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Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.

; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. Longfellow.

One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. The Manichæans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. Tylor.

coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.

so-called coal- tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc.

Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Mayan peoples are dark, short, and brachycephallic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabr…

A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.

n." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison.

The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

An indue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

A group of the human race, including the dark whites.

Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.

Having very dark or black hair; black-haired. Prichard.

A tumor containing dark pigment.

Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.

A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. -- Me*las"mic, a.

Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

or catastrophe to come. His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his menaces. Milman. The dark menace of the distant war. Dryden.

A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.