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<h1>Lurcher</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lurch"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lurco</ets>, <ets>lurcho</ets>, a glutton. See 1st <er>Lurch</er>.]</ety> <def>A glutton; a gormandizer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lurchline</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lurch"line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.</def>

<h1>Lurdan</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lur"dan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Stupid; blockish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lurdan</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lur"dan</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>lourdin</ets>, fr. <ets>lourd</ets> heavy, dull, thick-headed. See <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>A blockhead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lure</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>loire</ets>, <ets>loirre</ets>, <ets>loerre</ets>, F. <ets>leurre</ets> lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. <ets>luoder</ets>, G. <ets>luder</ets> lure, carrion.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Hat Making)</fld> <def>A velvet smoothing brush.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Lure</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lure</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Luring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>loirer</ets>, <ets>loirier</ets>, F. <ets>leurrer</ets>. See <er>Lure</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.</def>

<blockquote>I am not <b>lured</b> with love. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And various science <b>lures</b> the learned eye. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lure</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lure</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To recall a hawk or other animal.</def>

<h1>Lurg</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lurg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large marine annelid (<spn>Nephthys c\'91ca</spn>), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.</def>

<h1>Lurid</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu"rid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>luridus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.</def>

<blockquote>Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the <b>lurid</b> flame. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Wrapped in drifts of <b>lurid</b> smoke On the misty river tide. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.</def>