Lurch
Lurch , intransitive verb
[Latin lurcare, lurcari.]
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [Obsolete]
Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear.
Lurch , noun
[Old French 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.
But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch.
Lurch , transitive verb
1.
To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obsolete]
Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.
2.
To steal; to rob. [Obsolete]
And in the brunt of seventeen battles since
He lurched all swords of the garland.
Lurch , noun
[Compare Welsh llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. from English 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.
A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind. [Figurative]
Lurch (lûrch) , intransitive verb
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.
Lurch , intransitive verb
[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.