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ˈlockchester Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 lokecheste. [perh. f. lock v.1 + chest + -er1, in allusion to the creature's habit of rolling itself up tightly.] A woodlouse.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 310/2 Locchester, wyrm. a 1485 Ibid. 316/2 (MS. S.) Lukchester, worm. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 597/8 Multipes, a lokec...
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▪ I. † louk, n. Obs. [f. louk v.] = lockchester.c 1400 Payne MS. (Dr. Frazer's), Contra pannum & maculam [oculorum] vermis claudens se cum tangitur .i. louk.▪ II. † louk, v.1 Obs. Forms: inf. 1 l{uacu}can, 2–4 luke(n, 3 Orm. lukenn, 4 luk, louke(n, lowke, 6 lowk, 7 louk. pa. tense 1 léac, pl. lucon,...
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