Sc. Now rare. [f. WAN- + LUCK. Cf. MSW. vanlykka, MDa. vanlykke, Norw. vanlukka.] Unhappy fate. Cf. UNLUCK.
1571. Sir J. Maitland, Admon. to Regent, 30. Wanlukis quhair by thow may be lost.
1730. Ramsay, Horse’s Compl., 7. Up frae my bed … I’m rais’d to draw the sled, Or cart, as haps to my wanluck.
