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<h1>Lustihood</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"ti*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Lusty</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>State of being lusty; vigor of body.</def> " Full of <i>lustihood</i>."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Lustily</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"ti*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lusty or vigorous manner.</def>

<h1>Lustiness</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"ti*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being lusty; vigor; strength.</def>

<h1>Lustless</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lust"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[CF. <er>Listless</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Free from sexual lust.</def>

<h1>Lustral</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lustralis</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lustral</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; <as>as, <ex>lustral</ex> days; <ex>lustral</ex> water.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a lustrum.</def>

<h1>Lustrate</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lustrated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lustrating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>lustratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>lustrare</ets> to lustrate, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <def>To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.</def>

<blockquote>We must purge, and cleanse, and <b>lustrate</b> the whole city. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lustration</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lustratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>lustration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lustrating or purifying.</def>

<blockquote>And holy water for <b>lustration</b> bring. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.</def>

<h1>Lustre</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"tre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Luster</er>.</def>

<h1>Lustrical</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"tri*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lustricus</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrum</ets>. See <er>Lustrum</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or used for, purification.</def>

<h1>Lustring</h1> <Xpage=876>

<hw>Lus"tring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lustrine</ets>, It. <ets>lustrino</ets>, fr. <ets>lustrare</ets> to polish, L. <ets>lustrare</ets>. See 3d <er>Luster</er>, and cf. <er>Lutestring</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of glossy silk fabric. See <er>Lutestring</er>.</def>

<h1>Lustrous</h1> <Xpage=876>

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