(1):
(n.) A lamp.
(2):
(n.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; - called also alfalfa.
(3):
(n.) A sort of hunting dog; - perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
(4):
(n.) An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).