LACKv.t.
[L. deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, etc.]
1. To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God - James 1:5.
2. To blame. [Not in use.]
LACKv.i.
1. To be in want.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger. Psalm 34:10.
2. To be wanting.
Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous. Genesis 18:28.
LACKn.
Want; destitution; need; failure.
He that gathered little, had no lack. Exodus 16:18.
Lack of rupees is one hundred thousand rupees, which at 55 cents each, amount to fifty five thousand dollars, or at 2s. 6d. sterling, to 12,500 pounds.