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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Loker, Locker, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. loker(e. locker, a stopper (1417), a box with a lock (Prompt. Parv.), f. Lok n.1 or v.] A receptacle with a lock within a larger piece of furniture. —1527 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 117.
The Egiptiens tuk out of Thomas Watsouns hous tua siluer spounis liand in the locker of ane schryne 1590 Edinb. Test. XXI. 267 b.
In the loker of the kist … tua crounes

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