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VERB to make the lapping sound caused by a running stream flowing over stones, etc.; to splash in water; of water in a barrel or boat: to roll to and fro (obsolete or dialect) INT. an exclamation of astonishment, wonder, or surprise (Scottish) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY noun 1: from Russian losp elk; akin to Old High German elaho elk noun 2: from French loche = loach verb: ? onomatopœic interjection: euphemism for 'lord' EXAMPLE From: Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland Vol. II, 1848 The Minister's Daughter. Chapter VII. P. 137
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