lohoch
Syllables: lo·hochUK/ˈləʊhɒk/US/ˈloʊhɑk/
lohoch noun: a medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
Noun
lohoch (plural lohochs)
- A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
- We may obtain, then, a just idea of the constitution of this liquid [milk], if we look upon it as a soft, liquid substance, a kind of loch,^* in which caseine, sugar, &c., are dissolved, and in which the fatty or oily substance is distributed in small, rounded atoms. [Footnote *: Loch, or lohoch...1859, Al[fred François] Donné, “Of Professional Nurses”, in Mothers and Infants, Nurses and Nursing. […], Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson and Company, →OCLC, page 67
- Uncle James had caught a cold too, so I went with Grissel; and found a chemist who'd been in France, and knew what a loch was and made one for me; […]1897, George du Maurier, “Part Seventh”, in The Martian: […] (Bell’s Indian and Colonial Library), London; Bombay: George Bell and Sons, →OCLC, page 324
Forms of lohoch
| plural | lohochs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | loch |
| alternative form | looch |
Origin of lohoch
Borrowed from Medieval Latin lohoc, looch, from Arabic لَعْق (laʕq, “to lick”).
Questions about lohoch
- What does lohoch mean?
- Lohoch means a medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
- What part of speech is lohoch?
- Lohoch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lohoch?
- Lohoch is pronounced /ˈləʊhɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lohoch?
- The plural of lohoch is lohochs.
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