1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
2. (Zoöl.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound,
and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
Lurcher
(Lurch"er), n. [L. lurco, lurcho, a glutton. See 1st Lurch.] A glutton; a gormandizer. [Obs.]
Lurchline
(Lurch"line`) n. The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.
Lurdan
(Lur"dan) a. Stupid; blockish. [Obs.]
Lurdan
(Lur"dan), n. [OF. lourdin, fr. lourd heavy, dull, thick-headed. See Lord.] A blockhead. [Obs.]
Lure
(Lure) n. [OF. loire, loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G.
luder lure, carrion.]
1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; — used by falconers in
recalling hawks. Shak.
2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton.
3. (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.
Lure
(Lure), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Luring.] [OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See
Lure, n.] To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or
advantage; to entice; to attract.
I am not lured with love.
Piers Plowman.
And various science lures the learned eye.
Gay. Lure
(Lure), v. i. To recall a hawk or other animal.
Lurg
(Lurg) n. (Zoöl.) A large marine annelid inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is
whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.
Lurid
(Lu"rid) a. [L. luridus.]
1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame.
Thomson.
Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke
On the misty river tide.
Tennyson. 2. (Bot.) Having a brown color tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
3. (Zoöl.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Lurk
(Lurk) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurked (lûrkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurking.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a
dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See Lower, and cf. Lurch, a sudden roll, Lurch to lurk.]
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent.
Prov. i. 11.
