Defn: Shining; bright; resplendent. " The sun's lucent orb." Milton.
LUCERN
Lu"cern, n. Etym: [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 req [Written also lusern
and luzern.]
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase.
Beau. & Fl.
LUCERN
Lu"cern, n. Etym: [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
Defn: A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; — called also alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
LUCERN
Lu"cern, n. Etym: [L. lucerna.]
Defn: A lamp. [Obs.] Lydgate.
LUCERNAL
Lu*cer"nal, a. Etym: [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a lamp. Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.