Lucern /(?)/
Lu·cern
Lucern
n.
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A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine.
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An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase.
Lucern
n.
- A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. (Bot.)
Lucern
n.
- A lamp. [Obs.]