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Webster's English Dictionary

lurch

v. i. [L. lurcare, lurcari.] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. ()

Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. (Bacon.)

n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed.]1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. ()

2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch. ()

Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch. (Walpole.)

To leave one in the lurch. (a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. Denham. [1913 Webster] But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. Hudibras. ()

v. t. 1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. ()

Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. (South.)

2. To steal; to rob. ()

And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. (Shak.)

n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. ()

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v. i. To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching. ()

v. i. [A variant of lurk.]1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk. (L'Estrange.)

2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. ()

I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. (Shak.)