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Show 1 1. A rhomb Th refolv builder be upo rectangula fquares, as a mean between too few and too man angles; and through the equal inclination of th fides, they are ftronger than the thomb or /ofenge Wotton's Architeture 2, Lozenge is a form of a medicine mad to be held or chewe into {mall pieces in the mouth till melted or wafted Rt 3. A cake of preferved fruit: both thef are fo denominated from the origina form, which was rhomboidal Lr. a contraltion for lord/bip Lu'sBARD. #. /. [from lubber.] A laz 'oo. fturdy fellow Yet their wine and their victuals thofe curmud py geon [ubbard Lock up from my fight, in cellars and cupboards Savift [Of this word the bef ». / LU'BBER feems to be from Jubbed, fai derivatio by Funius to fignify in Danith far.] fturdy drone; an idle, fat, bulky lofe a booby For tempeft and fhowers deceiveth a many e f T e n p n m o l e b / i e n l An Thefe chale the fmaller fhoals of fifh from th main fea into the havens, leaping up and down Carew puffing like a fat /ubber out of breath They clap the /ubber Ajax on the thoulder As if his feet were on brave Hector's breaft And great Troy fhrinking. Shake[ps Tril. and Cr A notable /ubber thou reporteft him'to be Shake[peare Tell how the drudging goblin fweat His fhadowy flail hath threfh'd the corn That ten day labourers could not en Milton Then Kes him down the /ubber fend Venetians do not more uncouthly ride Than did your /ubber ftate mankind beftride Dryden How can you name that {uperannuated lubber adj. [fro Lu BBERLY lubber. and bulky I came to Eaton to marry Mrs and fhe's a great /ubberly boy Congrewe Laz Anne Page Shakefpeare l f u c y a He that gnjoyed crowns, and knew their worth excepted them not out of the chatge of univerfa vanity; and yet the politician is not difcourage at the inconftancy of human aftairs, and the JubriGlanwille's Apolegy city of his fubject A ftate of tranquillity is never to be attained but by keeping perpetually in our thoughts th certainty of death, and the /ubricity of fortune L Eftrange 4. Wantonnefs ; lewdnefs From the letchery of thefe fauns, he thinks tha an as if wantonnef them fro fatyr is derive lubricity were effential to that poem which ough Dryden in all to be avoided Lu'srick. adj. [lubricus, Latin. 1. Slippery ;5 fmooth on the furface A thron Of fliort thick fobs, whofe thund'ring volleys floa And roul themfelves over her Zubrick throa To Lu'BRICATE. w. a. [from [lubricus Latin.] To make fmooth or {lippery to {moothe There are aliments which, befides this /ubricating quality, ftimulate in 2 {mall degtee Arbuthnot on Aliments The patient is relieved by the mucilaginous an the faponaceous remedies, fome of which lubricate Sharp and others both /ubricate and ftimulate 9o LUBRI'CITATE. w. @. [from lubricus Latin.] To fmoothe; to make flippery Lusri'city. n./. [from [ubricus, Latin lubricité French. 1. Slipperinefs; fmoothnefs of furface 2. Aptnefs to glide over any part, or t facilitate motion Both the ingredients are of a lubricating nature the mucilage adds to the lubricity of the oil, an the oil preferves the mucilage from infpiffation Ray on Creation 3. Uncertainty; flipperinefs; inftability Th manifol impoffibilities and Jubricities o matter cannot have the fame conveniencies in an " modification Morg 3. Bright with the radiance of intellect not darkened with madnefs I will deduce him from his cradle through th deep and /ubrick waves of ftate, till he is fwallowe Wotton in the gulph of fatality paufes, yet they did ever hang over the kingdom ready to break forth Bacon 2. Uncertain ; unfteady [/ubrique, French. 3. Wanton ; lewd Why were we hurry'd dow This /ubrick and adult'rate age Nay, added fat pollutions of our own 1> encreafe the fteaming ordures of the ftage Dryden Lu'srricous. adj. [lubricus, Latin. 1. Slippery ; {mooth The parts of wate being voluble and lubricou th infinuates itfelf int as fine, it eafil as wel tubes of vegetables, and by that means introduce into them the matter it bears along with it Wodward's Natural Hiftory 2. Uncertain The judgment being the leading power, if it b ftored with /ubricous opinions inftead of clearly conceived truths, and peremptorily refolved in them the practice will be as irregular as the conceptions Glanwille's Scepfis Lusririca'TioN. #. /. [lubricus and fo The a& of {moothing Lat. A twofold liquor is prepared for the inunétio and lubrification of the heads of the bones ; an oil one, furnifhed by the marrow; a mucilaginous fupplied by certain glandules feated in the