lustren.¹

Brit.

/ˈlʌstə/, U.S.

/ˈləstər/

Forms: Also 1500s Scottish lustir, 1500s– (now U.S.) luster.

Etymology: < French lustre (masculine), = Spanish lustre, Portuguese lustre, Italian lustro, Rumanian lustru; a Common Romance verbal noun < Latin lūstrāre to illumine, probably representing an earlier *lūc-strāre < lūc-, lūx light.

a. The quality or condition of shining by reflected light; sheen, refulgence; gloss.Often with adjective, as metallic, pearly, silky, waxy lustre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light

orientness1519

lustrec1522

gloss1538

brightshine1573

shine1601

sheen1604

polishing1611

polish1629

oriencya1651

glare1658

glossiness1680

nitency1768

varnish1841

burnishing1851

orience1858

shininess1872

patina1931

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 73 He that by good vse and experyence, hathe in his eye the ryghte marke and very trewe lustre of the Dyamonte.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 159/2 The iewell,..the bryght lustre where of bleryd eyes might not endure to beholde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 126 That same Eye, whose bend doth awe the World, Did loose his Lustre .

1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 Theire ordnary designes [in tapestry]..with a whiles use will soone loose their luster.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Curriers give their Lustre several ways, according to the Colour to be illustrated.

a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 92 All stones of lustre shoot their vivid ray.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 135 The dark and dazzling lustre of her eyes frequently shone in tears.

1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 77 Minute scales of caprate of baryta, of a fatty lustre.

1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) i. 8 A coating of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lustre.

1871 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 111 The wool appeared very long, soft, fine, and of a silky lustre.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 Cut a piece of lead or of zinc, and observe the lustre of its fresh surface.

b. rarely in plural. Appearances of lustre.

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1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. iii. sig. D4 By the whitenesse and bright sparkling lustres We allure th' Intelligences to descend.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey v. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cc4/2 She being set in yeares next, none of those lusters Appearing in her eye, that warme the fancy.

1841 R. W. Emerson Love in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 179 Like opaline doves'-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent.

c. concrete (plural). Applied to the eyes.

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1810 F. Dudley Amoroso I. 118 (Fitzedw. Hall).

d. A material or composition used to impart a lustre to manufactured articles.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze

vitriature1569

glazing1700

lustre1728

glaze1789

lustring1875

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) For very black Furs they sometimes prepare a Lustre of Galls, Copperas, Roman Alumn, Ox's Marrow, and other Ingredients.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lustering, a polish; as black~luster for stoves, etc.

e. In ceramics, the surface sheen produced by glazing; the material used for glazing. Also elliptical, = lustre ware n. at Compounds 2 below. Hence lustre-glazed, lustre-painted adjs.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery

glaze1807

lustre1829

smear1875

smear-glaze1893

1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries x. 227 The Lustre of our day is a good red clay body, with a fine brown glaze; upon which is laid, for Gold Lustre, a very thin coating of a chemical mixture containing a small quantity of Gold in solution.

1892 J. R. Kidson & F. Kidson Hist. Notices Leeds Old Pottery 87 The Agate ware made at the Leeds Pottery was contemporary with the earliest makes of their Silver Lustre.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 681/2 Luster band, open Meakin's English-ware... The decorations are of a heavy luster band and a flower sprig in luster which resembles gold very closely.

1939 Burlington Mag. May 227/2 A lustre-glazed tile made at Valencia in the late fifteenth century.

1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 9 A lustre-painted bowl of Malaga ware in the Staatliche Museen, East Berlin.

1969 G. Lewis Collector's Hist. Eng. Pottery xvi. 157 The newly introduced technique of electro-plating made the silver lustre less popular and production ceased.

1973 Country Life 11 Nov. 1049/1 Morris's philosophy extended as much to..rush-bottomed chairs as to gold lustre.

a. Luminosity, brilliancy, bright light; luminous splendour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness

shinessc950

brightOE

gleamOE

lightnessOE

brightnessOE

brightheadc1300

glimc1400

lightsomeness1440

shinea1529

brightsomeness1548

lustrec1550

claritude1575

lightfulnessa1586

explendency1642

lucidness1648

lucidity1656

luculency1656

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 42 The spere & hauyn of Venus..is ane grit sterne of ane meruelous lustir.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Y2 With bils and glayues making a dreadfull luster .

