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loch (läk, läkh)

noun

  1. a lake
  2. an arm of the sea, esp. when narrow and nearly surrounded by land

Etymology: ME louch < Gael & OIr: for IE base see lake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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