Lucern
Lucern , noun
[Etymology uncertain.]
1.
A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine.
2.
An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase.
Lucern , noun
[French luzerne.]
(Botany) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.
Lucern , noun
[Latin lucerna.]
A lamp. [Obsolete] — Lydgate