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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1512, 1567-1609, 1684
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Loch(e, n. Also: lotche. [ME. (and e.m.E.) loch(e (1357), looche, F. loche (13th c.).] A loach, the small fish. Also b. transf. to a person, as a nick-name: (cf. e.m.E. loach (1605, c 1620) a simpleton.) — 1512 Household Bk. Jas. IV 2 b.
For lochis ii d. a1568 Scott ii. 108.
For thair wes nowdir lad nor loun Mycht eit ane baikin loche For fownes 1598 Household Bks. Jas. VI 10 April.
lx lotches 1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iii. 25.
Cobites barbatus, a lochb. 1609 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 63.
Robert Currie alias lotche
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