1. Something held out to call a hawk; hence, NWAD LURE.2
2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; as the lures of beauty or of gain. NWAD LURE.3
Standing by one that lured loud and shrill. NWAD LURE.5
Lured on by the pleasure of the bait. NWAD LURE.7
And various science lures the learned eye. NWAD LURE.8
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait. NWAD LURK.2
Let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk privily for the innocent. Proverbs 1:11. NWAD LURK.3
2. To lie concealed or unperceived. See that no selfish motive lurks in the heart. NWAD LURK.4
See the lurking gold upon the fatal tree. NWAD LURK.5
3. To retire from public observation; to keep out of sight. NWAD LURK.6
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. NWAD LURK.7
1. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; sweet to excess; as luscious food. NWAD LUSCIOUS.2
2. Very sweet; delicious; grateful to the taste. NWAD LUSCIOUS.3
And raisins keep their luscious native taste. NWAD LUSCIOUS.4
3. Pleasing; delightful. NWAD LUSCIOUS.5
He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some gainful purchase. NWAD LUSCIOUS.6
4. Fullsome; as luscious flattery. NWAD LUSCIOUS.7
5. Smutty; obscene. [Unusual.] NWAD LUSCIOUS.8
1. With sweetness or richness that cloys or nauseates. NWAD LUSCIOUSLY.2
2. Obscenely. NWAD LUSCIOUSLY.3
How lush and lusty the grass looks; how green! Obs. NWAD LUSH.2
Used in play; sportive. [Little used.] NWAD LUSORIOUS.2
1. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain. NWAD LUST.2
My lust shall be satisfied upon them. Exodus 15:9. NWAD LUST.3
2. Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:27; 2 Peter 2:10. NWAD LUST.4
3. Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14-15; Psalm 81:12. NWAD LUST.5
4. Vigor; active power. [Not used.] NWAD LUST.6
1. To desire eagerly; to long; with after. NWAD LUST.8
Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy 12:15. NWAD LUST.9
2. To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite. NWAD LUST.10
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart. Proverbs 6:25. NWAD LUST.11
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28. NWAD LUST.12
3. To have irregular or inordinate desires. NWAD LUST.13
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. James 4:5. NWAD LUST.14
Lust not after evil things as they also lusted. 1 Corinthians 10:6. NWAD LUST.15
4. To list; to like. NWAD LUST.16
1. Having lust, or eager desire of carnal gratification; libidinous; as an intemperate and lustful man. NWAD LUSTFUL.2
2. Provoking to sensuality; inciting to lust or exciting carnal desire. NWAD LUSTFUL.3
Thence his lustful orgies he enlarged. NWAD LUSTFUL.4
3. Vigorous; robust; stout. NWAD LUSTFUL.5
I determine to fight lustily for him. NWAD LUSTILY.2
Cappadocian slaves were famous for their lustiness. NWAD LUSTINESS.2
1. Listless; not willing. Obs. NWAD LUSTLESS.2
2. Not vigorous. NWAD LUSTLESS.3
1. Used in purification; as lustral water; lustral waves. NWAD LUSTRAL.2
2. Pertaining to purification; as lustral days. NWAD LUSTRAL.3
1. To make clear or pure; to purify. [See Illustrate.] NWAD LUSTRATE.2
2. To view; to survey. NWAD LUSTRATE.3
1. The act or operation of making clear or pure; a cleansing or purifying by water. NWAD LUSTRATION.2
And holy water for lustration bring. NWAD LUSTRATION.3
2. In antiquity, the sacrifices or ceremonies by which cities, fields, armies or people defiled by crimes, were purified. NWAD LUSTRATION.4
1. Brightness; splendor; gloss; as the luster of the sun or stars; the luster of silk. NWAD LUSTER.2
The sun’s mild luster warms the vital air. NWAD LUSTER.3
2. The splendor of birth, of deeds or of fame; renown; distinction. NWAD LUSTER.4
His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great share of luster. NWAD LUSTER.5
3. A sconce with lights; a branched candlestick of glass. NWAD LUSTER.6
4. The space of five years. [L. lustrum.] NWAD LUSTER.7
Good sparks and lustrous. NWAD LUSTROUS.2
1. Stout; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body. this is the correct sense of the word, comprehending full health and strength; as a lusty youth. But it is now used in the sense of, NWAD LUSTY.2
