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Belock

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten. archaic, transitive

    "This is the hand, which, with a vow'd contract, was fast belocked in thine."

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”).

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