Belock
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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