Lŭck, n.

n. [Icel. lukka, Sw. lycka, Dan. lykke, D. luk, geluk, M. H. Ger. gelücke, N. H. Ger. glück, allied to O. H. Ger. lokōn, N. H. Ger. locken, to favor, entice.] 1. That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting a man's interest or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune. Was there ever a man had such luck? Shak. 2. A favorable issue or combination of events; good fortune. The part of mankind who have had the justice, or the luck, to pass in common opinion for the wisest, have followed a very different scent. Temple. To be in luck, to receive some good, or to meet with some success, in an unexpected manner, or as the result of circumstances beyond one's control; to be fortunate.