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Lucern n. (Obs.)

A sort of hunting dog; perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. "My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine."

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lucern" Quotes from Famous Books

... thou see clearer than thy noble sires, Who battled for fair freedom's priceless gem With life, and fortune, and heroic arm? Sail down the lake to Lucern, there inquire How Austria's thraldom weighs the Cantons down. Soon she will come to count our sheep, our cattle, To portion out the Alps, e'en to their peaks, And in our own free woods to hinder us From striking down the eagle or the stag; To set her tolls on every bridge and ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III • Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief)

... house and away to the left, and we shall be able to irrigate at least three or four hundred acres of land. Upon these we shall be able to raise four or five crops a year; and one crop in particular, the alfalfa, a sort of lucern for fattening the cattle in time of drought, when the grass is all parched up. At that time cattle ordinarily worth only fifteen dollars can be sold, if fat, for forty-five or fifty dollars. So you see, boys, there is a grand prospect ...

— On the Pampas • G. A. Henty