n. [ OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed. ]
Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
To leave one in the lurch.
I will not leave thee in the lurch. Hudibras.
v. t.
Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
And in the brunt of seventeen battles since
He lurched all swords of the garland. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. i. [ A variant of lurk. ]
I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. lurcare, lurcari. ] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Lurch to lurk. ]
n. [ L. lurco, lurcho, a glutton. See 1st Lurch. ] A glutton; a gormandizer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds. [ 1913 Webster ]