Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1806-1824, 1899
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LUCE, n.1 Also leuce, luss, lust, lusk (Sc. 1818 Sawers); looss-. A skin incrustation, scurf, dandruff, loose dead skin (Slk. 1825 Jam.; Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.; Wgt. 1930, Sh. 1961, luss); seborrhea (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Adj. loossie, full of exfoliations of the cuticle, covered with scurf (Peb., Rxb. 1825 Jam.). [løs, lʌs]s.Sc. 1806 Farmer's Mag. (Nov.) 427:
In a fortnight . . . the wool is considerably grown; and, as it rises, it lifts along with it, from the surface of the skin, a kind of leuce (which is the grosser part of the salve that adheres to the pelt, the finer or more oily part diffusing itself through the fleece).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 36:
That vile luce or shiny matter a razor scrapes off the face in shaving.Fif. 1899 Proc. Philos. Soc. Gsw. XXXI. 43:
The scalp may be affected with lust.
