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belock

verb

Etymology

From Middle English belouken, bilouken, from Old English belūcan (“to lock up, bring to an end”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan (“to lock up”), equivalent to be- + lock. Cognate with Middle Low German belûken (“to close, secure”), Middle High German belūchen, belouchen (“to enclose, shut in”), obsolete German belochen (“lock up, lock in, include”).

  1. inherited from *bilūkan✻ — “to lock up”
  2. inherited from belūcan — “to lock up, bring to an end”
  3. inherited from belouken

Definitions

  1. To lock up or lock in place

    To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.

    • This is the hand, which, with a vow'd contract, was fast belocked in thine.
    • The brawny mariner belocks the line / Within his horny palm, and to the rude / Timeing of a tuneless lay, the frolic sail / Quickly upclews, and wraps it to the yard.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA