Part 801

A great lubberly boy.

Shak.

Lub"ber*ly, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. Dryden.

{ Lu"bric (?), Lu"bric*al (?), } a. [L. lubricus: cf. F. lubrique.] 1. Having a smooth surface; slippery. [R.]

2. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. [R.]

This lubric and adulterate age.

Dryden.

Lu"bri*cant (?), a. [L. lubricans, p. pr. of lubricare, See Lubricate.] Lubricating.

Lu"bri*cant, n. That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

Lu"bri*cate (?), v. t. [L. lubricatus, p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric.] 1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. S. Sharp.

Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine.

Young.

2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.

Lu`bri*ca"tion (?), n. The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

Lu"bri*ca`tor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.

2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

Lu*bric"i*tate (?), v. i. See Lubricate.

Lu*bric"i*ty (?), n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F. lubricité.]

1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. Ray.

2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune. L'Estrange.

3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency. Sir T. Herbert.

As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem.

Dryden.

Lu"bri*cous (?), a. [L. lubricus.] Lubric.

{ Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion (?), Lu`bri*fac"tion (?), } n. [L. lubricus lubric + facere to make.] The act of lubricating, or making smooth. Ray. Bacon.

||Lu`carne" (?), n. [F., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. See Luthern.] (Arch.) A ||dormer window. || Luc*chese" (?), n. sing. & pl. [It. Lucchese.] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

Luce (?), n. [OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) A pike when full grown. Halliwell.

Lu"cen*cy (?), n. The quality of being lucent.