lack

v. i. 1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

What hour now?
I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in want. [ 1913 Webster ]

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ Cf. Alack. ] Exclamation of regret or surprise. [ Prov. Eng. ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. leán. ] 1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. [ 1913 Webster ]

She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lacked p. pr. & vb. n. Lacking. ] 1. To blame; to find fault with. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. [ 1913 Webster ]

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Lackadaisy, interj. ] 1. Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental; dreamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking spirit or liveliness; lethargic; listless; languid. [ PJC ]

3. Indolent; lazy; idle, especially in a dreamy manner. [ PJC ]

-- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Lackadaisical. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ From Lackaday, interj. ] An expression of languor. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ Abbreviated from alackaday. ] Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]