Part 6702

<h1>Lushburg</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lush"burg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lussheburgh</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lusitanian</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lu`si*ta"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the people of Lusitania.</def></def2>

<h1>Lusk</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lusk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lazy; slothful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lusk</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lusk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lazy fellow; a lubber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Kendall.</i>

<h1>Lusk</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lusk</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be idle or unemployed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Luskish</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lusk"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inclined to be lazy.</def> <i>Marston</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Lusk"*ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Lusk"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Lusorious, Lusory</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw><hw>Lu*so"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lu"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lusorius</ets>. See <er>Illusory</er>.]</ety> <def>Used in play; sportive; playful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i>

<h1>Lussheburgh</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"she*burgh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from <i>Luxemburg</i>, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>God wot, no <b>Lussheburghes</b> payen ye. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lust</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lust</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lust</ets>, <ets>lust</ets>, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. <ets>lust</ets>, Dan. & Icel. <ets>lyst</ets>, Goth <ets>lustus</ets>, and perh. tom Skr. <ets>lush</ets> to desire, or to E. <ets>loose</ets>. Cf. <er>List</er> to please, <er>Listless</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pleasure</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " Lust and jollity."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For little <b>lust</b> had she to talk of aught. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My <b>lust</b> to devotion is little. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; <as>as, the <ex>lust</ex> of gain</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>lust</b> of reigning.