Part 807

Luggage van, a vehicle for carrying luggage; a railway car, or compartment of a car, for carrying luggage. [Eng.]

Lug"ger (?), n. (Naut.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.

Lug"ger, n. (Zoöl.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

Lug"mark` (?), n. [From Lug an ear.] A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

Lug"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. Totten.

Lu*gu"bri*ous (?), a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. lygro`s sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.

Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality.

Hawthorne.

-- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.

Lug"worm` (?), n. [1st lug + worm.] (Zoöl.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.

Luke (?), a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS. wlæc warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.] Moderately warm; not hot; tepid. -- Luke"ness, n. [Obs.]

Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke.

Dickens.

Luke"warm` (?), a. [See Luke.] Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison.

An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion.

Dryden.

-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n.

Lull (ll), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lulled (lld); p. pr. & vb. n. Lulling.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. " To lull him soft asleep." Spenser.

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity.

Milton.

Lull, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

Lull, n. 1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. [R.] Young.

2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

Lull"a*by (?), n. [From Lull, v. t. ] 1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. Shak.

2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [Obs.] Shak.

Lull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, lulls.

Lull"ing*ly, adv. In a lulling manner; soothingly.

Lum (?), n. [W. llumon chimney, llum that shoots up or ends in a point.] 1. A chimney. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.