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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