[lurch] vb [ME lorchen, prob. alter. of lurken to lurk] vi (15c) dial chiefly Eng: to loiter about a place furtively: prowl ~ vt 1 obs: steal
2. archaic: cheat
[2]lurch n [MF lourche, adj., defeated by a lurch, deceived] (1598): a decisive defeat in which an opponent wins a game by more than double the defeated player's score esp. in cribbage -- in the lurch : in a vulnerable and unsupported position [3]lurch vt (ca. 1651) 1 archaic: to leave in the lurch
2: to defeat by a lurch (as in cribbage) [4]lurch n [origin unknown] (1819) 1: a sudden roll of a ship to one side
2: a jerking or swaying movement; also: stagger 3 [5]lurch vi (ca. 1828): to roll or tip abruptly: pitch; also: stagger