Lurch /(?)/

1. 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.

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.

1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]

   Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.

2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.]

   And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland.

1. 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.]

imp. & p. p. Lurched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching

1. To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.

1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

   I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch.