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- English Word Lurcation Definition Gluttony; gormandizing.
- English Word Lurch Definition To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
- English Word Lurch Definition An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- English Word Lurch Definition A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
- English Word Lurch Definition To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
- English Word Lurch Definition To steal; to rob.
- English Word Lurch Definition 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.
- English Word Lurch Definition To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
- English Word Lurch Definition To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
- English Word Lurch Definition To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
- English Word Lurched Definition of Lurch
- English Word Lurcher Definition One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
- English Word Lurcher Definition One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
- English Word Lurcher Definition A glutton; a gormandizer.
- English Word Lurching Definition of Lurch
- English Word Lurchline Definition The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.
- English Word Lurdan Definition Stupid; blockish.
- English Word Lurdan Definition A blockhead.
- English Word Lure Definition A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
- English Word Lure Definition Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
- English Word Lure Definition A velvet smoothing brush.
- English Word Lure Definition To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
- English Word Lure Definition To recall a hawk or other animal.
- English Word Lured Definition of Lure
- English Word Lurg Definition A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.
- English Word Lurid Definition Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
- English Word Lurid Definition Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
- English Word Lurid Definition Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
- English Word Luring Definition of Lure
- English Word Lurk Definition To lie hid; to lie in wait.