lucency.html - adj.
literary 1 shining, luminous.
2 translucent.

lucency n. lucently adv. [L lucere shine (as LUX)]

lucency.html - n.
a pike (fish), esp. when full-grown. [ME f. OF lus, luis f. LL lucius]

lucency.html - adj.
literary 1 shining, luminous.
2 translucent.

lucency n. lucently adv. [L lucere shine (as LUX)]

lucency.html - n.
(also lucern) Brit. = ALFALFA. [F luzerne f. mod. Prov. luzerno glow-worm, with ref. to its shiny seeds]

lucency.html - See: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, LUCK OUT, PRESS ONE'S LUCK or PUSH ONE'S LUCK, IN LUCK, OUT OF LUCK.

lucency.html - {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Suddenly to get lucky when in fact the odds are against one's succeeding. * /I was sure I was going to miss the train as I was three minutes late, but I lucked out, the train was five minutes late./ 2. To be extraordinarily fortunate. * /Catwallender really lucked out at Las Vegas last month; he came home with $10,000 in cash./ 3. (By sarcastic opposition) to be extremely unfortunate; to be killed. * /Those poor marines sure lucked out in Saigon, didn't they?/