subs. (old).—An idler. Also, LUSKISH; as adj. = idle.
1531–47. COPLAND, The Hye-way to the Spyttel-hous, l. 40. Boyes, gyrles, and LUSKISH strong knaues.
1607. T. TOMKIS, Lingua, or the Five Senses [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ix. 462]. Up, with a pox to you; up you LUSK. [NOTE: LUSK = idle, lazy, slothful. Minshew derives it from the French lasche, desidiosus.]
