luridly 
luridly (lu'rid-li), adv. In a lurid or gloomy 
manner. 
lurk (lerk), v. i. [< ME. litrkett, lorken, prob. < 
3546 
lust 
light songster,' < 
canere, sing.] It. 
2. A genus of b:' 
t- Edward III. 
K (lei'K), V. I. l\ aa.fl, mmvn, tvrnmt, i" ~. "&.--; , . .," 41 
Sw: Lrka lirka (= Dan. Z/rf-c), lurk, < Zm = ingale, giving name to a subfamily or family 
i i. . . n^TTn _ rvu T*T^l/l rtc-nina P/rec/>v*v TVioi-o uv> Kvn RTIP- 
Dan. Zwre, lurk, = Icel. ZSra, slumber, = MHG. 
ZSrat, G. Zae>- = MLG. Zwren = D. loeren, lis- 
ten, lurk. In this view lurk has a formative -k, 
as in /*)*. talk, smirk, as related to hear, tale, _, _ 
smite, etc., and is not, as some suppose, an several other generic names as Sylma .etc. 
altered form, with change of s tor, of Sw. Luscmildffi (lus-i^i-d.e),^.^;^ [NL., 
dial. lusJca = Dan. luske, lurk, sneak, = MD. cima + -Mte.J 
of Old World oscine Passeres. There are two spe- 
cies or varieties in Europe, L. luscinia (or L. vera) and L. 
Philomela; a third, L. golzi, is the Persian nightingale 
The genus is also named Daulias. Aedon, Philomela, and 
, and the birds belonging^ it have been called by 
/ Lm lushington (lush'ing-ton) 
Nightingaleslind similar birds "PP 1 ^ [Eng. slang.] 
God wool, no Jjussheburghes payen ye ! 
Chaucer, Prol. to Monk's Tale, 1. 74. 
As in Lvssheborives is a lytheralay, and jet loketh helyke 
a aterlynge, 
The merke of that mono is good, ac the metal is fleble. 
PUTS Plowman (B), XV. 842. 
[See Zs/<3.] A 
out of sight, as for ambush or escape ; skulk. 
Rather than marry Paris, . . . bid me lurk 
Where serpents are. Shak., R. and J., iv. 1. 79. 
He is a fish that lurks close all winter. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 121. 
In these solitudes rogues frequently lurke & do mis- 
cheife (& for whom we were all well appoynted w 1 ' 1 our 
carbines). Evelyn, Diary, March 1, 1644. 
2. To be latent or undisclosed ; be withdrawn 
from open manifestation; exist unperceived or 
unsuspected. 
Under these tales ye may in a manner see the trneth 
lurke. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
I could not suppress my lurking passion for applause. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, xx. 
A cunning politician often lurks under the clerical robe. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 300. 
lurk (lerk), n. [< lurk, V,] A trick of impos- 
ture; a swindling artifice; a cunning dodge. 
[Eng. slang.] 
ing a more distinctive L. form and spelling. 
But the formation is uncertain. The conjec- 
tured derivation from delicious and that from 
luxurious are both improbable. Cf. lush 1 , a., 
3.] 1. Very sweet, succulent, or savory; deli- 
cious; very pleasant to taste ; hence, extremely 
orpeop i e o Lusitania, a province 
^ (fispania), including almost 
Portugal and part of modern 
enticingly delightful. 
These Moors are changeable in their wills : . . . the food 
that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him 
shortly as bitter as coloquintida. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 354. 
He will bait him in with the luscious proposal of some 
gainful purchase. South, Sermons. 
Her rich voice, with her luscious, indolent, Southern pro- 
nunciation. Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 445. 
2. Sweet or rich so as to cloy or nauseate; 
sweet to excess ; hence, unctuous ; fulsome. 
He had a tedious, luscious way of talking, that was apt 
to tire the patience of his hearers. Jeffrey. 
A confection of luscious and cloying epithets was pre- 
sented again and again. Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 395. 
Chelsea George could "go upon any lurk," could be in 
the last stage of consumption actually in his dying hour lusciously (lush'us-li), adv. In a luscious man- 
but now and then convalescent for years and years to- ner . 
gether. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 69. l usc i ousne ss (lush'us-nes), n. 
In compliance with your request, I will now endeavour Qua litv of being luscious, 
to describe to you some forms of lurk, in which I myself - * 
leaving me with a young and helpless family to support. 
Quoted in Ribtan-Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 642. 
keeps out of sight. 
It troubled me that there should have been a lurker on 
the stairs on that night of all nights of the year. 
