English Dictionary: lugubriousness | by the DICT Development Group |
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Hornbug \Horn"bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus {Lucanus} (as {L. capreolus}, and {L. dama}), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees. | |
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Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[?]ge privet. See {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus {Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L. Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L. grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens}, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L. ciliata}. The American Pinxter flower ({Azalea nudiflora}) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name {Australian honeysuckle} is applied to one or more trees of the genus {Banksia}. See {French honeysuckle}, under {French}. | |
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{Lily pad}, the large floating leaf of the water lily. [U. S.] --Lowell. {Tiger lily} (Bot.), {Lilium tigrinum}, the sepals of which are blotched with black. {Turk's-cap lily} (Bot.), {Lilium Martagon}, a red lily with recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, {L. superbum}. {Water lily} (Bot.), the {Nymph[91]a}, a plant with floating roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals, usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow. [See Illust. of {Nymph[91]a}.] | |
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Lace-bark \Lace"-bark`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub in the West Indies ({Lagetta Iintearia}); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark. | |
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Lackbrain \Lack"brain`\, n. One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. --Shak. | |
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Lawgiver \Law"giv`er\, n. One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator. | |
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Brine \Brine\, n. [AS. bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See {Burn}.] 1. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters. 2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . he lay. --Cowper. 3. Tears; -- so called from their saltness. What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for Rosaline! --Shak. {Brine fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly of the genus {Ephydra}, the larv[91] of which live in artificial brines and in salt lakes. {Brine gauge}, an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid. {Brine pan}, a pit or pan of salt water, where salt is formed by cristallization. {Brine pit}, a salt spring or well, from which water is taken to be boiled or evaporated for making salt. {Brine pump} (Marine Engin.), a pump for changing the water in the boilers, so as to clear them of the brine which collects at the bottom. {Brine shrimp}, {Brine worm} (Zo[94]l.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus {Artemia}, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See {Artemia}. {Brine spring}, a spring of salt water. {Leach brine} (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again. | |
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Leg bridge \Leg bridge\ A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the round as piling, or resting on mudsills. | |
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Leucopyrite \Leu*cop"y*rite\ (l[usl]*k[ocr]p"[icr]*r[imac]t), n. [Leuco- + pyrites.] (Min.) A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron. | |
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Lexipharmic \Lex`i*phar"mic\ (-f[aum]r"m[icr]k), a. See {Alexipharmic}. | |
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Liquefier \Liq"ue*fi`er\ (-[etil]r), n. That which liquefies. | |
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Lisper \Lisp"er\ (-[etil]r), n. One who lisps. | |
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Lochaber ax \Loch*a"ber ax"\, Lochaber axe \Loch*a"ber axe"\ . [So called from Lochaber, in Scotland.] A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders. | |
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Lochaber ax \Loch*a"ber ax"\, Lochaber axe \Loch*a"ber axe"\ . [So called from Lochaber, in Scotland.] A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders. | |
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Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[be]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See {Lie} to lie prostrate.] 1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing. 2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water. Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate. 3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. 4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time. 5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. {Log board} (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead. {Log book}, [or] {Logbook} (Naut.), a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board. {Log cabin}, {Log house}, a cabin or house made of logs. {Log canoe}, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. | |
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{Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d {Log}, n., 2. {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and {rockfish}. {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above). {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log. | |
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Low \Low\, a. [Compar. {Lower}; superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[be]gr; akin to Sw. l[86]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight. 2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence. 3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer. 4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide. 5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages. 6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound. 7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note. 8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [?] ([?]m), [?] (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11. 9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes. 10. Numerically small; as, a low number. 11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits. 12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes. Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton. 13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem. 14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison. In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. --Felton. 15. Submissive; humble. [bd]Low reverence.[b8] --Milton. 16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness. 17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever. 18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate. 19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet. Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low- browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like. {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}. {Low Countries}, the Netherlands. {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin}, etc. {Low life}, humble life. {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}. {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in medi[91]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. {Low spirits}, despondency. {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure. {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called. {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. {Low water}. (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. {Low water} {alarm [or] indicator} (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier. {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural. | |
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Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a. Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- {Low"-spir`it*ed*ness}, n. | |
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Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a. Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- {Low"-spir`it*ed*ness}, n. | |
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Lucifer \Lu"ci*fer\, n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.] 1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! --Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. --Kitto. 2. Hence, Satan. How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. --Shak. 3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also {lucifer match}, and {locofoco}. See {Locofoco}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages. | |
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Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. 2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star, {Hesperus}. 3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus. [Archaic] 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food. {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet. Also called {Venus's bath}. {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped, hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent, siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}. {Venus's comb}. (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also {Venus's shell}. {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or a mixture of the two. {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2. {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust. in Appendix. {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches. {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile. {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called {lady's looking-glass}. {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or white flowers. {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See under {Quaker}. {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above. {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie. (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above. (c) Same as {Venus}, 4. {Venus's slipper}. (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See {Lady's slipper}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}. | |
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Lucifer \Lu"ci*fer\, n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.] 1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! --Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. --Kitto. 2. Hence, Satan. How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. --Shak. 3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also {lucifer match}, and {locofoco}. See {Locofoco}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages. | |
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Luciferian \Lu`ci*fe"ri*an\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish. 2. Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader. | |
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Luciferian \Lu`ci*fe"ri*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians. | |
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Luciferous \Lu*cif"er*ous\, a. [See {Lucifer}.] Giving light; affording light or means of discovery. --Boyle. | |
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Luciferously \Lu*cif"er*ous*ly\, adv. In a luciferous manner. | |
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Luciform \Lu"ci*form\, a. [L. lux, lucis, light = -form.] Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light. --Berkeley. | |
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Lucifrian \Lu*cif"ri*an\, a. Luciferian; satanic. [Obs.] --Marston. | |
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Sandre \San"dre\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A Russian fish ({Lucioperca sandre}) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviare. | |
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Lucky proach \Luck`y proach"\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Fatherlasher}. | |
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Father-lasher \Fa"ther-lash`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Cottus bubalis}), allied to the sculpin; -- called also {lucky proach}. | |
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Lucky proach \Luck`y proach"\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Fatherlasher}. | |
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Father-lasher \Fa"ther-lash`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Cottus bubalis}), allied to the sculpin; -- called also {lucky proach}. | |
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Lucubrate \Lu"cu*brate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lucubrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lucubrated}.] [L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See {Light}, n.] To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night. | |
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Lucubrate \Lu"cu*brate\, v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor. | |
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Lucubrate \Lu"cu*brate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lucubrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lucubrated}.] [L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See {Light}, n.] To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night. | |
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Lucubration \Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.] 1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. --Goldsmith. 2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. --Tatler. | |
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Lucubrator \Lu"cu*bra`tor\, n. One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations. | |
