Chapter Luciferian to Lumbago of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Ludlow group
(Lud"low group`) (Geol.) A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; — so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.

Ludwigite
(Lud"wig*ite) n. [Named after the chemist Ludwig.] (Min.) A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.

Lues
(||Lu"es) n. [L.] (Med.) Disease, especially of a contagious kind.

Lues venerea, syphilis; — called also simply lues.

Luff
(Luff) n. [OE. lof, prob. a sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, loeven to luff. The word is perh. akin to E. glove. Cf. Aloof.] (Naut.) (a) The side of a ship toward the wind. (b) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. (c) The roundest part of a ship's bow. (d) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and- aft sails.

Luff tackle, a purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes. Totten. — Luff upon luff, a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Luff
(Luff) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Luffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Luffing.] (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.

To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind.

Luffer
(Luf"fer) n. (Arch.) See Louver.

Lug
(Lug) n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.]

1. The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.

3. (Mach.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.

4. (Harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

5. (Zoöl.) The lugworm.

Lug bolt (Mach.), a bolt terminating in a long, flat extension which takes the place of a head; a strap bolt.

Lug
(Lug), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lugging ] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome. Dryden.

They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.

Collier.

Lug
(Lug), v. i. To move slowly and heavily.

Lug
(Lug), n.

1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]