lure
Multiple Entries:lure lur
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lure1 /l(j)ʊə/
▶verb tempt to do something or to go somewhere. ▶noun
- 1 a thing that lures a person or animal to do something.
■ the attractive qualities of a person or thing.
- 2 a type of bait used in fishing or hunting.
■ Falconry a bunch of feathers with a piece of meat attached to a long string, swung around the head to recall a hawk.
– origin ME: from OFr. luere, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lure2 /lʊə/
▶noun variant spelling of lur.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lur /lʊə/ (also lure)
▶noun a Scandinavian S-shaped bronze trumpet dating from the Bronze Age.
– origin from Dan. and Norw.
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