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LUSHBURG n.
See Lussheburgh. [Obs.]
LUSITANIAN a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal. -- n.
LUSK n. 3 definitions
A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] T. Kendall.
LUSKISH a.
Inclined to be lazy. Marston. -- Lusk"*ish*ly, adv. -Lusk"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
LUSORIOUS; LUSORY a.
Used in play; sportive; playful. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
LUSSHEBURGH n.
A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.] God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. Chaucer.
LUST n. 7 definitions
Pleasure [Obs.] " Lust and jollity." Chaucer.
LUSTER n.
One who lusts.
LUSTER; LUSTRE n. 8 definitions
A period of five years; a lustrum. Both of us have closed the tenth luster. Bolingbroke.
LUSTERING n. 2 definitions
The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
LUSTERLESS; LUSTRELESS a.
Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
LUSTFUL a. 3 definitions
Full of lust; excited by lust Spenser. Tillotson.
LUSTIC a.
Lusty; vigorous. [Obs.]
LUSTIHEAD n.
See Lustihood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
LUSTIHOOD n.
State of being lusty; vigor of body. " Full of lustihood." Tennyson.
LUSTILY adv.
In a lusty or vigorous manner.
LUSTINESS n.
State of being lusty; vigor; strength.
LUSTLESS a. 2 definitions
Free from sexual lust.
LUSTRAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.
LUSTRATE v.
r or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
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