See Also: whipsy-derry(dictionary)
Lack(medicine)
lack(1)(dictionary)
lack(2)(dictionary)
lack(3)(dictionary)
lack(4)(dictionary)
lack 1, noun(dictionary)
lack 2, verb(dictionary)
NONE SUFFER LACK Credit Union(finance)

whipsy-derry (iou) and lack(3) (iou)


whipsy-derry (iou)



whipsy-derry noun. Now rare. M19.
[Prob. connected with WHIP noun and DERRICK.]
A hoisting apparatus consisting of a derrick with a whip or simple pulley attached, worked by a horse or horses.

lack(3) (iou)



lack noun1. [lak] ME.
[Corresp. to (& perh. partly from) Old Frisian lek blame, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German lak deficiency, fault, blame (Dutch lak calumny). Prob. already in Old English (cf. Anglo-Latin lacca, laccum).]
A defect; a moral failing, an offence, a crime. ME-L16.
A shortage or absence of (usu. something desirable or necessary); an instance of this. ME.
a painful lack: see PAINFUL 1. for lack of, from lack of, through lack of for want of. no lack (of) enough, plenty (of).
A. Bell It was a lack of Security..which was so worrying. Punch The tranquillity,..convenience and joyfulness, notable lacks at Heathrow.
A fault that brings disgrace; disgrace, shame. (Often coupled with shame.) Scot. arch. LME.
b. Blame, censure for a fault. LME-M16.
The state of being in want; indigence, poverty. Also, the condition of lacking Food; famine, starvation. M16.
The absence of a person or thing. M16-E17.
A thing wanted; something of which a need is felt. rare. M16.