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 40 Her three lanthornes..afforded the greater lustre, because of the chrystal, cut diamond-wise.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 19 God expects no lustre from the minor stars.

1694 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 195 And now the scorching Sun was mounted high, In all its lustre.

1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) v. 12 Thus Stars, when pinch'd by frost, cast keener lustre.

1799 S. Vince Elem. Astron. (1810) xxi. 229 Obstructing the lustre of the sun's beams.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlvii. 210 The sun was shining with uncommon lustre.

1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 218 The lustre of the most remote part of the corona..was about one eight-hundreth part of the brightness of the Moon.

b. concrete. A shining body or form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous > something luminous

shiner1398

lustre1743

nebulosity1762

luminosity1853

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 22 As glaring Day Of these unnumbred Lustres robs our Sight.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. v. 126 [I] turn'd Toward the lustre, that with greeting kind Erewhile had hail'd me.

3. transferred. Radiant beauty or splendour (of the countenance, of natural objects, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance

gleamOE

gleec1440

blaze1578

radiancea1593

radiancy1595

lustre1602

prefulgency1660

brilliance1755

rayonnement1910

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. ii. sig. B^v Till the soile of griefe Were cleard your cheeke, and new burnisht lustre Cloath'd your presence.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. vii. 8 Virgins are like the fair Flower in its Lustre.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 186 When Autumn's yellow lustre gilds the world.

1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. i. 3 His countenance, radiant with health and the lustre of innocence.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 98 Manhood's glorious lustre and noble joy in his eyes.

a. figurative in various applications, esp. Brilliance or splendour of renown; glory. Often in phrases, to add lustre to, to shed or throw lustre on, etc. Also, splendid beauty (of language, sentiments, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > illustriousness

shine?1529

lustrea1575

splendour1604

clarity1616

illustration1616

illustriousness1650

illustricity1761

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 69 The third chapter..casteth forth a very jolly glistering lustre of many goodly illations of such things as..make little against us.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. iv Like the light, he shall display Thy justice in most shining lustre.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §5. 136 These actions, together with his honourable behauiour, which added much to their lustre, were more glorious than profitable.

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 185 Hee affected popular Lustre by frequent exhibiting most Stately Shewes.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 85 The..chastity of Stile, which lendeth a luster to your elaborate writings.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 202 I hold mine own Religion so good, as it needs not fetch lustre from the disgrace of another.

1713 J. Addison Cato i. i How does the lustre of our father's actions, Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 304 The Duke of Richmond was sent to give a lustre to that negotiation.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 1 His birth..was attended by prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 232 The pomp and lustre of his language.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 33 She was..charmed by the lustre of his sentiments.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii. 146 It threw great lustre on his administration.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 295 The virtues of Claudius..place him in that short list of emperors who added lustre to the Roman purple.

1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 510 It was in the power of the orator..to throw a lustre over the historian.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. iv. 253 Mythical lustre illumined all the historic facts of Abraham's life.

1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xix. 166 As she dilated on the past, she seemed to share its lustre and its triumphs.

1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 Its future is a future which..is likely to add fresh lustre to the Newspaper Press.

†b. Something that adds lustre; a glory. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > that which

lustrea1625

aureola1877

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iii. sig. E2 To thinke well of our selves, if we deserve it, is a luster in us.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxx. 286 The Persian, or the Tartarian, or some other obscure Prince..shall have the lustre from God to maul this great Empire.

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 359 The degree of Knighthood, which is not onely a lvster to a family, but gyvethe a precedence.

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 436 Which virtues were most eminent in this singular servant of God, as a luster to his great learning.

†c. External splendour, magnificence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence

thrumOE

prideOE

wealc1290

noblessec1330

pompc1330

statec1330

nobletya1387

royaltyc1405

magnificence?1435

gloriousnessc1440

pompousness1447

noblenessc1450

pomperyc1460

triumpha1513

princeliness1545

gorgeousness1549

jollity1549

stateliness1556

proudnessa1586

royalitya1607

splendour1616

grandeur1652

superbiousness1654

splendidnessa1657

lustre1658

superbness1779

pompa1783

splendaciousness1853

magnoliousness1921

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 80 Solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 167 They inveighed vehemently against ‘Lords Bishops; their Pride, and Lustre’.

