Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To toss.
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- verb transitive To
toss . - verb intransitive To
walk ormove in a quick, lively, orpert manner. - verb intransitive To
gambol ;frisk . - verb transitive To
deceive ;beguile . - verb transitive To
cheat ;befool . - noun
Deception ;guile . - noun A
cheat ; ago-by .
Etymologies
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Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk ("to jerk").
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From Middle English lirten, lurten ("to cheat"), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan ("to deceive")), from Proto-Germanic *lurtijanan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt ("to cheat, deceive, delude"), Middle High German lürzen ("to deceive"), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz ("left, left-handed"), Old English lort, lyrt ("crooked").
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Examples
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We fuppofe captain Breholt to have continued in the fame command as long as he remained in fervice, as we do not find any farther mention made of him, except that he is faid, in rear - admiral Hardy's lirt of the navy, to have died on the 24lh of June 1741, in Green wich-hofpital.
whichbe commented on the word lirt
Deception, trick.
May 12, 2008