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LOCH
loch
(noun) Scottish word for a lake
loch
(noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
loch (plural loches)
(Ireland, Scotland) A lake.
(Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
Synonyms
• (both senses): lough (Britain)
• (lake): lake
• (bay or arm of the sea): bay, firth, sea loch
Hyponyms
• estuary
• fjord
• strait
Etymology 2
Noun
loch (plural loches)
Alternative form of lohoch (“medicine taken by licking”)
Anagrams
• HOCl, HOLC, OLHC, chol, ochl-
Source: Wiktionary
Loch, n. Etym: [Gael. & Olr. loch. See Lake of water.]
Definition: A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [Scot.]
Loch, n. Etym: [F. looch, Ar. la', an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la' to lick.] (Med.)
Definition: A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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