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Lucubratory \Lu"cu*bra*to*ry\, a. [L. lucubratorius.] Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking. --Pope. | |
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Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. [?] sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. [?] sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. [?] sad, Skr. ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Lushburg \Lush"burg\, n. See {Lussheburgh}. [Obs.] | |
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Lussheburgh \Lus"she*burgh\, 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. | |
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Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist}, {puff}, and {puffin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. {Giant heron} (Zo[94]l.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known. {Giant kettle}, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See {Pothole}. {Giant powder}. See {Nitroglycerin}. {Giant puffball} (Bot.), a fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. {Giant salamander} (Zo[94]l.), a very large aquatic salamander ({Megalobatrachus maximus}), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. {Giant squid} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to {Architeuthis} and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}), the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. 3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.] If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. 7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis laniger}); -- called also {chanco}. {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes}) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}. {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote. {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena. {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson. {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish. {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas}, especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone biter}, and {swinefish}. {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called also {Tasmanian wolf}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. {Tomato gall} (Zo[94]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly ({Lasioptera vitis}). {Tomato sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. {Tomato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Macrosila, quinquemaculata}) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also {potato worm}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lac qui Parle County, MN (county, FIPS 73) Location: 45.00095 N, 96.17530 W Population (1990): 8924 (3955 housing units) Area: 1981.1 sq km (land), 34.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Barcroft, VA (CDP, FIPS 43352) Location: 38.85125 N, 77.15825 W Population (1990): 8686 (3651 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Barrington, IL (village, FIPS 40884) Location: 42.21083 N, 88.16521 W Population (1990): 3855 (1702 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Bridgeport, TX (city, FIPS 40450) Location: 33.20710 N, 97.83057 W Population (1990): 322 (244 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Bronson, MN (city, FIPS 34136) Location: 48.73259 N, 96.66256 W Population (1990): 272 (150 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56734 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Brownwood, TX (CDP, FIPS 40456) Location: 31.81603 N, 99.10290 W Population (1990): 1221 (883 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Forest, CA Zip code(s): 92630 Lake Forest, IL (city, FIPS 41105) Location: 42.23630 N, 87.85755 W Population (1990): 17836 (6131 housing units) Area: 42.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60045 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Forest Esta, MO Zip code(s): 63670 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Forest North, WA (CDP, FIPS 37252) Location: 47.76775 N, 122.28555 W Population (1990): 8002 (2979 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Forest Park, WA (city, FIPS 37270) Location: 47.76270 N, 122.28621 W Population (1990): 4031 (1507 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Park, FL (town, FIPS 38600) Location: 26.79980 N, 80.06598 W Population (1990): 6704 (3363 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33403 Lake Park, GA (city, FIPS 44704) Location: 30.68461 N, 83.18777 W Population (1990): 500 (205 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31636 Lake Park, IA (city, FIPS 42600) Location: 43.44842 N, 95.32483 W Population (1990): 996 (480 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51347 Lake Park, MN (city, FIPS 34784) Location: 46.88358 N, 96.09648 W Population (1990): 638 (301 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56554 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Preston, SD (city, FIPS 35500) Location: 44.36177 N, 97.37620 W Population (1990): 663 (365 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57249 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Providence, LA (town, FIPS 41400) Location: 32.81055 N, 91.18435 W Population (1990): 5380 (2050 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71254 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Purdy, AL (CDP, FIPS 40806) Location: 33.42993 N, 86.68050 W Population (1990): 1840 (1291 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lakeport, CA (city, FIPS 39710) Location: 39.04228 N, 122.91988 W Population (1990): 4390 (2145 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95453 Lakeport, TX (city, FIPS 40696) Location: 32.40196 N, 94.71149 W Population (1990): 710 (307 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leasburg, MO (village, FIPS 41114) Location: 38.09417 N, 91.29505 W Population (1990): 289 (148 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65535 Leasburg, NC Zip code(s): 27291 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leechburg, PA (borough, FIPS 42280) Location: 40.63043 N, 79.60281 W Population (1990): 2504 (1243 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15656 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leesburg, AL (town, FIPS 42016) Location: 34.17898 N, 85.76910 W Population (1990): 218 (114 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35983 Leesburg, FL (city, FIPS 39875) Location: 28.80852 N, 81.88256 W Population (1990): 14903 (7326 housing units) Area: 23.2 sq km (land), 8.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34748 Leesburg, GA (city, FIPS 45768) Location: 31.73393 N, 84.17023 W Population (1990): 1452 (517 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31763 Leesburg, IN (town, FIPS 42678) Location: 41.32953 N, 85.84856 W Population (1990): 584 (225 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46538 Leesburg, NJ Zip code(s): 08327 Leesburg, OH (village, FIPS 42476) Location: 39.34580 N, 83.55462 W Population (1990): 1063 (429 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45135 Leesburg, TX Zip code(s): 75451 Leesburg, VA (town, FIPS 44984) Location: 39.10469 N, 77.55608 W Population (1990): 16202 (6994 housing units) Area: 29.