5. (a) †A glass ball placed among artificial lights to increase the brightness of the illumination (obsolete); also, one of the prismatic glass pendants often attached in circles to a chandelier or hung round the edge of an ornamental vase. (b) A chandelier [the usual sense in French] .

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > pendant ornaments

pendantc1400

tasselc1400

tarsel1459

pend1488

pendace1488

drop1502

pendle1567

tag1570

tasse1570

tasselet1577

lustre1682

fiocco1694

dewdrop1880

the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > object having

lustre1682

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candelabrum

branch1525

principal1548

candle-branch1599

lustre1682

chandelier1736

pharos1806

candelabrum1815

cluster-candlestick1859

lampadary1885

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 187 Hung with many great Circles of Lamps..intermixed with Lustres or Balls of Glass.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 260 The whole [is] made Gay by Pictures..and almost in every room large Lustres of rock chrystal.

1754 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 160 A glass lustre or chandelier.

1812 T. Moore Twopenny Post Bag viii. 45 Many a maid, with busy feet That sparkle in the Lustre's ray.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 236 The remains of a lustre, without any drops.

1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Lustre, a bright brass chandelier, suspended from a ceiling, as we see in churches, theatres, &c.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1133 A bronze lustre for sixty candles.

1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) vii. 277 Lustres of coloured crystal.

a. A thin light dress material having a cotton (formerly also silk or linen) warp and woollen weft and a highly lustrous surface.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool

moreena1691

satinette1723

jeanette1785

gambroon1812

cassinette1817

merino1818

lustre1831

Russell cord1834

domett1835

mousseline de laine1835

moreen-damask1837

delaine1840

Orleans1844

kerseynette1846

balzarine1849

muslin-de-laine1856

Verona serge1858

president1860

Persian cord1873

moreen silk1889

niggerhead1892

Viyella1894

Verona1904

Panama1907

Parisian cloth1960

1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 299 Poplins and lustres are..composed partly of silk and partly of worsted.

1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 555 Linen lustres..are dutiable.

1881 Daily News 26 Aug. 5/1 We do not believe there lives a woman whose partriotism would induce her to wear an English lustre if she is able to buy a French cashmere.

b. A kind of wool having a lustrous surface.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other

cot1471

wool1608

Lemster ore1610

belta1641

vigone1656

downright1749

stitchel1775

super1797

Saxony1842

lustre1894

snow-white1896

sixties-

1894 Times 22 Jan. 13/4 The best lustres and demi-lustres are sure to be more in request than any other kinds.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

lustre bowl n.

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1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 359/4 Iridescent luster bowl made of the most select Bavarian china.

lustre china n.

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1952 M. Laski Village viii. 136 The furniture..consisted of..a painted pine corner cupboard with..some genuine old lustre china inside.

lustre jug n.

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1908 J. M. Synge Lett. to Molly (1971) 276 Look round in Galway for lustre jugs or Irish curios.

lustre mug n.

ΚΠ

1971 ‘E. Ferrars’ Stranger & Afraid i. 16 A good deal of clutter, in the way of Staffordshire teapots, lustre mugs, Bohemian glass and photographs.

lustre process n.

ΚΠ

1900 19th Cent. Sept. 447 The lustre process was known in Siena at a very early date.

lustre teapot n.

ΚΠ

1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned i. 107 Miss Waterhouse would now be giving..strong tea to her weaving class, pouring steadily from a beautiful lustre tea-pot.

1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. vi. 46 I was only talking about the lustre teapot... It's shiny stuff—like metal, only china.

lustre tile n.

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1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 224/1 These spiral scrolls and leaves are familiar..in the thirteenth century lustre tiles.

lustre trade n.

ΚΠ

1895 Daily News 31 Dec. 2/7 In the twofold weft and lustre trade there is an abundance of work.

lustre fabric n.

