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.Lack, interj. [Cf. Alack.]
Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.]
Cowper.
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.Lack (?), n. [OE. lak; cf. D.
lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS.
leÁn.] 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.