lues

[Lat.] A plague, a pestilence, a poison. lues venerea, s. The venereal disease; syphilis. luff (1), *loof (2), *loofe, *love, *luve, s. [Goth. lófa. ] The palm of the hand. luff (2), *loof (2), s . [Dut. loef =a weather-gauge; O. Dut. loef =a thole-pin; Dan.luv=weather-gauge, luve to luff; Sw. lof =weather-gauge.] Nautical : IMG:content-0760.png:[blocks in formation] luff, *loof, v. i. [LUFF, 8.] Naut.: To bring the head of a ve el nearer to the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to put the tiller on the lee side, so as to make the ve el sail near the wind. luf-fą, s . [Arab. louf Luffa ægyptiaca .] Bot.: A genus of Cucurbit aceæ, tribe Cucurbiteæ. They are yellow-flowered plants; the males panicled with a hemispherical calyx, with the segments longer than the tube; females solitary, with the segments shorter than the tube; fruit an ovate, fibrous, three-celled gourd. Luffa a cut an gula is used as a pot-herb by the natives of India; L. amara and L. bindaal of India are strongly purgative, as are L. purgans and L. drastic a of Brazil. L. ægyptiaca has an offensive odor, but is cultivated in Egypt, Arabia, India, and China, the fruit being eaten by natives in curry. The seeds are used in India as a cooling medicine. It furnishes an oil, as does L. a cut an gula . The pounded leaves of the last-named species are used in India locally in splenitis, hæmorrhoids, and leprosy. The seeds are purgative and emetic. luf-fer, s. [LOUVER.] lŭg, *lugge, v. t. and i. [Sw. lugga =to pull by the hair, from lugg =the forelock; lock a lock of 2. A pliable rod or twig. 3. A measure of land, a pole or perch. *4. A heavy, strong bow. "The other [bowe] is a lugge , slow of caste, following the stringe, more sure for to last then pleasant for to use." -Ascham: Toxophilus , bk. i. IMG:content-0761.png:[blocks in formation] Luggage of war there shown me, argument Of human weakne ." Milton: P. R. , iii. 401. 3. The baggage or packages of a traveler. "I am gathering up my luggage , and preparing for journey."- Swift to Pope. luggage-saddle, s. Manége : A pad on a led horse for carrying luggage. ( Eng .) luggage-van, s. 1. Railway : A baggage-car. ( Eng .) 2. Vehicle : A fourgon or van containing personal luggage, attending on a traveling carriage. ( Eng .) lŭg'-ger, s . [From the verb to lug (q. v.); Dut. logger ; Dan. lugger ; cf. also Ital. felucca .] A small ve el, carrying two or three masts with a lug sail on each, and a running bowsprit, on which are set two or three jibs.