Obs. (? exc. dial.) rare. Also 5 warich, (? warkecok), warlok. [Of obscure origin. The early forms warich, warkecok are perh. nearer to the original than warlo(c)k, which may be due to association with CHARLOCK.] Apparently applied like CHARLOCK (q.v.) to various field-weeds of the N.O. Cruciferæ, esp. to species of the genus Sinapis, Mustard.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 644/29. Hoc sinapium, warkecok.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 349/1. Mustard, or warlok, or se(n)vyne, herbe … sinapis. Ibid., 517/1. Warlok, herbe, eruca.
c. 1450. Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.), 37/1. Cenapium, gall. ceneue, angl. warich, uel mostard.
1784–1815. A. Young, Annals Agric., V. 251 (E.D.S.). Warlock, Raphanus Raphanistrum (?) Suff[olk].
a. 1850. W. A. Brousfield, Flora Vectensis (1856), 37. Sinapis nigra, L. Common or Black Mustard. Vect. Warlock.
