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LUMBAGO, in

m,di~ioe,

denotes apúo aGout the loios,

as th,n preeediog fevers, agues, aod the rhrllolJtifm.

LUMH:\lUS, a oame

~iveo

to ,he 3l'!crits "nd veios

which fpread o"er the loios. S;, ANA TOMY

LU ~JIlIUCAL,

o.me

gi"o to four mufcles of the

fiogers, and to, as maoyof the toe;. Se, AN

TOM Y,

pu t [/.

LUMBR[CUS, the EARTH ·WORM, io zoology, a ge·

nus of iofells belongiog to the order of ver mes io·

tellina. Thebody iseylindrical, anoul:tted , with' o e·

levaledbelt neu theruiddle. Tbereisbut Ooe fpeeiesof

this animal.

I,ves uoder grouod, 30d f,eds upon the

Ceeds and roOt' of plants.

[¡

comes above grouod in

theoight, or during rain, for the purpofe of copula.

tioo. For the effell, of thefe animals in the humao

body, and the method of expeHing them, fee MED I'

CtNE .

LUMME, in ornithology. See COLYMBUS.

LUMp· FISH. See CveLO'URUS.

LUNA , io allronomy, themoon. See ASTRONOMY.

LUNAR, Comething belonging to the moon; thu, we

fay, luoar month, luoar year,

-be.

LUNAR[A, HONtn y, in botaoy, a geous of the

tetradyoamia .filieuloCa clafs. The filieula, or pod, is

entire, eHiptieal, and eompre!Ted; with plaio, equal,

parallel valves. There are two fpecies, noneof them

nativesofBritain.

LUNATIC, aperfon affelled with lunacy. Se. MEDI'

CI NE.

LUND, or LUNDEN, a eity of Sweden, in Ihe pro–

vioee of Gothl,od, the

eapital.of

the territory of

Sehonen, fituated thirty miles ealt of CopeohageA,

LUNDY, a litlle illaod in the mouth of the Brinol·

eh,nnel :

lon~.

50',

N. lat.

51 '

25'.

LUNENBURG, the capital of tbe duehyof the fame

name. thirty miles

fo~th·eall

Hamburg:

loog.

lO'

'o:,

,N.lat. 53' 35'.

LUNGS . ·See !\NATOMY, p. 280.

lUNC 'WORT,

bo"ny. See PULMONA RIA.

LUNISOLAR YEAR, in ehrooolt'gy, ,he fpace of 532

eommon years; found by multipiyiog the eycle of the

fuo by that of the moon.

LUNULA, in geometry, a plaoe figtlTc like a erefeent

01 half moDo.

LUPERCALlA, a fellival of Ihe aoeient Roman! in

honour of the god P,n, obCmed on the 15th of Fe·

bruary, and fo eaHed fromluperei, the priells of that

f,bulous deity.

LUI'[ NUS, in botaoy a geousof thediadclphia dmn·

dria clafs. The ealix coolills of tWO lips ; five of Ihe

aother:t are ohlong,

~od

the other fi ve rouod ; an,l

the pod iseoreaceous. There are feven fpeeics, none

of themnatives of li ritain.

LUPULUS, io hotaoy,

!:;e.

See

H UMULU~ .

LUPU S,

zoology. Se< C,'Nes.

Lu, us '¡H INUS. See ANARR ICHAS.

Lu ,u~,

io aftronomy. Se. ASTRONOMV, p. 487.

LURI':, io f,lcoory, "dcviee 01' leather, io thc fJrm of

a hi,,J, wilh tlVO \Viogs Hnek with fcat hcrs. ao" t"iteo

wllh a pieee of

B~{h;

wh",with to reclaim Or eaH

back a hawk, \\'hen at a con!!dmhlc dllbnce.

LUS.~T[ A,

" morquifate of Upper S.txooy, houI"kd

by Braoueohurg, on Ihe oorth ; by Sil,fi3. on the

ean; hy llohemi3, on the fou th; ,od by the e1"lh¡

of Saxooy, on the weH: it is fubjcll lo the kio;: 01'

Poland.

LUSTRATlON, in antiquity, faerificcs or eeremooies

hy\VhiehIhe aneieotspurified Iheireities, ficlds, armies,

or people, defil ed hyao)' erime or impurity.

Some of th& lullratiooswere puhlie, o,hers private.

There were three fpecies or maonas of performing

lunration,

viz .

by Gre aod fulphur, by water, aooby

air ; which hIt was dooe hy faoning . nd agitatiog the

air lOuod the thiog tO he pm ified. Sorne of thefe

luHmioos were nece!Tu y, that is, eould not be dif·

peofed wi,h, as lullratioosofhoufesintime of a plague,

or upon the death of aoy perfon; othm again were

done out of choice, and at plcarure. The puhlie luf.

trations at Rome were celebrated every fift h year, in

whieh they led a villim thriee lound the place 10 be

puriGeel, and in the mean time bnrnt a great quaotity

of perfu mes,

LUSTRE, the glofs 01 brightnefs appcariog 00 aoy

thiog, partieularly on maoufallures of filk, wool, 01

Ilulf.

is like\Vife ured tO denote lhe eompofitioo 01

manner of giviog that glofs.

The lunre of lilks is giveo them by walhiog in foap,

tben cle.. water, and dippiog themin alum watel eold.

To give Iluffs a beautifulluHre, fo revery eight pouods

of Iluff aHowa quarter of a pound of linfeed; boil it

half ao hour, and then Ilrain it through a cloth, anu

let it Iland tiH il is turoed almoll to a jeHy : af"nvards

put an ouoee and a half of gum.lodi!Tolve t\Veoty rour

hours

theo mix the liquor, aod put the clolh into

lhis mixture ; take it OUt, dry it in the {hade, and

prefs ir. If once doiog is not fu!lieient, rep« t lhe

opemion. Curriers give a lunre ro blaek leathel (¡rft

with jui« of bar·berries, then \Vith gum arabie, alr,

vioegar, aod fl,nders'glue, boiled together. For eo–

loured Icalher, they ufe the \Vhite of ao egg beaten in

water. Moroeeoes have their lunre from juice of

bar·berrics and lemonor orange. 1:'or halS, Ih. lunre

is frequentlygil'eo with eontmon water, fometimes a

liule hlock dye is ,dded : the fame luUre fcrve¡ fOI

furs, exeept Ihat for very block furs they fometimes

prepare a lunre of galls, eopperas, Romanalum, OX'S

marrow, and other ingredients.

LUSTRUM, io Ronm, antiquity,

geoeral muller and

review of all the mizens and Ihei r eoods,' whieh was

performcrl by the eeofors C\'cry fifth )'

e.Ir,

\Vho·after·

wards mane a folemn lu{hatioo. Sec LUSTRATION.

LUTE, or LUTING , among ehemilh.

S,~

CHE"tS'

TR Y,

11 6.

Lu n , is alfo a m"(,,,1ioll,ument with Ilringl.

The lute eonr.lls of four pms,

vi.

the "ole; the

bocly or "clly, whieh has nioe or teo lides; Ihe oeek,

whieh 1m

OIOC

or teo Hops or dil'ifioos, olllked \Vtth

lir;ng3 ; aotl the heaci, oroerofs, \\here the ferelV for

raifing

aocl lowtrio~

the lit ings to a propcr pitch of

t('oe are f,xed. lo the middle of the t.hle there is a

".re oc palErge for the found; th<re is alfo 3 hridge

11m the Ilriogs are fafi,ned lO, ?nd

Filec of i'OI:1

uCl\\'een