luce

[Lat. lucius.] A pike full grown; a fish used as an armorial bearing. "All his ancestors, that come after him, may; they may give the dozen white luces in their coat."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1. lū-çen-çỹ, s. [Eng. lucen (t); -cy.] Brightne , luster. "A name of some note and lucency."-Carlyle: French Revolution , pt. iii., bk. i., ch. vi.