Index of English words, starting with "lu"

(1) - Luff (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
(2) - Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
(3) - Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
(4) - Luff (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
(5) - Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.

(1) - Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.
(2) - Lug (n.) A rod or pole.
(3) - Lug (n.) Anything which moves slowly.
(4) - Lug (n.) The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
(5) - Lug (v. i.) To move slowly and heavily.
(6) - Lug (v. i.) To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
(7) - Lug (n.) The lugworm.
(8) - Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
(9) - Lug (n.) A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
(10) - Lug (n.) That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
(11) - Lug (n.) The ear, or its lobe.

(1) - Luggage (n.) That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

(1) - Lugger (n.) An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
(2) - Lugger (n.) A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.