] 
luggatee(lug-a-te'),>i. Theturbot. [Prov. Eng.] 
lugged (lug'ed, 
lugd), . [< luyU 
+ -ecft.~\ Having 
ears, or appen- 
dages resem- 
bling ears. 
The long fool's 
coat, the huge slop, 
the lugy'd boot 
Marston, Scourge of 
(Villainy, L 10. 
O rare ! to see thee 
fizz and freath 
I' th' lugget canp ! 
Burns, Scotch Drink. 
lugger 1 (lug'er), 
. [A var. of log- 
!in-(i)(D. logger) 
or < %1, n., 'lug- Lui;gcr . 
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sail, + -frl (?). Hence F. lougre, Sp. Pg. lugre.~\ 
A vessel carrying either two or three masts, 
often with a running bowsprit and always with 
lug-sails. On the bowsprit are set two or three 
jibs, and the lug-sails hang obliquely to the 
masts. 
It appears that the Fair Rosamond had captured a lug- 
ger with one hundred and sixty Africans, and shortly after 
saw the Black Joke in chase of two other luggers. 
Everett, Orations and Speeches, I. 333. 
lullingly 
luke 2 , i'. A Middle English or dialectal form of 
In order, on the clean hearthstane, 
The luggies three are ranged. Burns, Halloween. 
luggun (lug'un), n. Same as la<j<j<m. 
luggur falcon. Same a.sjugger. 
lug-mark (lug'mark), re. An ear-mark for iden- 
tification, as on a sheep or a dog. 
lug-perch (lug'perch), . A long measure: same 
as lug*, 3. 
lug-sail (lug'sal), H. [< luff 1 + sail; or perhaps 
< lug' 2 (with ref. to the upper corner or ' ear' of 
I. Dipping Lug-sail ; a. Standing Lug-sail ; 3. Split Lug-sail. 
the sail?) + sail.'] A quadrilateral sail bent 
upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast at 
about one third of its length : a common rig for 
boats of men-of-war. Also lug. Lug-sail boat, 
a boat rigged with a lug -sail ; a lugger. 
lugubriqsity (lu-gu-bri-os'i-ti), . [As lugubri- 
ous + -ity.\ Lugubriousness. Imp. Diet. 
lugubrious (lu-gu'bri-us), a. [Eprmerly also 
lugubrous; with suffix -ous (cf. F. Sp. Pg. It. 
lugubre), < L. lugtibris, mournful, mourning, < 
lugere, mourn; cf. Gr. Auypof, sad, /W}<<if, de- 
struction.] 1. Characterized by or expressing 
mourning or sorrow ; mournful ; doleful ; fune- 
real; dejected: as, lugubrious wailing; alugubri- 
ous look or voice. 
Act no passionate, lugubrious, tragical part, whatever 
secular provocation cross us on the stage. 
Hammond, Works, IV. 546. 
2. Exciting mournful feelings; pitiful; dismal; 
depressing: as, a lugubrious spectacle or event. 
Beppo dived deep down into the lugubrious and obscure 
regions of Rascaldom. Carlyle. 
=Syn. Sorrowful, melancholy, doleful. 
lugubriously (lu-gu'bri-us-li), adv. In a lugu- 
brious manner ; mournfully ; sadly. 
lugubriousness (lu-gu'bri-us-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being lugubrious ; sorrowfulness ; 
sadness. 
lugworm (lug'werm), n. [< lugl + worm. Cf. 
lobworm.] An annelid of the family Arenicolidce, 
inhabiting the sea-shore. A common species is Areni 
cola piscatorum, a large worm, 8 or 10 inches long, much 
used for bait. It belongs to a different order from the earth- 
worm proper, though its habits are similar. It crawls 
through sandy and muddy soil, eating its way as it goes, and 
leaving in its wake coiled casts of the soil thus passed 
through its body. The head is large, eyeless and jawless, 
with a proboscis ; the gills are thirteen pairs of gaily col- 
ored tufts, and the rings of the body are furnished with 
bristles like those of other chsetopod worms. Also called 
lobworm and lugbait. 
l-0.it (luf ), n. A Scotch spelling of too/l. 
luinig, n. [Gael.] A short plaintive song or 
lament sung in western Scotland and the Heb- 
rides. 
luke 1 (luk), a. [< ME. luke, leuke, letcke (= D. 
teuk- in leuicwarm = E. lukewarm), appar. an 
unexplained var. or extension of lew, warm (see 
lew*) ; perhaps due to confusion with AS. wtec, 
tepid. The history and connections have not 
been cleared up.] Slightly warm ; lukewarm; 
tepid. 
If it be coole in heete and luke in colde, 
The better may thowe with that water holde. 
Palladim. Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X p. 3. 
Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke. 
