‖n. [ F., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. See Luthern. ] (Arch.) A dormer window. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. sing. & pl. [ It. Lucchese. ] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca. [ 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. [ L. lucerna. ] A lamp. [ Obs. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. luzerne. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. lucerna a lamp. ] Of or pertaining to a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lucernal microscope,
‖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 ]