Obs. (exc. dial.) rare. Also warloke. [f. WARLOCK sb.2] trans. † a. ? To secure (a horse) as with a fetterlock. Obs. rare–1. b. dial. (See quot.) Cf. WARROK v.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 769* (Dubl. MS.). So carez he in þe castell-ȝarde & commes on a day By a wyndow als þis wild horse [was] warloked in bandez.
1886. Cheshire Gloss., s.v.
1905. Eng. Dial. Dict., Warlock, to tighten the rope or chain which binds the load upon a waggon.
