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<hw>Lack</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be wanting; often, impersonally, with <i>of</i>, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.</def>

<blockquote>What hour now ? I think it <b>lacks</b> of twelve. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Peradventure there shall <b>lack</b> five of the fifty. <i>Gen. xvii. 28.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in want.</def>

<blockquote>The young lions do <b>lack</b>, and suffer hunger. <i>Ps. xxxiv. 10.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lack</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Alack</er>.]</ety> <def>Exclamation of regret or surprise.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Cowper.</i>

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<hw>Lack`a*dai"si*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lackadaisy</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <def>Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lackaday</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <def>An expression of languor.</def>

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<hw>Lack"a*dai`sy</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lackadaisical.</def>

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<hw>Lack"a*day`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Abbreviated from <ets>alackaday</ets>.]</ety> <def>Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.</def>

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<hw>Lack"brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Lack"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lacks or is in want.</def>

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<hw>Lack"er</hw>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See <er>Lacquer</er>.</def>

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<hw>Lack"ey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lackeys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>laquais</ets>; cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>lacayo</ets>; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E.<ets>lick</ets>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.</def>

<blockquote>Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's <b>lackey</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Lackey caterpillar</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus <spn>Clisiocampa</spn>; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (<spn>C. neustria</spn>) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (<spn>C. Americana</spn> and <spn>C. sylvatica</spn>) are commonly called <altname>tent caterpillars</altname>. See <cref>Tent caterpillar</cref>,under <er>Tent</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lackey moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.</cd></cs>

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