Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient lamp. See
lucern . - noun A quasi-popular name for the lantern-gurnard, Trigla obscura, given in allusion to the brilliant silvery band along the side of this fish.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of pulmonale gastropods, of the family Helicidæ, having the aperture toothed and more or less twisted.
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Examples
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Legend links the name "Lucerne" from the Latin lucerna, meaning "lamp" with an angel who, with light streaming from his fingertips, indicated to eighth-century Benedictine monks the site on which they should build the city's first chapel.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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Legend links the name "Lucerne" from the Latin lucerna, meaning "lamp" with an angel who, with light streaming from his fingertips, indicated to eighth-century Benedictine monks the site on which they should build the city's first chapel.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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Legend links the name "Lucerne" from the Latin lucerna, meaning "lamp" with an angel who, with light streaming from his fingertips, indicated to eighth-century Benedictine monks the site on which they should build the city's first chapel.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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Legend links the name "Lucerne" from the Latin lucerna, meaning "lamp" with an angel who, with light streaming from his fingertips, indicated to eighth-century Benedictine monks the site on which they should build the city's first chapel.
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011
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Maria antonieta reyes lucerna puentes sanchez lopez del cortez alvarez on Nov 13, 2008
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E lecto surgens nudus et absque calceis, accensa lucerna omnia obiens et lustrans, et vix somno indulgens.
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He closed his eyes, brought down the lucerna, and surrendered to the horse.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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"Second eyes," the Plainsmen called them'the white lucerna of the mining elves.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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With a cry, he closed the milky lucerna, pushed himself away from the slag, and staggered to Tanila, slipping his arm about her waist and dragging her blindly toward the safer crest of the nearest dune.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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The elf's eyes glazed over, the brilliant lucerna closing once more, this time protectively against the anticipated wind.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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