Lack , interj. [Cf. Alack.]
Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] Cowper.
Lack , v. i. 1. To
be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than,
short, not quite, etc.
What hour now
?
I think it lacks of twelve.
Shak.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty.
Gen. xvii.
28. 2. To be in want.
The
young lions do lack, and suffer hunger.
Ps. xxxiv. 10.
Lack , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lacking.]
1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
Love them and
lakke them not.
Piers Plowman. 2. To be without
or destitute of; to want; to need.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
James i.
5.
Lack (?), n. [OE.
lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS.
leán.]
1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack
of sufficient food.
She
swooneth now and now for lakke of blood.
Chaucer.
Let his lack of years be no impediment.
Shak.
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