2. Bulky; large; of great size. This sense does not always include that of vigor. NWAD LUSTY.3
3. Handsome; pleasant; saucy. Obs. NWAD LUSTY.4
4. Copious; plentiful; as a lusty draught. NWAD LUSTY.5
5. Pregnant; a colloquial use. NWAD LUSTY.6
A celebrated lutanist was playing to a large company. NWAD LUTANIST.2
1. Pertaining to mud; living in mud. NWAD LUTARIOUS.2
2. Of the color of mud. NWAD LUTARIOUS.3
An instrument of music with strings. It consists of four parts, viz; the table, the body or belly which has nine or ten sides, the neck, which has nine or ten stops or divisions marked with strings, and the head or cross. In the middle of the table there is a passage for the sound. There is also a bridge to which the strings are fastened. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed. NWAD LUTE.2
To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate. Lux, in a like sense, is, I believe, now used. NWAD LUXATE.2
1. That act of moving or forcing a joint from its proper place or articulation; or the state of being thus put out of joint. NWAD LUXATION.2
2. A dislocation; that which is dislocated. NWAD LUXATION.3
1. Rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance. NWAD LUXURIANCE.2
Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion. NWAD LUXURIANCE.3
2. Excessive or superfluous growth. NWAD LUXURIANCE.4
A fungus prevents healing only by its luxuriancy. NWAD LUXURIANCE.5
1. Exuberant in growth; abundant; as a luxuriant growth of grass. NWAD LUXURIANT.2
2. Exuberant in plenty; superfluous in abundance. NWAD LUXURIANT.3
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. NWAD LUXURIANT.4
3. A luxuriant flower multiplies the covers of the fructification so as to destroy the essential parts. NWAD LUXURIANT.5
1. Voluptuous; indulging freely or excessively in the pleasures of the table, the gratification of appetite, or in rich and expensive dress and equipage; as a luxurious life; luxurious cities. NWAD LUXURIOUS.2
2. Administering to luxury; contributing to free or extravagant indulgence in diet, dress and equipage; as luxurious wealth. NWAD LUXURIOUS.3
3. Furnished with luxuries; as a luxurious table. NWAD LUXURIOUS.4
4. Softening by pleasure, or free indulgence in luxury; as luxurious ease. NWAD LUXURIOUS.5
5. Lustful; libidinous; given to the gratification of lust; as a luxurious bed. NWAD LUXURIOUS.6
6. Luxuriant; exuberant. NWAD LUXURIOUS.7
The work under our labor grows NWAD LUXURIOUS.8
Luxurious by restraint. [Not used.] NWAD LUXURIOUS.9
1. A free or extravagant indulgence in the pleasures of the table, as in rich and expensive diet, or delicious food and liquors; voluptuousness in the gratification of appetite; or the free indulgence in costly dress and equipage. NWAD LUXURY.2
Riches expose a man to pride and luxury. NWAD LUXURY.3
2. That which gratifies a nice and fastidious appetite; a dainty; any delicious food or drink. The canvas-back duck is a luxury for an epicure. NWAD LUXURY.4
3. Any thing delightful to the senses. NWAD LUXURY.5
He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and by laying on it earth, furnished a king of luxury for a hermit. NWAD LUXURY.6
4. Lust; lewd desire. [Not now used.] NWAD LUXURY.7
5. Luxuriance; exuberance of growth. [Not now used.] NWAD LUXURY.8
A kind of erratic melancholy. NWAD LYCANTHROPY.2
Noting a kind of soft slow music anciently in vogue. NWAD LYDIAN.2
Lydian stone, flinty slate. NWAD LYDIAN.3
Water impregnated with alkaline salt imbibed from the ashes of wood. NWAD LYE.2
Lying in, being in childbirth. NWAD LYING.3
1. n. The act of bearing a child. NWAD LYING.4
1. Enthusiastic. [Not used.] NWAD LYMPHATIC.2
The lymphatics seem to perform the whole business of absorption. NWAD LYMPHATIC.4
1. A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Not used.] NWAD LYMPHATIC.5
A vessel of animal bodies which conveys the lymph. NWAD LYMPHEDUCT.2
A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses. NWAD LYMPHOGRAPHY.2
Lythrode is probably a variety of fettstein. NWAD LYTHRODE.2