Meaning of loch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A lake.
   Ireland, Scotland
3. A town in Bass Coast Shire and South Gippsland Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.
4. A bay or arm of the sea.
   Ireland, Scotland

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Examples

“The greater part of Leuchars Loch belonged to the Inneses of Leuchars, Cotts to the Inneses of Innes; and while thus poſſeſſed, many unſucceſsful attempts to drain both, by canals, to the river Loſſie, ſeem to have⟳ been made. […] [A] very ordinary fall⟳ of rain⟳ raiſes it [the river] far beyond its natural bounds; and the immediate conſequence of ſuch floods, was, the ſpeat-water flowing into thoſe lochs, by the canal, and covering the adjacent meadows.”

“But, enchanting as are the woodland banks of the quiet stream, there is to me a higher and yet more powerful charm in the solitary wildness or savage grandeur of the Highland loch.”

“This book may possibly fall⟳ into the hands of tourists in the Highlands; and if it should induce any one to visit⟳ the Isles of Loch Awe, a few words on my part may save⟳ him a good deal⟳ of trouble⟳. The inns are so badly situated that no visitors but sportsmen and painters ever think⟳ of staying long at Loch Awe. The hotel at Dalmally is an old inconvenient house, three miles from the loch, and wants rebuilding. The inn at Cladich is a mile from the loch, and the footpath in wet⟳ weather is almost impassable.”

“Mr. [James M.] Gale's scheme for doubling the [water] supply⟳ was carried through both Houses of Parliament, and was at once put⟳ into construction. It especially included the raising of the boundaries of the loch, and it brought into assistance and use⟳ other lochs in the Loch Katrine area; and Glasgow and its suburbs are now supplied with water as no other community in the kingdom is supplied.”

“[…] Marmaduke Wetherell was hired by the Daily Mail newspaper to lead⟳ a search⟳ for the lair of the Loch Ness Monster. […] To everyone's surprise⟳, within a few days of the start⟳ of his search⟳, Wetherell came across a huge, four-toed footprint along the shoreline of the loch. This was just the sort⟳ of sensational story the newspaper was hoping for.”

“It is well known, for instance, that the superiority of the herrings caught in the inland sea-lochs of Scotland is owing to the fish⟳ finding there a better feeding-ground than in the large and exposed open⟳ bays. Look⟳, for instance, at Lochfyne: the land⟳ runs down to the water's edge, and the surface water or drainage carries with it rich food to fatten the loch, and put⟳ flesh on the herring; and what fish⟳ is finer, I would ask⟳, than a Lochfyne herring?”

“Little Loch Broom is a NW trending sea loch situated approximately 10 km west of Ullapool[…]. The flanks of the loch are characterized by rugged headlands backed by mountains such as An Teallach to the south and Beinn Ghobhlach to the north.”

“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, is an Arabian name⟳ for a medicine of a consistence between an electuary and a sirup, and usually taken by licking.[…]]”

“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; […]”

“[Rembert] Dodoens specifically recommends the preparation of a lohoch or loch – a 'licking medicine', of middle consistency, between a soft electuary and a syrup – for relief of obstruction, shortness of breath and an old, hard cough.”

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