marlock, n. dial.
(ˈmɑːlək)
A frolic, gambol; a piece of fun; a sportive gesture. (See E.D.D.) Also ˈmarlock v. intr., to frolic, gambol.
| c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lancs. Dial. (1862) 70 He blest an he pray'd, an mede sitch Marlocks that [etc.]. 1860 Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. xi, Dost ta mean to say as my Sylvie went and demeaned hersel' to dance and marlock wi' a th' fair-folk at th' ‘Admiral's Head’? Ibid. xxvii, As if thou'd send thy eyes after him, and he making marlocks back at thee. 1885 E. F. Byrrne Entangled I. i. xii. 231 There's a deal less harm in the Fiend when he's marlocking in the air than when he's harboured in the heart. |