Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lucern"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]
1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in
Switzerland.
My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of
most rapine. --Chapman.
2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some
supposed to be the lynx). [Written also {lusern} and
{luzern}.]
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I
know to chase. --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
{alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [L. lucerna.]
A lamp. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
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