lucen.1
/luːs/, /ljuːs/, U.S. /lus/ 1.
a. The pike ( Esox lucius), esp. when full grown.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [noun] > esox lucius (true pike)
hakedeOE
pike1314
ged1324
water wolfa1398
luce14..
pike fish1494
lucetc1550
wolf1555
lucern1615
river wolf1655
jack fish1659
luscio1680
lupus1706
pickerel1709
esox1774
fresh-water shark1799
pickering1842
northern1950
1338 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 35 In j Luc' pro Suppriore, 3d.]
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 704/34 Hic lucius, a lewse.
14.. Two Cookery-bks. 113 Nym luyss or tenge, or other manere fish.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 352 Many a breem and many a luce in Stuwe.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 173v The best Pykes and Luces, were thought to be in the Ryuer of Tyber.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 142 The Luce, or Pikrell, or Pike breeds by Spawning. View more context for this quotation
1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xxxi. 68 The Pike, Luce or Pickerel..with us in England is a very common Fish.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 383 The Pike. Pickerell. Jack. Luce.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 July 31/1 Two mighty eels, three fatted tench, and a couple of luce were at once secured.
b. Heraldry as a charge.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > fish and sea creatures
luce1587
chabot1610
escallop-shell1610
lucy1660
escallop1671
horse-marine1705
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1370/1 A fesse indented sable charged with four leuses heads eirant rased or.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 14 All his Ancestors..may giue the dozen white Luces in their Coate. View more context for this quotation
2. luce of the sea, sea-luce: the hake, Merlucius vulgaris.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > merlucius or hake
hake1225
luce of the sea1598
sea-pike1601
Jacka1625
whiting1735
beard1758
stockfish1823
sea-luce1880–4
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 71 [In a Fishmongers' pageant] Sixe and fortie armed Knightes riding on horses, made like luces of the sea.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 156 Luces are properly called Pikes of the Sea; so rare in Spaine, that they are never seen.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 301 The hake..has also been termed..sea-luce, or sea-pike.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† lucen.2
Obsolete.
= flower-de-luce, fleur-de-lis n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises
gladdona700
gladiolusc1000
flaga1387
fleur-de-lisc1390
regworta1400
yellow flag1526
lug1538
yellow lily1555
spurge-wort1562
swordling1562
garden flag1578
ireos1578
iris1578
stinking iris1578
water flag1578
yellow iris1578
fane1597
Florentine flower-de-luce1597
stinking gladdon1597
stinking sedge1597
velvet flower-de-luce1597
orris1609
sisyrinchium1629
luce1642
Florence iris1664
cuttle-haft1688
blue flag1732
snake's-head iris1739
flag-flower1753
roast-beef plant1800
shalder1825
flag-leaf1827
sweet sedge1839
poison flag1840
flagger1842
wedding-flower1869
mourning iris1874
flagon1878
Rocky Mountain iris1880
Florentine iris1882
Japanese iris1883
flag-lily1884
sword-flag1884
blue iris1886
thunderbolt1898
scorpion iris1900
1642 J. Howell The Vote 8 Her [sc. Henrietta Maria's] fruit sprung from the Rose and Luce.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† lucen.3
Obsolete.
A lynx.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Lynx (lynx)
lynx1340
ouncec1400
wild cat14..
loss1481
lusard1530
lucern1532
luce1564
hind-wolf1601
luceret1637
fox-lynx1862
1564 in Catal. Harl. MSS. (1808) II. 360 Abstract of an Agreement made..for the annuall painting of that Cities four Giants, one Unicorne, one Dromedary, one Luce, one Camell, one Asse, one Dragon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
n.114..
n.21642n.31564