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LVC · Section 2

Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues · John Florio

LVC

Lucẻrd[o], _the cricke in a horse, which makes him to carrie his necke awry._

Lúcere, lúc[o], lucéi, luciút[o], _to shine to giue light._

Lucẻrna, _a light, a lamp, a candle. Also the Lantern-fish, which lilling foorth his tongue, yeelds a great blaze or light. Some have taken it for the Gournard, or Rotchet-fish._

Lucẻrnále, _any thing that giueth light as a lampe or a candle. Also Torch-hearbe, or Lungwort._

Lucẻrnári[o], _as_ Lucẻrniére.

Lucẻrnétta, _a little light or lamp._

Lucẻrniére, _a stock for a lamp to stand in or vpon. Also a Candlesticke made of plate to hang vpon walles. Also a lamp, or light-bearer, or he that hath the charge of the Lamps in a Church._

Lucẻrta, _as_ Lucẻrt[o]la.

Lucẻrt[o]la, _a Lizard, an Eft, a Neut._

Lucẻrt[ó]ne, _a great Eft or Lizard._

Luchẻla, _as_ L[o]quéla.

Luchétt[o], _as_ L[o]cchétt[o].

Lúci, _all manner of lights. Vsed also for eyes._

Lucíbile, _that which is light of it selfe._

Lucidézza, _shining, brightnesse, splendor._

Lúcid[o], _bright, shining, splendent, lucent._

Luciferésc[o], _of the nature and qualitie of Lucifer. Luciferiane._

Luciferín[o], _as_ Luciferésc[o].

Lucífer[o], _that bringeth light. Also vsed for Lucifer, the Diuell._

Lucifúg[o], _that flieth light and loueth darkenesse. Also a blind beetle._

Lucígn[o], _a weeke, a match, or cotton of a candle, of a lamp or of a torch. Also match._

Lucignóla, _a gloe-worme, or glaze-worme._

Lucign[o]láre, _to put the weeke, match, or cotton in a lamp, torch, or candle. Also to give fire with a match. Also to frounse, to crisp or curle and dresse with fine knots or glittering iewels, as women doe their haires and heads._

Lucign[o]lát[o], _I finde it vsed for an Aborne colour of a womans haire._

Lucign[o]létti, _the diminutiue of_ Lucignóli.

Lucignóli, _or_ Lucignuóli, _weekes, cottons, or matches for candles, lamps, or torches. Also match-cords for gunners. Also bundles or rules of flaxe or wooll readie for the spinners. Also locks, tuffs, tassels or feakes of haire or wooll or any thing else. Also peakes or tips of beards. Also sliding-knots, curlings, or entramelings of haires and ribands enterlaced together as women weare on their heads. Also spanglings, or sparcklings._

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