n. [ Gael. & Olr. loch. See Lake of water. ] A lake; a bay or arm of the sea. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. looch, Ar. la'ūg, an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. la'ūq to lick. ] (Med.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.&unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gael. See 1st Loch. ] A small lake; a pond. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A pond or lochan rather than a lake. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Loach. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, pl., fr. &unr_; belonging to childbirth, &unr_; a lying in, childbirth. ] (Med.) The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. lochial. ] Of or pertaining to the lochia. [ 1913 Webster ]