v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring. ] [ OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure. ] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven
Allured his eye. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F.; aller to go. ] Gait; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. alure, aleure, walk, gait, fr. aler (F. aller) to go. ] A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. canneler to groove. ] (Mil.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. -- Can"ne*lured a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Colures [ F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. ko`loyros dock-tailed, a"i ko`loyroi (sc. grammai` lines) the colures; fr. ko`los docked, stunted + o'yra` tail. So named because a part is always beneath the horizon.] (Astron. & Geog.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90° from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. [1913 Webster]

Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled; four times crossed the car of night
From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F., prop., a dropping. ] (Hort.) A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Failure. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. (Bookbinding) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Paleon.) The reflexed margin of the trilobite carapace. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] The neck of horse. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fail. ] 1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Want of success; the state of having failed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A failing; a slight fault. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. il- in + lure. ] To deceive; to entice; to lure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. loire, loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G. luder lure, carrion. ] 1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lured p. pr. & vb. n. Luring. ] [ OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See Lure, n. ] To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

And various science lures the learned eye. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To recall a hawk or other animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named from William Maclure, the geologist. ] (Paleon.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; it is used in preparing barbiturate drugs.
Syn. -- barbituric acid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., lit., peel, fr. peler to peel. ] A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. silurus a sort of river fish, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. silure. ] (Zool.) A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. soillure, F. souillure. See Soil to make dirty. ] Stain; pollution. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for it
A case of silk. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A telluride. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [ Written also telluretted. ] [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also tellurhydric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tubulure. ] (Chem.) A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Value. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. velours, OF. velous, from L. villosus hairy. See Velvet. ] 1. Velvet. [ Obs. ] “A woman's crupper of velure.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A substance resembling velvet. [ PJC ]