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lurch
(encz) | lurch,kymácet v: Zdeněk Brož |
lurch
(encz) | lurch,vrávorat v: Zdeněk Brož |
lurch
(encz) | lurch,zakymácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, 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.
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2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his
adversary has been left in the lurch.
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Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.
--Walpole.
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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.
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But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch. --Hudibras.
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Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, v. i. [L. lurcare, lurcari.]
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
[Obs.]
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Too far off from great cities, which may hinder
business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions,
and maketh everything dear. --Bacon.
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Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, v. t.
1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]
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Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.
--South.
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2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.]
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And in the brunt of seventeen battles since
He lurched all swords of the garland. --Shak.
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Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, 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.
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Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\ (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched
(l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken
man; to move forward while lurching.
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Lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, v. i. [A variant of lurk.]
1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
--L'Estrange.
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2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
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I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch.
--Shak.
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lurch
(wn) | lurch
n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
2: a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
3: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other
conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[syn: lurch, pitch, pitching]
4: the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn:
lurch, pitch, shift]
3: move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"
4: loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch]
5: defeat by a lurch [syn: lurch, skunk] |
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in the lurch
(encz) | in the lurch,průser [id.] josein the lurch,v bryndě [id.] jose |
leave you in the lurch
(encz) | leave you in the lurch, |
lurch
(encz) | lurch,kymácet v: Zdeněk Brožlurch,vrávorat v: Zdeněk Brožlurch,zakymácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
lurcher
(encz) | lurcher, n: |
lurchers
(encz) | lurchers, |
lurches
(encz) | lurches, |
lurching
(encz) | lurching, adj: |
Lurched
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\ (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched
(l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken
man; to move forward while lurching.
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Lurcher
(gcide) | Lurcher \Lurch"er\ (l[^u]rch"[~e]r), n. [See Lurch to lurk.]
1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to
pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a
poacher.
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2. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]Lurcher \Lurch"er\, n. [L. lurco, lurcho, a glutton. See 1st
Lurch.]
A glutton; a gormandizer. [Obs.]
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Lurching
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\ (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched
(l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken
man; to move forward while lurching.
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Lurchline
(gcide) | Lurchline \Lurch"line`\, n.
The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to
inclose the birds.
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To leave one in the lurch
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\, 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.
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2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his
adversary has been left in the lurch.
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Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.
--Walpole.
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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.
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But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch. --Hudibras.
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in the lurch
(wn) | in the lurch
adv 1: in a difficult or vulnerable position; "he resigned and
left me in the lurch" |
lurch
(wn) | lurch
n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
2: a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
3: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other
conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[syn: lurch, pitch, pitching]
4: the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn:
lurch, pitch, shift]
3: move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"
4: loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch]
5: defeat by a lurch [syn: lurch, skunk] |
lurcher
(wn) | lurcher
n 1: someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker,
lurcher] |
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