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Encyclopedia Britannica



LURCH

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 129 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
LURCH , a word with several meanings, the etymological relationships of which are obscure. The
chief
  uses which survive are(1) in the phrase " to leave in the lurch," to abandon some one, to leave him in a position of
great
  difficulty; (2) a stagger, sudden leaning over, originally a nautical expression of a sudden "
list
  " made by a ship; (3) the name of a dog, the " lurcher " used by poachers, properly a cross between a sheep-dog or collie and a greyhound. In (1) " lurch " is the name of a game, of which nothing is known (it is supposed to have resembled backgammon), and also of a state of the score in various games, in which the loser either scores nothing or is beaten by very heavy points. In this sense the term is practically obsolete.
Luray Cavern.
1. The
Vestibule
 .
2. Washington's Pillar.
3. Flower Garden.
4. Amphitheatre.
5. Natural Bridge.
6. Fish Market.
7. Crystal
Spring
 .
8. Proserpine's Pillar.
9. The Spectral Column.
10. Hovey's Balcony.
11. Oberon's Grot.
12. Titania's Veil.
13. Saracen's Tent.
14. The Organ.
15. Tower of Babel.
16. Empress Column.
17. Hollow Column.
18.
Henry
 -Baird Column.
It was taken from Fr. lourche, connected with many German forms, now only dialectical such as Lortsch, Lortsch, Lorz, Lurz, all for some kind of game, but also meaning left-hand, wrong, which the New English Dictionary thinks is the origin of the word, it being first used as a term in gambling. In (2) " lurch " occurs first in the form " lee-lurches," sudden rolls a ship takes to leeward in a heavy sea, which may be a corruption of " lee-latch," defined in
Smyth
 's Sailor's Word Book as dropping to lee-ward of the course. In (3) " lurch " is probably another form of " lurk," to lie in wait for, watch stealthily, hence to pilfer, steal.


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