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loak, lock, locket, lockit, lokk, luck, luckit, lukk, lukks,
lock [I.Sh. lɔk, lʌk]
v. To allure, entice. With aboot: To cajole, coax. To fondle, pet, make a fuss of.
pt. pp. lockit.
Coo$s_lick, coo$s-lick, coo-lock, cou-lock, cow-lock, goldilocks, gowdilocks, halslokk, hasloc, haslock, hauselock, hausslock, hawslock, hiplick, hiplock, hip-lock, loak, loc, lock, lockman, locks, locksman, locth, lok, wee_lock, weelock, weilock, widderlock, witherlock, wither-lock, wither-locks,
lock [lɔk]
n. A tress of hair a lock of wool etc. A small quantity, a certain amount of something that can be gathered.
pl. locks
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cou-lock: A cowlick, a wayward tuft of hair going against the grain at the hairline above the forehead.
hiplock: SW. The coarse wool which grows on the hips of sheep.
gowdilocks: The common hair moss Polytrichum commune or S. goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus.
hauselock: The wool on a sheep's neck.
locksman: The public executioner.
wee lock: A small amount.
witherlock: The lock or tuft of hair in a horse's mane above its shoulders. col. A beard.
locus,
locus [ˈlokəs]
n. leg. A place, site, position.
lodesman,
lodesman [ˈlɔdzmən]
n. A pilot, steersman.
ladeberry, lade-berry, laidberry, led-berry, lid-berry, loadberry, lodberrie, lodberry, lodi, lodie,
lodie [I.Sh. ˈlɔdi, ˈlodi]
n. A space in the corner of a cottage living room for storing potatoes.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lodberrie [′lɔdbɛrɪ]: A flat rock forming a natural landing-place, a kind of pier. A type of house and warehouse.
lodomie, lodomy,
lodomie [ˈlɔdəmɪ]
n. Laudanum.
loaf, lof, lofe, love,
lofe [lof v. loːv]
n. An offer.
v. To offer at a price either in buying or selling, to offer a smaller price than has been asked, to haggle about the price of a thing.
lagan, laggan, laggin, logan, loggan, loggin,
logan [MN. ˈlɔgən]
n. A collection of small articles e.g. coins or marbles etc. scattered for children to scramble for.
v. To scatter coins as at a wedding, or a collection of marbles, as when a child has grown too old to play with them.
loagie, logey, loggie, logie, lyogie,
logie [ˈlogi]
n. The fire-place of a kiln or the porch in front from which the fire is fed. The outer opening of a ventilation funnel in a corn stack. The ash or charred tobacco in a pipe, the dottle.
lite, loit, lowt, lyte,
loit [lɔit, ləit, lʌut]
n. A spurt of water from a boiling pot. A long rigmarole, a disconnected harangue. Of a speech or sermon etc.: a piece of written or spoken nonsense.
v. To throw something wet and soggy in a mass on the ground. To discharge from the body, to evacuate the bowels, to vomit. To do any kind of work clumsily and unskilfully. To mess about with some wet soppy material, to puddle about.

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