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 Lullian Method.Lumine Sicco (In). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lumber (from Lombard).
 
A pawnbroker’s shop. Thus Lady Murray writes: “They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came home.”   1
 


 Lullian Method.Lumine Sicco (In). 

 
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