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22075 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leesport, PA (borough, FIPS 42352) Location: 40.44490 N, 75.96990 W Population (1990): 1270 (536 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19533 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lewisberry, PA (borough, FIPS 42968) Location: 40.13521 N, 76.86081 W Population (1990): 314 (122 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17339 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lewisburg, KY (city, FIPS 45064) Location: 36.98656 N, 86.95024 W Population (1990): 772 (387 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42256 Lewisburg, OH (village, FIPS 42938) Location: 39.84905 N, 84.54061 W Population (1990): 1584 (592 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45338 Lewisburg, PA (borough, FIPS 42976) Location: 40.96410 N, 76.89048 W Population (1990): 5785 (1855 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17837 Lewisburg, TN (city, FIPS 41860) Location: 35.44697 N, 86.78813 W Population (1990): 9879 (4275 housing units) Area: 28.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37091 Lewisburg, WV (city, FIPS 46636) Location: 37.80895 N, 80.43190 W Population (1990): 3598 (1757 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24901 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lewisport, KY (city, FIPS 45136) Location: 37.93220 N, 86.90237 W Population (1990): 1778 (704 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42351 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lk Forest Park, WA Zip code(s): 98155 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lock Springs, MO (town, FIPS 43472) Location: 39.84909 N, 93.77587 W Population (1990): 57 (31 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64654 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockbourne, OH (village, FIPS 44310) Location: 39.80895 N, 82.97049 W Population (1990): 173 (70 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43137 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockeford, CA (CDP, FIPS 42104) Location: 38.15155 N, 121.15554 W Population (1990): 2722 (990 housing units) Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95237 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lockport, IL (city, FIPS 44225) Location: 41.58943 N, 88.04785 W Population (1990): 9401 (3689 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Lockport, KY Zip code(s): 40036 Lockport, LA (town, FIPS 44900) Location: 29.64041 N, 90.53804 W Population (1990): 2503 (967 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70374 Lockport, NY (city, FIPS 43082) Location: 43.16970 N, 78.69632 W Population (1990): 24426 (10374 housing units) Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14094 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Los Fresnos, TX (city, FIPS 44116) Location: 26.07389 N, 97.47990 W Population (1990): 2473 (740 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Louisburg, KS (city, FIPS 42875) Location: 38.62377 N, 94.68290 W Population (1990): 1964 (753 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66053 Louisburg, MN (city, FIPS 38258) Location: 45.16615 N, 96.17011 W Population (1990): 42 (29 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56254 Louisburg, MO (village, FIPS 44156) Location: 37.75489 N, 93.14014 W Population (1990): 115 (69 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65685 Louisburg, NC (town, FIPS 39360) Location: 36.10026 N, 78.29929 W Population (1990): 3037 (1064 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27549 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Loysburg, PA Zip code(s): 16659 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
League for Programming Freedom (LPF) A grass-roots organisation of professors, students, businessmen, programmers and users dedicated to bringing back the freedom to write programs. Ten years ago, programmers were allowed to write programs using all the techniques they knew, and providing whatever features they felt were useful. This is no longer the case. The new monopolies, {software patents} and {interface copyrights}, have taken away our freedom of expression and our ability to do a good job. "{Look and feel}" lawsuits attempt to monopolise well-known command languages; some have succeeded. Copyrights on command languages enforce gratuitous incompatibility, close opportunities for competition, and stifle incremental improvements. {Software patents} are even more dangerous; they make every design decision in the development of a program carry a risk of a lawsuit, with draconian pre-trial seizure. It is difficult and expensive to find out whether the techniques you consider using are patented; it is impossible to find out whether they will be patented in the future. The League is not opposed to the legal system that Congress intended -- {copyright} on individual programs. Our aim is to reverse the recent changes made by judges in response to special interests, often explicitly rejecting the public interest principles of the Constitution. The League works to abolish the new monopolies by publishing articles, talking with public officials, boycotting egregious offenders, and in the future may intervene in court cases. On 1989-05-24, the League picketed {Lotus} headquarters on account of their lawsuits, and then again on 2 August 1990. These marches stimulated widespread media coverage for the issue. We welcome suggestions for other activities, as well as help in carrying them out. Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers, managers and professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others. The League's funds will be used for filing briefs; for printing handouts, buttons and signs; whatever will persuade the courts, the legislators, and the people. You may not get anything personally for your dues -- except for the freedom to write programs. The League is a non-profit corporation, but not considered a tax-exempt charity. However, for those self-employed in software, the dues can be a business expense. The League needs both activist members and members who only pay their dues. We also greatly need additional corporate members; contact us for information. Jack Larsen is President, Chris Hofstader is Secretary, and Steve Sisak is Treasurer. {Home (http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/)}. Telephone: +1 (617) 243 4091. E-mail: Address: League for Programming Freedom, 1 Kendall Square #143, P.O.Box 9171, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA. (1999-02-18) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lucifer brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isa. 14:12) to denote his glory. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Lucifer, bringing light |