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To put out of joint; to luxate. [Obs.]

Luxated. [Obs.]

The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

Luxury. [Obs.] Shenstone. Édition de luxe (. Etym: [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.

Given to luxury; voluptuous. [Obs.]

A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.

The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth. "Tropical luxuriance." B. Taylor.

The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance. Flowers grow up in the garden in the greatest luxuriancy and profusion. Spectator.

Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.

In a luxuriant manner.

To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. " Corn luxuriates in a better mold." Burton.

The act or process luxuriating.

Luxuriance. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease. " Luxurious cities. " Milton. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lux*u"ri*ous*ness, n.

One given to luxury. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

thing expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes. Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. Spectator.

See Affluxion.

A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

The act of flowing towards; afflux. Sir T. Browne.

The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.