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Lurched vs Scullery - What's the difference?

lurched | scullery |

As a verb lurched

is past tense of lurch.

As a noun scullery is

(formerly) A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.

lurched

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lurch)

  • lurch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (es)
  • A sudden or unsteady movement.
  • the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
  • (obsolete) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
  • * South
  • Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.
  • (obsolete) To steal; to rob.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And in the brunt of seventeen battles since / He lurched all swords of the garland.

    See also

    * leave someone in the lurch *

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) lurcare.

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear.

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) .

    Noun

  • An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
  • A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
  • * Walpole
  • Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch .

    Anagrams

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    scullery

    English

    Noun

    (sculleries)
  • (formerly) A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
  • *
  • With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery , and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.

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