(or hūrch, prob. connected with √ hvṛ) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. vii, 31]) hū́rchati (pf. juhūrcha fut. hūrchitā &c. Gr.), to go crookedly, creep stealthily, totter, fall; to fall off from (abl.), [MaitrS.]; [Kāṭh.] : Caus. hūrchayati, to cause to fall from (abl.), [Kāṭh.]