2. (Astron.)
Defn: The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.
LURCATION
Lur*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See its Lurch.]
Defn: Gluttony; gormandizing. [Obs.]
LURCH
Lurch, v. i. Etym: [L. lurcare, lurcari.]
Defn: To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
[Obs.]
Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near
them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear.
Bacon.
LURCH Lurch, n. Etym: [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.
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. Walpole. 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. But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. Hudibras.
LURCH
Lurch, v. t.