kedlock Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈkɛdlək)
Forms: (? 1 cedelc), 4 ketelok, 6 kedlok, 7– ketlock, 7–8 cadlock, 9 keblock, kellock, 6– kedlock. β. 6–8 chadlock, 9 chedlock.
[app. repr. OE. cedelc ‘herb mercury’, of unknown etym.; the difficulties as to form and orig. meaning are the same as in the case of the synonymous charlock, q.v. Connexion with the synon. G. kettich, LG. köddich, Da. dial. kiddik, has been suggested.]
1. A popular name of Field Mustard (Sinapis arvensis) and other yellow-flowered cruciferous plants common as field-weeds; = charlock.
| [a 1000 Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 297/30 Merculialis, cedelc, cyrlic. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 34 Herba mercurialis þæt is cedelc.] 13.. Hampole Psalter xxxvi. 2 (MS.S.) Gressis þat grouys bi þaim ane in þe feld, as brisokis, or ketelokes. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §20 Kedlokes hath a leafe lyke rapes, and beareth a yelowe floure, and is an yll wede. 1620 Markham Farew. Husb. (1625) 34 Darnell, ketlocks, docks, rape, and such like herball stuffe. 1794 Martyn Flora Rust. III. 101 It [Sinapis arvensis] is known among husbandmen by the names of Charlock, Carlock, Garlock, Chadlock, Cadlock, and Kedlock. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Runch, Cherlock, Chedlock, or Kedlock. 1890 Gloucester Gloss., Kedlocks, kellocks, kellock, or ketlock. |
2. Identified with kex.
| 1694 Westmacott Script. Herb. (1695) 86 Hemlock..'tis known to most, being called also Kex, or Kedlock. 1887 S. Chesh. Gloss., Kedlock (ky'ed-lŭk), an umbelliferous plant. |