† lurcate, v. Obs.—0
[f. L. lurcāt-, ppl. stem of lurcāre, -ārī.]
intr. To eat ravenously. Hence lurˈcation.
| 1623 Cockeram, Lurcate. 1644 Vindex Anglicus 6 (in list of ‘ink-horn’ terms). 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Lurcation,..a greedy eating or gluttonizing. |