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<hw>Luke"warm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Luke</er>.]</ety> <def>Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.</def> " <i>Lukewarm</i> blood." <i>Spenser</i>. " <i>Lukewarm</i> patriots."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>An obedience so <b>lukewarm</b> and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Luce"warm`ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Luce"warm`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lull</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lull</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lulled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lulling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to OD. <ets>lullen</ets> to sing to sleep, G. <ets>lullen</ets>, Dan. <ets>lulle</ets>, Sw. <ets>lulla</ets>; all of imitative origin. Cf. <er>Loll</er>, <er>Lollard</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.</def> " To <i>lull</i> him soft asleep."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To <b>lull</b> the daughters of necessity. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lull</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lull</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; <as>as, the storm <ex>lulls</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Lull</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lull</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Young.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.</def>

<h1>lullaby</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>lull"a*by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lull</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Good night; good-by.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Luller</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lull"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, lulls.</def>

<h1>Lullingly</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lull"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lulling manner; soothingly.</def>

<h1>Lum</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>llumon</ets> chimney, <ets>llum</ets> that shoots up or ends in a point.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chimney.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A woody valley; also, a deep pool.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>