LUSTERS
Noun
lusters
plural of luster
Anagrams
• Ulsters, lustres, results, rustles, sutlers, tussler, ulsters
Source: Wiktionary
LUSTER
Lust"er, n.
Definition: One who lusts.
Lus"ter Lus"tre, n. Etym: [L. lustrum: cf. F. lustre.]
Definition: A period of five years; a lustrum.
Both of us have closed the tenth luster. Bolingbroke.
Lus"ter, Lus"tre, n. Etym: [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
perh. a different word, and akin to L. lucere to be light or clear,
to shine. See Lucid, and cf. Illustrious, Lustrum.]
1. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. Sir T. More.
The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday
sky. Addison.
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.
2. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without
obscurity than with any great luster. Sir H. Wotton.
3. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an
ornamental character. Pope.
4. (Min.)
Definition: The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or
dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
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.
5. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and
some of the glazes.
6. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for
women's dresses. Luster ware, earthenware decorated by applying to
the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process
of baking.
Lus"ter, Lus"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lustering, or Lustring.]
Definition: To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic]
Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition