An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Su. G. loen, Germ. lohn, id.

Spalding.

LOCH, LOUCH, s.
1. A lake, S.
Barbour.
2. An arm of the sea, S.
Boswell.

Isl. laug, Su. G. log, Ir. louch, C. B. lhugh, a lake, id.; also Gael. loch, an arm of the sea.

Loch-reed, Common Reed-grass, S.
Lightfoot.

LOCHTER, s. A layer; also the eggs laid in one season.
V. [Lachter].

LOCK, LOAKE, s. A small quantity, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. lock, capillus contortus.

LOCKMAN, LOKMAN, s. The public executioner; still used, Edinburgh.
Wallace.

Teut. lock-en, to lock; A. S. loc, claustrum.