ΚΠ

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 192 If lustre fabrics are out of fashion the demand for home-grown wool diminishes.

lustre fleece n.

ΚΠ

1891 Times 15 Oct. 5/9 Lustre and demi-lustre fleeces.

lustre goods n.

ΚΠ

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/2 France has again begun to give out orders for lustre goods.

lustre wool n.

ΚΠ

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 238/1 The wool..has a glistening appearance, which has earned for it the name ‘lustre wool’.

lustre-maker n.

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1881 Daily News 26 Aug. 5/1 The silk manufacturers of Lyons are..worse off while the taste for finely-wrought wool lasts than the Yorkshire lustre makers.

C2.

lustre mottling n. ‘the peculiar mottling seen in pœcilitic rocks’ (Webster Suppl. 1902).

lustre ware n. cheap pottery with surface ornamentation in bright metallic colours.; spec. pottery which is given a metallic lustre by the application of a metal oxide to its surface; also transferred.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way

lustre ware1825

celadon1850

willow-ware1851

spatterware1856

sgraffiato1862

barbotine1865

sgraffito1878

slipware1883

photoceramic1892

sponged ware1957

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 476 Lustre ware consists of an inferior quality of the materials worked into the usual forms, and having the hue of gold, platina, or copper, &c. fixed on the glaze.

1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 312 After the commencement of the present century lustre-wares were generally made throughout the Potteries.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 595/4 The household of the meek Jewish tailor and the home of the jolly publican are shining pieces of cockney lustre~ware.

1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 1 A large cover of Hispano-Moresque lustreware, imported from Malaga.

