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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Lochtir, Louther, n. [In the mod. dial. as la(u)chter, laughter, louchter, of uncertain derivation.] A lock (of hair). — a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 219.
Of his hewyd the lochtris [sic in MS.] of hare Til his fete strekand ware c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2989.
[He] Loutheris frome his hed can ryf Of his fair ȝallow hair
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