Luster /(?)/

Lust·er

Luster

n.
  1. One who lusts.

Luster

n.
  1. A period of five years; a lustrum.
    Both of us have closed the tenth luster.
    — Bolingbroke.

Luster

n.
  1. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
    The right mark and very true luster of the diamond.
    — Sir T. More.
    The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky.
  2. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
    His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great luster.
  3. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
  4. The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities. (Min.)
  5. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as graphite and some of the glazes.
  6. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.

Phrases & Compounds
Luster ware
earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.

Luster

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Lustred; p. pr. & vb. n. Lustering

  1. To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic]
    Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold.