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lockman Sc. and Isle of Man.|ˈlɒkmən|
Forms: 5–6 lokman, 6 loikman, 7 lockmane, 7– lockman.
[? f. lock n.2 + man n. (cf. ON. lokusveinn janitor); if so, the original sense would be ‘turnkey, jailor’.]
†a. In Scotland: A public executioner, hangman (obs.).
b. In the Isle of Man: The coroner's summoner.
c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1342 The lokmen than thai bur Wallace but baid On till a place, his martyrdom to tak. 1508Dunbar Flyting 174 Ay loungand, lyk ane loikman on ane ledder. a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxi. 17 Quhy hes thou me alone in langour left? Delyvring me vnto this lokman Love. 1616Orkney Witch Trial in Misc. Maitl. Club II. 191 To be tane be the lockmane to the place of executioun. 1656J. Chaloner Descr. Isle of Man in D. King Vale-Royall iv. 26 Either of the said Officers may give their Token for Execution to the Coroner or Lockman [side note, Lockman is an under-Sheriffe]. 1735Dyche & Pardon Dict., Lockman, the Name of an Officer in the Isle of Man, that executes the Orders of the Governor, which at London is called a Sheriff. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xiii, I wadna think of asking the lockman's place ower his head. 1863Keble Life Bp. Wilson xix. 642 A lockman (or coroner's summoner) is presented for summoning a jury and witnesses to meet on a Sunday. 1884C. Rogers Soc. Life Scotl. II. x. 54 Every burgh lockman had his free house.
Hence ˈlockmanship, the office or duties of a ‘lockman’.
1500in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *101 Gift to Adam Barde, Lockmanne, for his Service of Lokmanschip. |