▪ I. † loˈket Obs. rare—1.
[Of obscure origin.
If the sense be ‘lappet’, the word might be a dim. of F. loque rag, though this has not been found earlier than the 15th c. (Cotgr. 1611 has loquette). A dim. of lock n.1 would yield an admissible sense, but a hybrid formation of this kind would be unusual at so early a period. It is not easy to see how the word can be identified with locket.]
? Some part of a head-dress, ? a lappet; or ? a lovelock, curl.
c 1320 Song in Harl. MS. 2253 fo. 61 b (Pol. Songs Camd. 1839) Ȝef þer lyþ a loket by er ouþer eȝe Þat mot wiþ worse be wet for lac [MS. lat] of oþer leȝe. |
▪ II. loket
obs. form of locket.