Part 6680

<blockquote>The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned <b>lucern</b> I know to chase. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>luzerne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leguminous plant (<spn>Medicago sativa</spn>), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also <altname>alfalfa</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>lucerne</asp>.]</altsp>

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

<hw>Lu"cern</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucerna</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lamp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lydgate.</i>

<h1>Lucernal</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*cer"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a lamp.</def>

<cs><col>Lucernal microscope</col>, <cd>a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lucernaria</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu`cer*na"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>lucerna</ets> a lamp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.</def>

<h1>Lucernarian</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu`cer*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Lucernarida.</def></def2>

<h1>lucernarida</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>lu`cer*nar"i*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Lucernaria</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A division of acalephs, including <spn>Lucernaria</spn> and allied genera; -- called also <altname>Calycozoa</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.</def>

<h1>Lucerne</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cerne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Lucern</er>, the plant.</def>

<h1>Lucid</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucidus</ets>, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Shining; bright; resplendent; <as>as, the <ex>lucid</ex> orbs of heaven</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Lucid</b>, like a glowworm. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A court compact of <b>lucid</b> marbles. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Clear; transparent.</def> " <i>Lucid</i> streams."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>lucid</b> and interesting abstract of the debate. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; <as>as, a <ex>lucid</ex> interval</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See <er>Luminous</er>.</syn>

<h1>Lucidity</h1> <Xpage=873>