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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.] 1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. --Chapman. 2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [Written also {lusern} and {luzern}.] The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. --Beau. & Fl. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lusern \Lu"sern\, n. [F. loup-cervier, L. lupus cervarius.] (Zo[94]l.) A lynx. See 1st {Lucern} and {Loup-cervier}. | |
