lucern

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English

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Etymology 1

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Latin lucerna.

Noun

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lucern (plural lucerns)

  1. (obsolete) A lamp.
    • a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Ane Prayer for the Pest:
      Superne Lucerne, guberne this pestilens

Etymology 2

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French luzerne.

Noun

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lucern (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of lucerne (the plant alfalfa)

Etymology 3

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Probably adapted from obsolete German lüchsern (pertaining to the lynx, adjective) (attested 1600s), as applied to the fur or skin of the lynx, from Luchs (lynx).

Noun

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lucern (plural lucerns)

  1. (obsolete) The lynx, viewed as an animal hunted for its fur or skin.
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References

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lucern”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)