war-lockv.2
/ˈwɔːlɒk/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌlɑk/ transitive. ? To bar against hostile invasion.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)] > defend against incursion
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war-lock1800
1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village i. 40 The western fort, That..war-locks imminent the mouth of Ouse.
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v.21800- to have, know, see, etc no other wone
- to have, make, take a person sworn
- to have, make, take sworn
- to have, or hold in veneration
- to have, receive, take a foil
- to have, receive, take a one's foil
- to have, receive, take a the foil
- to have, repulse
- to have, take a fancy for, to
- to have, take an end
- to have, take felicity in or to
- to have, take in charge
- to have, take the steer
- to have, take the steer of a country
- to have, take the steer of a etc
- to have, take, give charge of
- to have, take, give the charge of
- to have, take, occasionally bear suspicion
- to have, the repulse
- to havein ure
- to hawk a loogie
- to hawk after
- to hawk after for
- to hawk at
- to hawk one's mutton