1971 Canad. Antiques Collector Jan. 17/1 English lustre ware affords a fascinating variety of colour, charm and decoration for the collector.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lustre
释义	lustren.¹ Brit. /ˈlʌstə/, U.S. /ˈləstər/ Forms: Also 1500s Scottish lustir, 1500s– (now U.S.) luster. Etymology: < French lustre (masculine), = Spanish lustre, Portuguese lustre, Italian lustro, Rumanian lustru; a Common Romance verbal noun < Latin lūstrāre to illumine, probably representing an earlier lūc-strāre < lūc-, lūx* light. 1. a. The quality or condition of shining by reflected light; sheen, refulgence; gloss.Often with adjective, as metallic, pearly, silky, waxy lustre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light orientness1519 lustrec1522 gloss1538 brightshine1573 shine1601 sheen1604 polishing1611 polish1629 oriencya1651 glare1658 glossiness1680 nitency1768 varnish1841 burnishing1851 orience1858 shininess1872 patina1931 c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 73 He that by good vse and experyence, hathe in his eye the ryghte marke and very trewe lustre of the Dyamonte. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 159/2 The iewell,..the bryght lustre where of bleryd eyes might not endure to beholde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 126 That same Eye, whose bend doth awe the World, Did loose his Lustre . View more context for this quotation 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 Theire ordnary designes [in tapestry]..with a whiles use will soone loose their luster. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Curriers give their Lustre several ways, according to the Colour to be illustrated. a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 92 All stones of lustre shoot their vivid ray. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 135 The dark and dazzling lustre of her eyes frequently shone in tears. 1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 77 Minute scales of caprate of baryta, of a fatty lustre. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) i. 8 A coating of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lustre. 1871 W. H. G. Kingston On Banks of Amazon (1876) 111 The wool appeared very long, soft, fine, and of a silky lustre. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 75 Cut a piece of lead or of zinc, and observe the lustre of its fresh surface. b. rarely in plural. Appearances of lustre. ΚΠ 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. iii. sig. D4 By the whitenesse and bright sparkling lustres We allure th' Intelligences to descend. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey v. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cc4/2 She being set in yeares next, none of those lusters Appearing in her eye, that warme the fancy. 1841 R. W. Emerson Love in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 179 Like opaline doves'-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent. c. concrete (plural). Applied to the eyes. ΚΠ 1810 F. Dudley Amoroso I. 118 (Fitzedw. Hall). d. A material or composition used to impart a lustre to manufactured articles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze vitriature1569 glazing1700 lustre1728 glaze1789 lustring1875 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) For very black Furs they sometimes prepare a Lustre of Galls, Copperas, Roman Alumn, Ox's Marrow, and other Ingredients. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lustering, a polish; as black~luster for stoves, etc. e. In ceramics, the surface sheen produced by glazing; the material used for glazing. Also elliptical, = lustre ware n. at Compounds 2 below. Hence lustre-glazed, lustre-painted adjs. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery glaze1807 lustre1829 smear1875 smear-glaze1893 1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries x. 227 The Lustre of our day is a good red clay body, with a fine brown glaze; upon which is laid, for Gold Lustre, a very thin coating of a chemical mixture containing a small quantity of Gold in solution. 1892 J. R. Kidson & F. Kidson Hist. Notices Leeds Old Pottery 87 The Agate ware made at the Leeds Pottery was contemporary with the earliest makes of their Silver Lustre. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 681/2 Luster band, open Meakin's English-ware... The decorations are of a heavy luster band and a flower sprig in luster which resembles gold very closely. 1939 Burlington Mag. May 227/2 A lustre-glazed tile made at Valencia in the late fifteenth century. 1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 9 A lustre-painted bowl of Malaga ware in the Staatliche Museen, East Berlin. 1969 G. Lewis Collector's Hist. Eng. Pottery xvi. 157 The newly introduced technique of electro-plating made the silver lustre less popular and production ceased. 1973 Country Life 11 Nov. 1049/1 Morris's philosophy extended as much to..rush-bottomed chairs as to gold lustre. 2. a. Luminosity, brilliancy, bright light; luminous splendour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brightness shinessc950 brightOE gleamOE lightnessOE brightnessOE brightheadc1300 glimc1400 lightsomeness1440 shinea1529 brightsomeness1548 lustrec1550 claritude1575 lightfulnessa1586 explendency1642 lucidness1648 lucidity1656 luculency1656 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 42 The spere & hauyn of Venus..is ane grit sterne of ane meruelous lustir. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. Y2 With bils and glayues making a dreadfull luster . View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 40 Her three lanthornes..afforded the greater lustre, because of the chrystal, cut diamond-wise. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 19 God expects no lustre from the minor stars. View more context for this quotation 1694 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 195 And now the scorching Sun was mounted high, In all its lustre. