n. [ Akin to D. luk, geluk, G. glück, Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, and perh. to G. locken to entice. Cf. 3d Gleck. ] That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune;
If thou dost play with him at any game,
Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck,
He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Luck penny,
To be in luck,
adv. [ From Lucky. ] In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense;
n.
a. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune;
Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden.
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n.
a.
We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. Shak.
pos>n. (Zool.) See Fatherlasher. [ 1913 Webster ]