(l<ocr/t), n. [AS. hlot; akin to hletan to cast lots, OS. hl<omac/t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l<omac/z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]
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1.
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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-But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay. Spenser.
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2.
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
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-The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33.
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-If we draw lots, he speeds. Shak.
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3.
The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
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-O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's
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