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) v. 12 Thus Stars, when pinch'd by frost, cast keener lustre. 1799 S. Vince Elem. Astron. (1810) xxi. 229 Obstructing the lustre of the sun's beams. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlvii. 210 The sun was shining with uncommon lustre. 1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 218 The lustre of the most remote part of the corona..was about one eight-hundreth part of the brightness of the Moon. b. concrete. A shining body or form. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous > something luminous shiner1398 lustre1743 nebulosity1762 luminosity1853 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 22 As glaring Day Of these unnumbred Lustres robs our Sight. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. v. 126 [I] turn'd Toward the lustre, that with greeting kind Erewhile had hail'd me. 3. transferred. Radiant beauty or splendour (of the countenance, of natural objects, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance gleamOE gleec1440 blaze1578 radiancea1593 radiancy1595 lustre1602 prefulgency1660 brilliance1755 rayonnement1910 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. ii. sig. B^v Till the soile of griefe Were cleard your cheeke, and new burnisht lustre Cloath'd your presence. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. vii. 8 Virgins are like the fair Flower in its Lustre. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 186 When Autumn's yellow lustre gilds the world. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. i. 3 His countenance, radiant with health and the lustre of innocence. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 98 Manhood's glorious lustre and noble joy in his eyes. 4. a. figurative in various applications, esp. Brilliance or splendour of renown; glory. Often in phrases, to add lustre to, to shed or throw lustre on, etc. Also, splendid beauty (of language, sentiments, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > illustriousness shine?1529 lustrea1575 splendour1604 clarity1616 illustration1616 illustriousness1650 illustricity1761 a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 69 The third chapter..casteth forth a very jolly glistering lustre of many goodly illations of such things as..make little against us. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. iv Like the light, he shall display Thy justice in most shining lustre. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. xi. §5. 136 These actions, together with his honourable behauiour, which added much to their lustre, were more glorious than profitable. 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 185 Hee affected popular Lustre by frequent exhibiting most Stately Shewes. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 85 The..chastity of Stile, which lendeth a luster to your elaborate writings. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 202 I hold mine own Religion so good, as it needs not fetch lustre from the disgrace of another. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. i How does the lustre of our father's actions, Through the dark cloud of ills that cover him, Break out. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 304 The Duke of Richmond was sent to give a lustre to that negotiation. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. i. 1 His birth..was attended by prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 232 The pomp and lustre of his language. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 33 She was..charmed by the lustre of his sentiments. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii. 146 It threw great lustre on his administration. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 295 The virtues of Claudius..place him in that short list of emperors who added lustre to the Roman purple. 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 510 It was in the power of the orator..to throw a lustre over the historian. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. iv. 253 Mythical lustre illumined all the historic facts of Abraham's life. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xix. 166 As she dilated on the past, she seemed to share its lustre and its triumphs. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xx. 152 Its future is a future which..is likely to add fresh lustre to the Newspaper Press. †b. Something that adds lustre; a glory. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > that which lustrea1625 aureola1877 a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iii. sig. E2 To thinke well of our selves, if we deserve it, is a luster in us. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxx. 286 The Persian, or the Tartarian, or some other obscure Prince..shall have the lustre from God to maul this great Empire. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. iii. 359 The degree of Knighthood, which is not onely a lvster to a family, but gyvethe a precedence. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 436 Which virtues were most eminent in this singular servant of God, as a luster to his great learning. †c. External splendour, magnificence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence thrumOE prideOE wealc1290 noblessec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 nobletya1387 royaltyc1405 magnificence?1435 gloriousnessc1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 pomperyc1460 triumpha1513 princeliness1545 gorgeousness1549 jollity1549 stateliness1556 proudnessa1586 royalitya1607 splendour1616 grandeur1652 superbiousness1654 splendidnessa1657 lustre1658 superbness1779 pompa1783 splendaciousness1853 magnoliousness1921 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 80 Solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 167 They inveighed vehemently against ‘Lords Bishops; their Pride, and Lustre’. 