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Lurk"er (?), n. 1. One who lurks.

2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.]

Lur"ry (?), n. [W. llwry precipitant, a provision.] A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds. [Obs.]

To turn prayer into a kind of lurry.

Milton.

Lus"cious (?), a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. Lush, Lusty.]

1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.

And raisins keep their luscious, native taste.

Dryden.

2. Cloying; fulsome.

He had a tedious, luscious way of talking.

Jeffrey.

3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] Steele.

-- Lus"cious*ly, adv. -- Lus"cious*ness, n.

Lu"sern (?), n. [F. loup- cervier, L. lupus cervarius.] (Zoöl.) A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.

Lush (?), a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.] Full of juice or succulence. Tennyson.

How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!

Shak.

Lush"burg (?), n. See Lussheburgh. [Obs.]

Lu`si*ta"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal. -- n. One of the people of Lusitania.

Lusk (?), a. Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]

Lusk, n. A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] T. Kendall.

Lusk, v. i. To be idle or unemployed. [Obs.]

Lusk"ish, a. Inclined to be lazy. Marston. -- Lusk"ish*ly, adv. -Lusk"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

{ Lu*so"ri*ous (?), Lu"so*ry (?), } a. [L. lusorius. See Illusory.] Used in play; sportive; playful. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

Lus"she*burgh (?), n. A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.]

God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye.

Chaucer.