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LURCH
To swallow or ate greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. "Too faroff from great cities, which may hinder business; too around them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear." (Bacon)
Origin: L. Lurcare, lurcari.
Source: Websters Vocabulary