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Lurcher definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LURCH'ER, n.
1. One that lies in wait or lurks; one that watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
Swift from the play the scudding lurcher flies.
2. A dog that watches for his game.
3. [L. lurco, a glutton.] A glutton; a gormandizer.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker, lurcher]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ¹lurch Date: 1528 1. archaic a petty thief ; pilferer 2. British a crossbred dog; especially one that resembles a greyhound 3. archaic one who lurks; also spy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Brit. a cross-bred dog, usu. a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, used esp. for hunting and by poachers. 2 archaic a petty thief, swindler, or spy. Etymology: f. obs. lurch (v.) var. of LURK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lurcher Lurch"er, n. [See Lurch to lurk.] 1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lurcher Lurch"er, n. [L. lurco, lurcho, a glutton. See 1st Lurch.] A glutton; a gormandizer. [Obs.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Glutton, gormandizer.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A lurcher of the law; a bum bailiff, or his setter.