Luster

6 definitions found

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

  Luster \Lust"er\, n.
     One who lusts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Luster \Lus"ter\ Lustre \Lus"tre\, n. [L. lustrum: cf. F.
     lustre.]
     A period of five years; a lustrum.
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           Both of us have closed the tenth luster. --Bolingbroke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luster \Lus"ter\, Lustre \Lus"tre\, n. [F. lustre; cf. It.
     lustro; both fr. L. lustrare to purify, go about (like the
     priests at the lustral sacrifice), traverse, survey,
     illuminate, fr. lustrum a purificatory sacrifice; perh. akin
     to E. loose. But lustrare to illuminate is perhaps a
     different word, and akin to L. lucere to be light or clear,
     to shine. See {Lucid}, and cf. {Illustrious}, {Lustrum}.]
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     1. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
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              The right mark and very true luster of the diamond.
                                                    --Sir T. More.
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              The scorching sun was mounted high,
              In all its luster, to the noonday sky. --Addison.
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     Note: There is a tendency to limit the use of luster, in this
           sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine
           with their own light, or at least do not blaze or glow
           with heat. One speaks of the luster of a diamond, or of
           silk, or even of the stars, but not often now of the
           luster of the sun, a coal of fire, or the like.
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     2. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
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              His ancestors continued about four hundred years,
              rather without obscurity than with any great luster.
                                                    --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     3. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like,
        generally of an ornamental character. --Pope.
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     4. (Min.) The appearance of the surface of a mineral as
        affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its
        reflecting qualities.
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     Note: The principal kinds of luster recognized are: metallic,
           adamantine, vitreous, resinous, greasy, pearly, and
           silky. With respect to intensity, luster is
           characterized as splendent, shining, glistening,
           glimmering, and dull.
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     5. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as graphite
        and some of the glazes.
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     6. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, --
        used for women's dresses.
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     {Luster ware}, earthenware decorated by applying to the
        glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the
        process of baking.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luster \Lus"ter\, Lustre \Lus"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Lustred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lustering}, or {Lustring}.]
     To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic]
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           Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. --Lowell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  luster
       n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: {lustre}, {brilliancy},
             {splendor}, {splendour}]
       2: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
          light [syn: {shininess}, {sheen}, {lustre}]
       3: a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain [syn: {lustre}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "luster":
     abundant year, academic year, afterglow, air glow, annum, aura,
     be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, bissextile year, blaze,
     blaze of glory, blind, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, buff,
     burn, burnish, calendar month, calendar year, candescence,
     ceiling fixture, century, chandelier, charisma, circlet,
     common year, corona, corona lucis, crown, day, daze, dazzle,
     decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, diffuse light,
     effulgence, electrolier, envelope, finish, fiscal year, flame,
     flare, flash, flush, fortnight, fulgurate, furbish, gasolier,
     give light, glamour, glance, glare, glaze, gleam, glint,
     gloriousness, glory, gloss, glow, gorgeousness, halo, heavenliness,
     hour, illustriousness, incandesce, incandescence, iridescence,
     leap year, luminosity, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, lustrum,
     magic, man-hour, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute,
     moment, month, moon, mystique, nimbus, numinousness, opalescence,
     patina, polish, quarter, quinquennium, radiance, radiate,
     ravishingness, refulgence, regular year, resplendence,
     resplendency, rub, scour, second, semester, send out rays, session,
     sheen, shine, shine brightly, shininess, shining light, shoot,
     shoot out rays, sidereal year, skylight, sleek, slick, slick down,
     solar year, splendidness, splendor, splendorousness,
     splendrousness, sublimity, sun, sunset glow, term, trimester,
     twelvemonth, varnish, wax, week, weekday, year