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<i>Ray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Slipperiness; instability; <as>as, the <ex>lubricity</ex> of fortune</as>.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.</def>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<blockquote>As if wantonness and <b>lubricity</b> were essential to that poem. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lubricous</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"bri*cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lubric.</def>

<h1>Lubrification, Lubrifaction</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw><hw>Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lu`bri*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lubricus</ets> lubric + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The act of lubricating, or making smooth.</def>

<i>Ray. Bacon.</i>

<h1>Lucarne</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu`carne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp. See <er>Luthern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A dormer window.</def>

<h1>Lucchese</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Luc*chese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>Lucchese</ets>.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.</def>

<h1>Luce</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Luce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>lus</ets>, L. <ets>lucius</ets> a kind of fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A pike when full grown.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Lucency</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being lucent.</def>

<h1>Lucent</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lucere</ets> to shine, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light.]</ety> <def>Shining; bright; resplendent.</def> " The sun's <i>lucent</i> orb."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Lucern</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymology uncertain.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from <i>Lucerne</i>, in Switzerland.</def>

<blockquote>My <b>lucerns</b>, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An animal whose fur was formerly much in req<?/est (by some supposed to be the lynx).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lusern</asp> and <asp>luzern</asp>.]</altsp>