Part 6681

<hw>Lu*cid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lucidit\'82</ets>. See <er>Lucid</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being lucid.</def>

<h1>Lucidly</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cid*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lucid manner.</def>

<h1>Lucidness</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"cid*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being lucid; lucidity.</def>

<h1>Lucifer</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu"ci*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., bringing light, <tt>n.</tt>, the morning star, fr. <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light + <ets>ferre</ets> to bring.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.</def>

<blockquote>How art thou fallen from heaven, O <b>Lucifer</b>, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! <i>Is. xiv. 12.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name <b>Lucifer</b> has since been applied to, Satan. <i>Kitto.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, Satan.</def>

<blockquote>How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like <b>Lucifer</b>, Never to hope again. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also <altname>lucifer match</altname>, and <altname>locofoco</altname>. See <er>Locofoco</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.</def>

<h1>Luciferian</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.</def>

<h1>Luciferian</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu`ci*fe"ri*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.</def>

<h1>Luciferous</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lucifer</er>.]</ety> <def>Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Luciferously</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*cif"er*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a luciferous manner.</def>

<h1>Lucific</h1> <Xpage=873>

<hw>Lu*cif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lucificus</ets>; <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing light.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Luciform</h1> <Xpage=873>