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lucern |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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]: Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [L. lucerna.] A lamp. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
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