Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LOCKER, v. Also lokker. To curl, bend.
Hence lockerie, of a stream: purling, rippling (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
When your hair's white, you would have it lokkering — spoken of one that is immodest or immoderate in his desires.Sc. 1766 The Gardener in Child Ballads (1898) V. 258:
Thy glove shall be the jully-flower, Comes lockeren to thy hand.Abd. 1925 Greig & Keith Last Leaves 157:
The lockerin' clover That grows in yonder wan.
