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

To LUCK, v. n. To have good or bad fortune, S.
Montgomerie.

Teut. ghe-luck-en, Isl. luck-as, to prosper.

* Luck, s. Upon luck's head, on chance.
Rutherford.

LUCKEN, part. pa.
1. Shut up, contracted, S.
Lucken-handed, having the fist contracted, S.
Gl. Shirr.
Lucken-taed, lucken-footed, web-footed, S.
Sibbald.
2. Locked, bolted.
Ruddiman.

The part. of A. S. luc-an, to lock.

To Lucken, Luken, v. a.
1. To lock, S.
Chron. S. P.
2. To knit the brows.
Pop. Ball.
3. To pucker, to gather up in folds.
Spalding.

Lucken or Lukin Gowan, the globe flower, S.
Ramsay.

LUCKIE, LUCKY, s.
1. A designation given to an elderly woman, S.
Ross.
2. A grandmother; often luckie-minnie, S. B.
Ramsay.
Luckie-daddie, grandfather, S. B.
Kelly.
3. Used in familiar or facetious language, although not necessarily including the idea of age, S.
4. The mistress of an ale-house, S.
Ramsay.

Perhaps primarily implying the idea of witchcraft; Isl. hlok, maga.

LUCKY, adj. Bulky, S.
Kelly.