5. (a) †A glass ball placed among artificial lights to increase the brightness of the illumination (obsolete); also, one of the prismatic glass pendants often attached in circles to a chandelier or hung round the edge of an ornamental vase. (b) A chandelier [the usual sense in French] . ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > pendant ornaments pendantc1400 tasselc1400 tarsel1459 pend1488 pendace1488 drop1502 pendle1567 tag1570 tasse1570 tasselet1577 lustre1682 fiocco1694 dewdrop1880 the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > object having lustre1682 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candelabrum branch1525 principal1548 candle-branch1599 lustre1682 chandelier1736 pharos1806 candelabrum1815 cluster-candlestick1859 lampadary1885 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 187 Hung with many great Circles of Lamps..intermixed with Lustres or Balls of Glass. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 260 The whole [is] made Gay by Pictures..and almost in every room large Lustres of rock chrystal. 1754 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 160 A glass lustre or chandelier. 1812 T. Moore Twopenny Post Bag viii. 45 Many a maid, with busy feet That sparkle in the Lustre's ray. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 236 The remains of a lustre, without any drops. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Lustre, a bright brass chandelier, suspended from a ceiling, as we see in churches, theatres, &c. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1133 A bronze lustre for sixty candles. 1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) vii. 277 Lustres of coloured crystal. 6. a. A thin light dress material having a cotton (formerly also silk or linen) warp and woollen weft and a highly lustrous surface. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > cotton and wool moreena1691 satinette1723 jeanette1785 gambroon1812 cassinette1817 merino1818 lustre1831 Russell cord1834 domett1835 mousseline de laine1835 moreen-damask1837 delaine1840 Orleans1844 kerseynette1846 balzarine1849 muslin-de-laine1856 Verona serge1858 president1860 Persian cord1873 moreen silk1889 niggerhead1892 Viyella1894 Verona1904 Panama1907 Parisian cloth1960 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 299 Poplins and lustres are..composed partly of silk and partly of worsted. 1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 555 Linen lustres..are dutiable. 1881 Daily News 26 Aug. 5/1 We do not believe there lives a woman whose partriotism would induce her to wear an English lustre if she is able to buy a French cashmere. b. A kind of wool having a lustrous surface. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > other cot1471 wool1608 Lemster ore1610 belta1641 vigone1656 downright1749 stitchel1775 super1797 Saxony1842 lustre1894 snow-white1896 sixties- 1894 Times 22 Jan. 13/4 The best lustres and demi-lustres are sure to be more in request than any other kinds. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. lustre bowl n. ΚΠ 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 359/4 Iridescent luster bowl made of the most select Bavarian china. lustre china n. ΚΠ 1952 M. Laski Village viii. 136 The furniture..consisted of..a painted pine corner cupboard with..some genuine old lustre china inside. lustre jug n. ΚΠ 1908 J. M. Synge Lett. to Molly (1971) 276 Look round in Galway for lustre jugs or Irish curios. lustre mug n. ΚΠ 1971 ‘E. Ferrars’ Stranger & Afraid i. 16 A good deal of clutter, in the way of Staffordshire teapots, lustre mugs, Bohemian glass and photographs. lustre process n. ΚΠ 1900 19th Cent. Sept. 447 The lustre process was known in Siena at a very early date. lustre teapot n. ΚΠ 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned i. 107 Miss Waterhouse would now be giving..strong tea to her weaving class, pouring steadily from a beautiful lustre tea-pot. 1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. vi. 46 I was only talking about the lustre teapot... It's shiny stuff—like metal, only china. lustre tile n. ΚΠ 1933 Burlington Mag. Nov. 224/1 These spiral scrolls and leaves are familiar..in the thirteenth century lustre tiles. lustre trade n. ΚΠ 1895 Daily News 31 Dec. 2/7 In the twofold weft and lustre trade there is an abundance of work. b. lustre fabric n. ΚΠ 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 192 If lustre fabrics are out of fashion the demand for home-grown wool diminishes. lustre fleece n. ΚΠ 1891 Times 15 Oct. 5/9 Lustre and demi-lustre fleeces. lustre goods n. ΚΠ 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/2 France has again begun to give out orders for lustre goods. lustre wool n. ΚΠ 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 238/1 The wool..has a glistening appearance, which has earned for it the name ‘lustre wool’. c. lustre-maker n. ΚΠ 1881 Daily News 26 Aug. 5/1 The silk manufacturers of Lyons are..worse off while the taste for finely-wrought wool lasts than the Yorkshire lustre makers. C2. lustre mottling n. ‘the peculiar mottling seen in pœcilitic rocks’ (Webster Suppl. 1902). lustre ware n. cheap pottery with surface ornamentation in bright metallic colours.; spec. pottery which is given a metallic lustre by the application of a metal oxide to its surface; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way lustre ware1825 celadon1850 willow-ware1851 spatterware1856 sgraffiato1862 barbotine1865 sgraffito1878 slipware1883 photoceramic1892 sponged ware1957 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 476 Lustre ware consists of an inferior quality of the materials worked into the usual forms, and having the hue of gold, platina, or copper, &c. fixed on the glaze. 1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 312 After the commencement of the present century lustre-wares were generally made throughout the Potteries. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 595/4 The household of the meek Jewish tailor and the home of the jolly publican are shining pieces of cockney lustre~ware. 1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 1 A large cover of Hispano-Moresque lustreware, imported from Malaga. 1971 Canad. Antiques Collector Jan. 17/1 English lustre ware affords a fascinating variety of colour, charm and decoration for the collector. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lustren.² Brit. /ˈlʌstə/, U.S. /ˈləstər/ Forms: Also 1500s Scottish lustir, 1500s– (now U.S.) luster. Etymology: Anglicized form of lustrum n. A period of five years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 29 Thritty yere of vj. lustres. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. v. 94 Eftir mony lustris and ȝeiris ourslidin is. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature p. xiii The following Discourse was written..some Lustres ago. 1715 S. Garth Claremont 221 The fourth bright Lustre had but just begun To shade his blushing cheeks with doubtful down. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. i. 9 So it will be the turn of you young folks, come eight more lustres, and your heads will be bald like mine. 1899 O. Seaman In Cap & Bells (1900) 27 After a lustre of celibacy She married with a publican. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † lustren.³ Etymology: < Latin lustrum. Obsolete. A cave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave covec950 denOE cavec1220 rochea1300 spelunk13.. cavernc1374 cabin1377 speke1377 antruma1398 minea1398 thurse-house?c1450 crypt?a1475 vault1535 chamber1575 antre1585 underground1594 Peak1600 lustre?1615 open?1644 cunicle1657 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 loch1767 purgatory1797 vug1818 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvii. 159 But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Lustre,..a Den of wilde beasts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † lustrev.¹ Etymology: < Latin lūstrāre to lustrate v.¹ Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To purify; = lustrate v.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)] mereeOE spurge1303 fine1340 sendre1340 purea1350 purgec1350 purifya1398 depurea1400 clarifyc1430 expurge1483 defecatec1487 subtiliate1551 refine?1572 neatify1581 distil1599 sublimate1601 sweeten1601 depurate1620 infresh1635 lustre1645 lustrate1653 freshen1710 chasten1715 epurate1799 enchastena1806 dispollute1862 society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > purify [verb (transitive)] cleansec1000 hallowc1000 clengea1300 circumcide1340 circumcisec1340 purifyc1350 purgea1430 sanctifya1500 expiate1603 housel1607 lustre1645 lustrate1653 catharize1832 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 285 That all his actions moral be watered and lustered with faith. 2. To view, survey; = lustrate v.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > survey supervidec1475 to look about ——1489 lustre1541 supervise1541 surview1567 surveyc1595 lustrate1623 resurvey1726 rake1848 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xiv. f. 20^v They trusted, that Jupiter, lustring and beholdynge all thynges, wolde discouer the counsailes..of those vngratious hopelostes. ?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 10 If a Pagan's outward life be well lustred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2021). lustrev.² Brit. /ˈlʌstə/, U.S. /ˈləstər/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s luster. Etymology: < Latin lūstrāre: see lustre n.¹ †1. transitive (a) To render illustrious. (b) To throw light upon, illustrate. (c) To render specious or attractive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > make famous or celebrate [verb (transitive)] enluminec1386 famea1400 bruitc1487 renowna1500 celebrate1522 specifya1525 illustrate1530 illustre1530 resoundc1550 blaze1552 blazon1553 ennoble1565 repeat1582 famose1590 famous1590 royalize1590 emblazon1592 emblaze1596 concelebrate1599 blazonize1614 laurizea1618 lustre1627 befame1669 sound1711 belion1837 lionize1837 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance paintc1390 set1540 daub1543 plaster1546 varnish1571 to gild over1574 adorn1589 parget1592 glaze1605 apparel1615 pranka1616 lustre1627 candidate1628 varnish1641 lacquer1688 whitewash1703 tinsel1748 duff1750 fineer1765 veneer1847 superficialize1851 gloss1879 window dress1913 beglamour1926 sportswash2012 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) Ep. Ded. sig. A iij Worthies, loe to you at last; Saint Pauls Antichrist in such lineaments as that Apelles his pencell, or coale rather was pleased to shadow him in. Lustred I say not, vnuailed onely, and made more barefaced. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. iv. 20 The Policy then which is most simple and single, and lest lustered with the pompe & bravery of Ceremonies [etc.]. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas i. 17 Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons..with the cloake of Religion. 2. intransitive. To be or become lustrous. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [verb (intransitive)] > shine with reflected light shinec897 gleama1225 lustre1582 burnisha1625 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 38 Eeune lyk as her deitee to the Saincts dooth luster in heunblisse. 1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 27 Her five bright Lanthorns luster round the seas, Shining like five of the seven Hyades. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer iii. 326 What bloom, what brightness lusters o'er her cheeks! 1902 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 2/1 Their feathers lustered in the moonlight as they passed. 3. transitive. To put a lustre upon (cloth, pottery, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > lustre or glaze glazec1400 glass1577 regloss1609 glazen1657 lustrate1688 lustre1883 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 201 Isinglass..used..in lustreing silk ribbons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1522n.²1387n.³?1615v.¹1541v.²1582
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