[f. LURCH v.1 + -ING1.] The action of LURCH v.1

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  1.  † a. The forestalling of others of their food (obs.). b. Pilfering, stealing.

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1573.  Tusser, Husb., lxxxviii. (1878), 178. No lurching, no snatching, no striuing at all, lest one go without and another haue all.

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1611.  Cotgr., Fortraction, a lurching, purloyning; withdrawing.

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1616.  Boys, Wks. (1629), 844. Is not … the denying of the cup a notorious lurching at the Lord’s Table?

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  2.  The capturing of rabbits by means of lurchers.

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1798.  Sporting Mag., XII. 99. There are many ways of killing rabbits, of which lurching is in most common use.

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  3.  Comb.: † lurching-place, a lurking place.

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a. 1656.  Ussher, Ann., VI. (1658), 573. There were so many lurching places, by reason of which, they could easily escape when assaulted.

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