LURCH  , a word with several meanings, the etymological relationships of which are obscure . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief uses which survive are—(1) in the phrase " to leave in the lurch," to abandon some one, to leave him in a position of See also:

• GREAT

great difficulty; (2) a stagger, sudden leaning over, originally a nautical expression of a sudden " See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list " made by a See also:

• SHIP

ship; (3) the name of a See also:

• DOG

dog, the " lurcher " used by poachers, properly a See also:

• CROSS

cross between a See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep-dog or collie and a greyhound . In (1) " lurch " is the name of a See also:

• GAME

game, of which nothing is known (it is supposed to have resembled See also:

• BACKGAMMON

backgammon), and also of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score in various See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, in which the loser either scores nothing or is beaten by very heavy points . In this sense the See also:

• TERM

term is practically obsolete . Luray Cavern . 1 . The See also:

• VESTIBULE (from Lat. vestibulum)

Vestibule . 2 . See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

Pillar . 3 . See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

Flower See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden . 4 .

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• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

Amphitheatre . 5 . Natural See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge . 6 . See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

Fish See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market . 7 . Crystal See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring . 8 . See also:

• PROSERPINE (Proserpina)

Proserpine's Pillar . 9 . The Spectral See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

Column . 10 .

Hovey's See also:

• BALCONY (Ital. balcone from balco, scaffold; cf. O. H. Ger. balcho, beam, Mod. Ger. Balken, Eng. balk)

Balcony . 11 . See also:

• OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp)

Oberon's Grot . 12 . Titania's See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil . 13 . Saracen's See also:

• TENT

Tent . 14 . The See also:

• ORGAN

Organ . 15 . See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

• BABEL

Babel . 16 .

Empress Column . 17 . Hollow Column . 18 . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry-See also:

• BAIRD, HENRY MARTYN (1832—1906)
• BAIRD, JAMES (1802—1876)
• BAIRD, SIR DAVID (1757—1829)
• BAIRD, SPENCER FULLERTON (1823--1887)

Baird Column . It was taken from Fr. lourche, connected with many See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German forms, now only dialectical such as Lortsch, Lortsch, Lorz, Lurz, all for some See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of game, but also meaning See also:

• LEFT

left-See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, wrong, which the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary thinks is the origin of the word, it being first used as a term in gambling . In (2) " lurch " occurs first in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

lee-lurches," sudden rolls a ship takes to leeward in a heavy See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, which may be a corruption of " lee-latch," defined in See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth's Sailor's Word See also:

• BOOK

Book as dropping to lee-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward of the course . In (3) " lurch " is probably another form of " lurk," to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie in wait for, See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch stealthily, hence to pilfer, steal .