Dickens, Great Expectations, xl. 
gion or province, in zoogeog., a terrestrial area embra- 
cing the countries bordering the Mediterranean, with Swit- 
zerland, Austria, the Crimea, and Caucasus. 
II. n. An inhabitant of ancient Lusitania or 
of modern Portugal ; a Portuguese. 
(lusk), a. and n. [Prob. < Icel. Wskr, 
c, idle: see Z*7( 2 (and Ziwii 1 ). Cf. Ir. lus- 
gaim, I lurk.] I. a. Lazy ; slothful. 
He had visited here his holy congregacions, in diuers 
corners and luskes lanes. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 344. (Richardson.) 
II. n. An idle, lazy fellow ; a lubber. 
Here is a great knave; i. e. a great lyther luske; or a 
stout ydell lubbar. 
Palsgrave, Acolastus (1540). (Hattiwell. ) 
The luske in health is worser far 
Than he that keeps his bed. 
Kendal, Poems (1577). (Nares.) 
See tucern 2 . 
usn- (lusu;, a. and n. [< ME. htselt, lax, slack; luskt (lusk), v. i. [< lusJc, n.] To be idle, indo- 
cf . laslft ; cf . also dial, lishey, flexible, limber, lent, or unemployed ; lie or loll about lazily. 
Not that I mean to fain an idle God, 
That lusks in Heav'n and never looks abroad. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. 
Themis selfe, . . . 
If that she were incarnate in our time, 
She might luske scorned in disdained slime. 
Marston, Scourge of Villanie, Sat. v. 
The state or 
tation. 
How lush and lusty the grass looks ! how green ! 
Shak., Tempest, 1L-1. 52. 
Then greene and void of strength, and Imh and foggy is lUSKingt (MS King;, 
the blade, for Mags. 
And cheers the husbandmen with hope. 
The great red grapes, the muscadine, the verjuice grape, 
and the luskard. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 25. 
Same as luskisli. Mir. 
Golding, tr. of Ovid, xv. (Narei.) 
The year 
Grows lush in juicy stalks. Keats, Endymion, i. 
And at the root thro' lush green grasses burn'd 
The red anemone. Tennyson, Fair Women. 
luskisht (lus'kish), a. [< htsk + -is/i.] In- 
clined to lusk or be lazy; lazy; slothful. 
They loue no idle bench whistlers, nor luskish faitors: 
for young and old are whcllie addicted to thriuing, the 
men commonlie to trafflke, the women to spinning and 
carding. Holinshed, Descrip. of Ireland, Hi. 
Rouse thee, thou sluggish bird, this mirthful May, 
For shame, come forth, and leave thy luskish nest. 
Drayton, The Owl. (Nares.) 
. man- 
In def. 3, perhaps < lushious, the older spell- 
lurker (ler'ker), n. 1. One who lurks, hides, or ing of luscious, analyzed as if < Ziis/t 1 + -ious.'] 
I. a. It. Lax; slack; limp; flexible. Prompt. 
Pan., p. 317; Topsell, Beasts (1607), p. 343. 
(Halliwell.) 2. Mellow; easily turned., as 
ground. [Prov. Eng.] 3. Fresh, luxuriant, 
2. An impostor; a cheap quack. [Eng. slang.] and juicy; succulent, as grass or other vege- luskar( j t) ,,.. [Origin obseure.f A sort of grape. 
In every large town sham official documents, with crests, 
seals, and signatures, can be got for half-a-crown. Armed 
with these, the patterer becomes a lurker that is, an im- 
postor; his papers certify any and every " ill that flesh is 
heir to." Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, 1. 233. 
3. One who turns his hand to any work ; a jack 
of all trades. [Slang.] 
lurking (ler'king), re. [Verbal n. of lurk, v.~\ 
Tricky practice; imposture; especially, the 
practice of a begging impostor. [Eng. slang.] 
After a career of incessant lurking and deceit, Chelsea 
George left England, and remained abroad, writes my in- 
formant, four or five years. 
Quoted in Kibton-Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 648. 
lurking-place (ler'king-plas), n. A place in 
which one lurks or lies concealed; a secret 
place ; a hiding-place ; a den. 
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages. Ps. x. 8. 
lurry 1 (lur'i), .; pi. lurries (-iz). [Formerly 
also lurrey; perhaps < W. llwry, precipitant, 
forward, < llwr, direction, tendency.] If. A 
confused throng ; a crowd ; a heap. 
