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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.
LUSTRATION n. 2 definitions
The act of lustrating or purifying. And holy water for lustration bring. Dryden.
LUSTRE n.
Same as Luster.
LUSTRICAL a.
Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
LUSTRING n.
A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.
LUSTROUS a.
Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.
LUSTRUM n.
A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.
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