LUCK  , a See also:

• TERM

term for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good or See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, the unforeseen or unrecognized causes which bring success or failure in any enter-prise, particularly used of the result of chances in See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games of skill or See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance (see See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

PROBABILITY) . The word does not occur in See also:

• ENGLISH

English before the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It was taken from the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Ger. luk, a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of geluk, cf . See also:

• MODERN

Modern Ger . See also:

• GLUCK

Gluck, happiness, good fortune . The New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary considers the word to have been introduced from the Low Countries as a gambling term . The ultimate origin is doubtful; it has been connected with the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German gelingen, to succeed (cf . Druck, pressure, from dringen), or with locken, to entice . At See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall in See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, the seat of the See also:

• MUSGRAVE, SAMUEL (1732-1780)

Musgrave See also:

• FAMILY

family, has been See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long preserved a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel known as " the luck," supposed to be of Venetian or See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine make, and dating from the loth century .