n. (Zool.) See Paradoxure. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
What hour now?
I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ Cf. Alack. ] Exclamation of regret or surprise. [ Prov. Eng. ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. leán. ]
She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Lackadaisy, interj. ]
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a. Lackadaisical. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ From Lackaday, interj. ] An expression of languor. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ Abbreviated from alackaday. ] Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. See Lacquer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
What hour now?
I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ Cf. Alack. ] Exclamation of regret or surprise. [ Prov. Eng. ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. leán. ]
She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let his lack of years be no impediment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. James i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Lackadaisy, interj. ]
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a. Lackadaisical. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ From Lackaday, interj. ] An expression of languor. [ 1913 Webster ]
interj. [ Abbreviated from alackaday. ] Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. See Lacquer. [ 1913 Webster ]