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Lus"ti*ly, adv. In a lusty or vigorous manner.

Lus"ti*ness, n. State of being lusty; vigor; strength.

Lust"less (?), a. [CF. Listless.] 1. Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Free from sexual lust.

Lus"tral (?), a. [L. lustralis, fr. lustrum: cf. F. lustral. See Lustrum.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.

2. Of or pertaining to a lustrum.

Lus"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lustrating (?).] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.] To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.

Hammond.

Lus*tra"tion (?), n. [L. lustratio: cf. F. lustration.] 1. The act of lustrating or purifying.

And holy water for lustration bring.

Dryden.

2. (Antiq.) A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

Lus"tre (?), n. Same as Luster.

Lus"tri*cal (?), a. [L. lustricus, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.] Pertaining to, or used for, purification.

Lus"tring (?), n. [F. lustrine, It. lustrino, fr. lustrare to polish, L. lustrare. See 3d Luster, and cf. Lutestring.] A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

Lus"trous (?), a. [Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d Luster.] Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.

Lus"trum (?), n.; pl. E. Lustrums (#), L. Lustra (#). [L. Cf. 2d & 3d Luster.] A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.

Lust"wort` n. (Bot.) See Sundew.

Lust"y (?), a. [Compar. Lustier (?); superl. Lustiest.] [From Lust. See Lust, and cf. Luscious.]

1. Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.

Neither would their old men, so many as were yet vigorous and lusty, be left at home.

Milton.

2. Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. Of large size; big. [Obs.] " Three lusty vessels." Evelyn. Hence, sometimes, pregnant. [Obs. or Prov.]

4. Lustful; lascivious. [Obs.] Milton.

||Lu"sus na*tu"ræ (?). [L., fr. lusus sport + naturae, gen. of natura ||nature.] Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural ||production. || Lut"a*nist (?), n. [LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the instrument.] A person that plays on the lute. Johnson.

Lu*ta"ri*ous (?), a. [L. lutarius fr. lutum mud.] Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud. [Obs.] Grew.