And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords
of the garland.
Shak.
Lurch, n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or
forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be
idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk.] A sudden roll of a ship
to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering
movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and
capricious inclination of the mind.
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Lurch (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
Lurch, v. i. [A variant of lurk.] 1. To withdraw to one side, or to a
private place; to lurk. L'Estrange.