Luke

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luke \Luke\ (l[=u]k), a. [Prob. fr. lew, perh. influenced by AS.
     wl[ae]c warm, lukewarm, remiss. Cf. Lew.]
     Moderately warm; not hot; tepid; lukewarm. -- {Luke"ness}, n.
     [Obs.]
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           Nine penn'orth o'brandy and water luke.  --Dickens.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Luke
       n 1: (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St Paul
            and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third
            Gospel [syn: {Saint Luke}, {St. Luke}]
       2: one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains
          details of Jesus's birth and early life [syn: {Gospel of
          Luke}, {Gospel According to Luke}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Luke
     the evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his
     conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke
     1:2), he was not an "eye-witness and minister of the word from
     the beginning." It is probable that he was a physician in Troas,
     and was there converted by Paul, to whom he attached himself. He
     accompanied him to Philippi, but did not there share his
     imprisonment, nor did he accompany him further after his release
     in his missionary journey at this time (Acts 17:1). On Paul's
     third visit to Philippi (20:5, 6) we again meet with Luke, who
     probably had spent all the intervening time in that city, a
     period of seven or eight years. From this time Luke was Paul's
     constant companion during his journey to Jerusalem (20:6-21:18).
     He again disappears from view during Paul's imprisonment at
     Jerusalem and Caesarea, and only reappears when Paul sets out
     for Rome (27:1), whither he accompanies him (28:2, 12-16), and
     where he remains with him till the close of his first
     imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14). The last notice of the
     "beloved physician" is in 2 Tim. 4:11.
     
       There are many passages in Paul's epistles, as well as in the
     writings of Luke, which show the extent and accuracy of his
     medical knowledge.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Luke, luminous; white
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Luke, MD (town, FIPS 48775)
    Location: 39.47556 N, 79.06037 W
    Population (1990): 184 (97 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 21540

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Luke, MD -- U.S. town in Maryland
     Population (2000):    80
     Housing Units (2000): 58
     Land area (2000):     0.276943 sq. miles (0.717278 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.276943 sq. miles (0.717278 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            48775
     Located within:       Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
     Location:             39.475619 N, 79.057915 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     21540
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Luke, MD
      Luke