articulaRay on Creation tions Ev'n mighty pam who Kings and queens o'er And mow'd down armies in the fights of /z. Pope On the fertile bank Milton Of Abbana and Pharpar, /ucid ftreams. On the tranfparent fide of a globe, half filve and half of a tranfparent metal, we faw certai The long diffentions of the two houfes, which although they had had /Jucid intervals and happ The caufe is /ubrifaltion and relaxation, as in medicines emollient; fuch as milk, honey, and malBacon lows threw 2. Pellucid ; tranfparent Crafbaw In panting murmurs Luerira'ctioN. #, [, [lubricus an Sfacio, Latin.] The a& of lubricatin or fmoothing A game at cards that part of the glafs whereit is moft in motion the ele@rick vapour which is excited by the friction of the glafs againft the hand, will, by daihin againft the white paper, cloth, or finger, be put int fuch an agitation as to emit light, and make th white paper, cloth, or finger, appear /ucid like Neawton glow-worm The pearly fhell its Jucid globe unfold And Pheebus warm the rip'ning ore to gold. Pope ftrange figures circularly drawn, and thought w could touch them, till we found our fingers ftoppe Culliver's Trawvels by that /ucid fubftance Merry Andrew on the low rope copies Zubberl the fame tricks which his mafter is fo dexteroufl Dryden performing on the high Lu. » / L BI LRUL Luce n. /. [perhaps from Jupus, Latin. A pike full grown They give the dozen white /xces in their coat Shake[peare Lv'ce~rt adj [lucens Latin. Shin ing; bright; fplendid I meant the day-ftar fhould not brighter rife Nor lend like influence from his /ucent feat Ben Fonfon A fpot like which perhap Aftronomer in the fun's Jucent orb Through his glaz'd optick tube yet never faw Milton LUCID French. 1. Shining adj [lucidus Latin lucide bright; glittering Over his /ucid arm A military veft of purple flow'd Milton Livelier than Melibeean It contralts it, preferving the eye from bein injured by too vehement and /ucid an object, an again dilates it for the apprehending objects mor Some beams of wit on other fouls may fall Strike through and make a /ucid interval But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray His rifing fogs prevail upon the day Drydesn I believed him in a /ucid interval, and defired h would pleafe to let me fee his book Tatler A few fenfual and voluptuous perfons may, fo a feafon, eclipfe this native light of the foul; bu can never fo wholly fmother and extinguifh it, bu that, at fome Jucid intervals, it will recover itfel again, and fhine forth to the conviction of thei confcience Bentley Luct'piry n Jf. [from Jucid. Splen dour; brightnefs Di& Luci'Ferous. adj. [lucifer, Latin.] Giv=ing light ; affording means of difcovery The experiment is not ignoble, and Zuciferou enough, as fhewing a new way to produce a vola tile falt Boylc Lat. Lucr'rick. adj. [lux and facio Making light; producing light When made to converge, and fo mixed together though their /ucifick motion be continued, yet b interfering, that equal motion, which is the coloriGrew fick, is interrupted Luck n. /. [geluck, Dutch. accident 1. Chance hap fortune cafual event He forc'd his neck into a nooze To thew his play at faft and loofe And when he chanc'd t' efcape miftook For art and fubtlety, his luck Hudibras Some fuch method may be found by human induftry or /uck, by which compound bodies may b refolved into other fubftances than they are divide into by the fire Boyle z. Fortune, good or bad Glad of fuch Juck, the lucklefs lucky mai A long time with that favage people ftaid Spenfer To gather breath in many miferies Shakefpeare Farewel, good /uck go with thee 1 did demand what news from Shrew{bury He told me, that rebellion had ill /uck And that young Harry Peicy's fpur was cold Shakefpeare That part of mankind who have had the juftice to pafs or the /uck in commo for th opinion wifeft, have followed a very different fcent. Zemple Such, how highly foever they may have the /uc to he thought of, are far from being Ifraelites inSouth deed The guefts are found too num'sous for the treat But all, it feems who had the /zck to eat Swear they ne'er tafted more delicious meat Lu'ckiry. adw. [from /lucky. nately ; by good hap Zarz Fortu o It is the pencil thrown Juckily full upon the horfe' mouth, tq exprefs the foam, which the painte the end of one's finger, be held at the diftance o about a quarter of an inch, ot half an irch, fro It bappens Juckily fox the efablifhment of a ne remote in a fainter light If a piec of whit paper Ray or a white cloth with all his fkill could not form Dryden's Dafref rac |