A lurry and rabble of poor farthing friars, who have 
neither rent nor revenue. 
World of Wonders (1608), p. 187. (Latham.) 
2. A confusion; confused inarticulate sound or 
utterance; disturbance; tumult. [Now only 
colloq.] 
No doubt but ostentation and formalitie may taint the 
best duties : we are not therfore to leave duties for no du- 
ties, and to turne prayer into a kind of Lurrey. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xvi. 
lurry 1 (lur'i), v. t.; pret. and pp. lurried, ppr. 
lurrying. [< lurryl, .] 1. To hurry care- 
lessly. 2. To lug; pull. 3. To daub; dirty. 
[Prov. Eng. in all uses.] 
II. n. A twig for thatching. [Prov. Eng.] 
lush 2 (lush), v. i. [< ME. *lushen, luschen, lussen, 
luyschen, rush violently.] If. To rush violently. 
; luskishlyt (lus'kish-li), adv. In a luskish 
He laughte owtte a lange swerde, and luyschede one ff aste, ; , , " "i 
And syr Lyonelle in the launde lordely hym strykes. ne T '. ^ziiy. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2226. lusklshnCSSt (lus'kish-nes), n. The quality of 
2. To splash in water. [Prov. Eng.] bein g luskish; disposition to indolence; lazi- 
lush(lush),M. [Origin uncertain; said to be so ness._ Spenser, t . O,., VI. i. tt. 
called from one Lushington, a once well-known lusoriOUSt (lu-so ri-us), a, [< L. lusonus, of or 
London brewer: see lushington. Cf. OF. vin J e . lo . n g ln ? *_* F^IflL 8 ? 6 '*">] 
lousche, thick or unsettled wine (Cotgrave); 
lousche, dull-sighted, purblind, < L. litseus, one- 
eyed, purblind: see Luscinia.'] Beer; intoxi- 
cating drink. [Slang.] . , , 
T lusory (lu'so-n), a. [= Pg. lusono, < L. luso- 
I niver cared much about the lush myself , and ven I f<w> * <d or belonging to a player, sportive, < lu- 
sor, a player, < ludere, pp. lusus, play: see ludi- 
crous.^ Used in play or in sports or games ; 
playful: as, lusory methods of instructing chil- 
dren. [Archaic.] 
How bitter have some been against all lusory lots, or 
taining to play; sportive. 
Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and 
dice, and such mixed lusoriom lots. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 315. 
, 
got avay from the old uns, I didn't mind it no how. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 97. 
lush 3 (lush), V. [< lusW, .] 
drink; tipple on. [Slang.] 
I. trans. To 
any play with chance ! 
Jer. Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 120. (Latham.) 
lurry 2 (lur'i), re. ; pi. lurries (-iz). [Cf. lurryl-.] 
In coal-mimna, a tram or car fitted with a device lush 4 (lush), n. The burbot: same as loslfi. 
for taking up the slack of the rope used in haul- lushburgt, lushborowt, . [< ME. lusshe- 
ing the cars. burghe, lusseburglie, lussheburwe, litslibwrne, luscli- 
lury, re. See lory. burue, lussheborue, lusshebourue, etc., so called 
Luschka's gland. See gland. as issued at Luxemburg, F. Luxembourg (ME. 
Luscinia (lu-sin'i-a), re. [NL., <L. luscinia, the Lussheburghe, etc.).] A coin of base metal 
nightingale, perhaps for 'liiscicinia (?),' the twi- made (chiefly at Luxemburg) in imitation of 
To wind up all, some of the richest sort you ever lushed. 
Dickens, Oliver Twist, xxxix. 
II. intmns. To drink intoxicating liquor. 
[Slang.] Arabesques of Poetry, those lusory effusions on cliimeri- 
I was out of work two or three weeks, and I certainly cal ob J ect8 ' L D'l^aeK, Amen, of Lit., II. 252. 
lushed too much, and can't say as I tried very hard to get luSSnet V. ?' An obsolete form of luslfi. 
work. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, 1. 187. lugsheburffhet n. See lushbiirfi. 
' ' ~ lust 1 (lust), it. ' ['< ME. lust, < AS. lust, desire, 
pleasure, = OS. OFries. MD. D. MLG. LG. 
OHG. MHG. G. lust = Icel. lust = Dan. Sw. 
lyst = Goth. Itistus, desire; an abstract noun 
with formative -t, orig. -tits (as in Goth, hiatus, 
a proof, < kiiisan, prove, choose : see cosfl), from 
an appar. y' lus, which can hardly be identical 
