*luce*

a. [ L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent. ] Shining between. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of involucre, or involucrum: cf. F. involucelle. ] (Bot.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with involucels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Involucella [ NL. ] See Involucel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish. ] (Zool.) A pike when full grown. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being lucent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light. ] Shining; bright; resplendent. “ The sun's lucent orb.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [ Written also lusern and luzern. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. luzerne. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [ Written also lucerne. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lucerna. ] A lamp. [ Obs. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lucerna a lamp. ] Of or pertaining to a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. ] (Zool.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- n. One of the Lucernarida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lucernaria. ] (Zool.) (a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa. (b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true Lucernarida and the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Lucern, the plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. merluche, merlus. ] (Zool.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. relucens, p. pr. relucere. See Lucent. ] Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gorgeous banners to the sun expand
Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perfectly translucent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tralucens, translucens, p. pr. See Translucent. ] Translucent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The air's tralucent gallery. Sir. J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid. ] 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transparent; clear. [ Poetic ] “Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a translucent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]