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lusern

lusern


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Lusern  \Lu"sern\,  n.  [F.  loup-cervier,  L.  lupus  cervarius.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  lynx.  See  1st  {Lucern}  and  {Loup-cervier}.