Lucubration

ldD-ku-bra's hitn, n. study by lamp- light, that which composed by nigh i any composition produced in retirement. Lucubratory, lOo'ku-bra-toi adj. composed by caudle-/^*/. Luculent, l67/ku-lent, adj. lucid clear transparent evident. [L luculent us—lux Ludicrous, 133'di-krus, atij that serves for sport adapted to excite laughter: laughable: comic, — adv. Lu'dicrously. —n. Lu'dicrousnesa. [L, — ludicms ludo, to play.] Luff, luf. «. the windward side of a ship the act of sailing a ship close to the wind: the loof.-~ v.t. to turn a ship towards the wind. [Orig. the palm of the hand (Scot, loo/), then a fixed mOte mute Mep, 310 IMG:page-310.webp:Page 310 Lug paddle (like the palm of the hand) attached to a ship’s side, and which being placed to suit the wind, gave its name to the windward side of a ship found in M. E. lof, which is cog. with and (in this sense) perh. borrowed from Dut. loef]