(dated, medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lue

plural of Lue

(mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.

A surname.

(archaic) syphilis

(medicine, obsolete) cerebral syphilis

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing niobium, oxygen, and sodium.