'Lusern' definitions:
Definition of 'Lusern'
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- Lusern \Lu"sern\, n. [F. loup-cervier, L. lupus cervarius.] (Zool.) A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lusern'
From: GCIDE
- Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. [1913 Webster]
- My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and luzern.] [1913 Webster]
- The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]