† to-lookn.
Scottish.
A looking to, a prospect.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste
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a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 174 Thocht scho, the to-luyke of Ingland sall allure mony wowaris to me.
a1599 R. Rollock Serm. in Sel. Wks. (1849) I. 306 It is the to-luik to hevin that makis the saull of Paull to rejoyce.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) I. i. 14 The sure expectation and to-look for the better and more enduring substantial thing above.
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