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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1493-1606
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Hingand lock, n. Also: hingand lok(e, hyngand lok. [Cf. Hanging lock, Hinging lok, n.] A padlock. —1493 Acts Lords of Council 258/1.
Twa hingand lokkis 1530 Reg. Eccl. S. Trin. 158.
For lokkis to the reuestry inner and uter durris, hingand and vtheris 1563–4 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 191.
Ane hingand lok to the hak of the buriall dur 1579 Reg. Privy C. III. 364.
The great irne yett … with the hingand lok … of the same 1606 Edinburgh Testaments XLI. 317.
Sex dosen hingand lokis at xxiii s. the dosen
