Defn: 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.
LUST
Lust, n. Etym: [AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D.,
G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr.
lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to please, Listless.]
1. Pleasure [Obs.] " Lust and jollity." Chaucer.
2. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] For little lust had she to talk of aught. Spenser. My lust to devotion is little. Bp. Hall.
3. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; — in a had sense; as, the lust of gain. The lust of reigning. Milton.
4. Licentious craving; sexual appetite. Milton.
5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] Bacon.
LUST
Lust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.] Etym:
[AS. lystan. See Lust, n., and cf. List to choose.]
1. To list; to like. [Obs.] Chaucer. " Do so if thou lust. " Latimer.
Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
In the water vessel he it cast When that him luste. Chaucer.