Lack"ey , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lackeying.]
To act
or serve as
lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Lack"ey , v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
A thousand liveried angels lackey her.
Milton.
Lack"ey (?), n.;
pl. Lackeys (#). [F.
laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.]
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
Shak. Lackey caterpillar
(Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any
bombycid moth of the genus
Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with
a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called tent
caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under
Tent. -- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.
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