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

lucifer \lu"cifer\, n. l., bringing light, n., the morning
   star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.
   1913 webster
   1. the planet venus, when appearing as the morning star; --
      applied in isaiah by a metaphor to a king of babylon.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, satan.
      1913 webster

            how wretched
            is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors . .
            .
            when he falls, he falls like lucifer,
            never to hope again.                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a match1 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.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. a genus of free-swimming macruran crustacea,
      having a slender body and long appendages.
      1913 webster
see also:
lucifer match locofoco friction match locofoco 

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Lucifer, definition of term: Lucifer
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Match >> M Words
Match, definition of term: Match
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Match Play >> M Words
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Parlor Match >> P Words
Parlor Match, definition of term: Parlor Match
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