(1) To devour; to swallow greedily.
"Too far off from great cities may hinder business; or too near lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear."
-Bacon's Essays.
(2) To defeat; to disappoint. A word now only used in burlesque. (From the game lurch.)
(3) To steal privily; to filch; to pilfer.
Monday, April 19, 2010
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