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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lu·cern n.  [Obs.]
 1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
 My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
 Beasts of most rapine.   --Chapman.
 2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and luzern.]
 The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
 I know to chase.   --Beau. & Fl.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lu·sern n.  Zool. A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.