Dickens, Pickwick, xxxiii. 
lukenesst (luk'nes), n. Lukewarmness. 
lukert, A former spelling of lucre. 
lukewarm (luk'warm), . [< ME. 'lukewarm 
(= D. Iciikirarm = LG. lukwarm (equiv. to sink- 
warm); < li<kcl + irarm. Cf. fewwam.] 1. Only 
moderately warm ; tepid; neither cold nor hot. 
There is difference 
Between lukewarm and boiling, madam. 
B. Junson, Catiline, ii. 1. 
Their lukewarm dinner, served up between two pewter 
plates from a cook's shop. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xxxii. 
2. Not ardent ; not zealous ; cool ; indifferent : 
as, lukewarm obedience. 
Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I 
will spue thee out of my mouth. Rev. ill. 16. 
lukewarmly (luk' warm-li), adv. In a lukewarm 
degree or manner, (a) With moderate warmth, (b) 
With indifference ; coolly. 
lukewarnmess (luk'warm-nes), ii. The state 
or character of being lukewarm, literally or fig- 
uratively; tepidness; indifference. 
lukewafmth (luk ' warmth), n. [< luke 1 + 
warmth.'] Lukewarmness. [Rare.] 
Passionately offended at the falsehood and perfidious- 
ness of certain faithless men, and at the lukewarmth and 
indifference of others. Addison, Ladies' Association. 
lull (lul), v. [< ME. Mien, lollen, lull, = MB. 
lollen, hum, sing, D. ?o/teH,sing badly, caterwaul, 
lullen, chatter, prate, also deceive, cheat, = LG. 
G. Mien, lull, = Icel. Sw. Mia = Dan. Mle, lull, 
sing to sleep (cf. loll); prob., like L. lallare, sing 
to sleep, imitative, a redupl. of the syllable la or 
lu used in singing a child to sleep. Cf . loll, lulla- 
by.] I. trans. 1. To quiet; compose; assuage; 
caress; cause to rest or subside by gentle, sooth- 
ingmeans: as,tpiHachild or a feverish patient; 
to lull grief, pain, or suspicion. 
In her barme the litel childe she leide 
With fill sadde face, and gan the childe to blesse, 
And lulled it, and atter gan to kisse. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, L 497. 
Feet and fayre hondes 
That non ben croised I custe hem ofte, 
I lulled hem, I leid hem softe. 
Legend of the Holy Rood, p. 183. 
Antonio, your mistress will never wake while you sing 
so dolefully ; love, like a cradled infant, is lulled by a sad 
melody. Sheridan, The Duenna, i. 1. 
The Roman was not without excuses that could lull his 
moral feelings to repose. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 301. 
2f. To deceive. 
Whou sone this sori men [seweden] his soule, 
And oueral Mlede him with heretykes werkes I 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 632. 
= Syn. 1. To calm, hush, tranquilize. 
II. intrans. To subside; cease; become calm: 
as, the wind lulls. 
lull (lul), n. [< lull, .] 1. That which lulls; 
a quieting or soothing influence. [Poetical.] 
Yonder lull 
Of falling waters tempted me to rest. 
Young, The Revenge, v. 2. 
2. Temporary quiet and rest; suspension of 
activity or turmoil, as in a storm or any kind 
of excessive action. 
With returning silence, with the lull of the chime, . . . 
she still resumed the dream. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xiii. 
lulla, lully (lul'S, -i), interj. [ME. lulty, Ml,,, 
lullay, etc.: see lull, lullaby.'] A common bur- 
den in nursery songs. 
Lully lulla thow litell tine child ; 
By, by, lully. lullay, thow Httell tyne child. 
Coventry Mysteries (ed. Halliwell), p. 414. 
lullaby (lul'a-bi), n. ; pi. lullabies (-\>lz). [<lull, 
lulla, + -by, a meaningless addition. Cf. rock- 
(iby.~] 1 . A song sung to lull children to sleep ; 
a cradle-song. 
Philomel, with melody 
Sing in our sweet lullaby; 
Lulla, lulla, lullaby. 
Shak., M. N. D., ii. 2. 14. 
Drinking is the lullaby used by nurses to still crying 
children. Locke, Education. 
2. A cradle-song, or an instrumental piece in 
the style of a cradle-song; a berceuse. 
lullaby (lul'a-bi), v. t.; pret. and pp. Mlabied, 
ppr. htttalnjing. [< lullaby, .] To lull to sleep; 
hush with a lullaby. 
Silence fell upon them, the gliding water lapping the 
bruised face and lullabying the perturbed spirit, the soft 
hand of the girl weaving a spell for the wounded warrior. 
The Century, XXXVI. 901. 
luller (lul'er), . One who lulls or fondles. 
lullingly (lul'ing-li), adv. In a lulling manner ; 
so as to quiet or soothe. 
The gentle sway of his measure . . . floats you lullingly 
along from picture to picture. 
l.au'M, Among my Books, id ser., p. 17$. 
