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Webster 1913 Edition
Lucifer
Lu′ci-fer
,Noun.
[L., bringing light, , the morning star, fr.
Noun.
lux
, lucis
, light + ferre
to bring.] 1.
The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; – applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer
, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations! Is. xiv. 12.
Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name
Lucifer
has since been applied to Satan. Kitto.
2.
Hence, Satan.
How wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favors! . . .
When he falls, he falls like
Never to hope again.
Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favors! . . .
When he falls, he falls like
Lucifer
,Never to hope again.
Shakespeare
3.
A match{1} made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; – called also
lucifer match
, and locofoco
, now most commonly referred to as a friction match
. See Locofoco
. 4.
(Zool.)
A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lucifer
LU'CIFER
,Noun.
1.
The planet Venus, so called from its brightness.2.
Satan.And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again.