Lac \Lac\, Lakh \Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[=a]kh, l[=a]ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]

One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.]

[East Indies]

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Lack \Lack\, n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. le['a]n.]

1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. --Chaucer.

Let his lack of years be no impediment. --Shak.

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Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacking.]

1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]

Love them and lakke them not. --Piers Plowman.

2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. --James i. 5.

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Lack \Lack\, v. i.

1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

What hour now ? I think it lacks of twelve. --Shak.

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. --Gen. xvii. 28.

2. To be in want.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. --Ps. xxxiv. 10.

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Lack \Lack\, interj. [Cf. Alack.]

Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.]

--Cowper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)