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▪ I. luce1|l(j)uːs|
Also 5 lus(e, luyss, luyȝs, lewse, 6 leuse.
[a. OF. lus, luis, repr. late L. lūcius.]
The pike (Esox lucius), esp. when full grown.
[1338Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 35 In j Luc' pro Suppriore, iij d.] c1386Chaucer Prol. 350 Many a breem and many a luce in stewe. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 704/34 Hic lucius, a lewse. 14..Two Cookery-bks. 113 Nym luyss or tenge, or other manere fish. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 173 The best Pikes and Luces, were thought to be in the Riuer of Tyber. 1653Walton Angler vii. 142 The Luce, or Pikrell, or Pike breeds by Spawning. 1740R. Brookes Art of Angling I. xxxi. 68 The Pike, Luce or Pickerel..with us in England is a very common Fish. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 383 The Pike. Pickerell. Jack. Luce. 1892Pall Mall G. 21 July 31/1 Two mighty eels, three fatted tench, and a couple of luce were at once secured.
b. Her. as a charge.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 370/1 A fesse indented sable charged with four leuses heads eirant rased or. 1598Shakes. Merry W. i. i. 16 All his Ancestors..may giue the dozen white Luces in their Cote.
2. luce of the sea, sea-luce: the hake, Merlucius vulgaris.
1598Stow Surv. 71 [In a Fishmongers' pageant] Sixe and fortie armed Knightes riding on horses, made like luces of the sea. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 246 Luces, properly called Pikes of the Sea, are so rare in Spain that they are never seen. 1880–4F. Day Fishes Gt. Brit. I. 301 The hake..has also been termed..sea-luce, or sea-pike.
▪ II. † luce2 Obs.
= flower-de-luce, fleur-de-lis.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 128 (The Vote) Her [sc. Henrietta Maria's] fruit, sprung from the rose and luce.
▪ III. † luce3 Obs.
[App. a. G. luchs: see loss2.]
A lynx.
1564in 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. |