Obs. Chiefly Sc. [? f. LOCK sb.1 + -ER5.] intr. To curl. Only in ppl. adjs. † lockered (lockard, lokerit, lokkerit) curled, and † lockering (lokerand) curling. Also † Locker sb. in pl. = curled locks. † Locker a., curled.

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a. 1400[?].  Morte Arth., 779. Alle with lutterde legges, lokerde unfaire.

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c. 1470.  Henryson, Mor. Fab., vii. (Lion & Mouse), Prol. v. With lokker hair, quhilk ouer his schulderis lay.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, VII. xii. 63. A felloun bustuus and gret lyoun skyn, Terrible and rouch, wyth taty lokyrand haris. Ibid., xiv. 8. His helm … Wyth cristis thre, lik till ane lokerit mane. Ibid., XII. Prol. 127. Hevinly lylleis, with lokerand toppis quhyte. Ibid., XII. i. 16. For ire [the lyoun] the lokkerris of his nek vpcastis.

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1687.  H. More, Contr. Remark. Stor. (1689), 428. The Daughters lockard hair.

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