Obs. Also 5–6 losse, (5 lossem), 6 los, 7 loz. [a. MDu. los = OE. lox, OHG., MHG. luhs (mod.G. luchs); akin to Sw. lo of the same meaning. Caxton’s lossem represents the unexplained variant lossen of the Du. original.] A lynx.
1481. Caxton, Reynard, xxxviii. (Arb.), 105. The rulers and kepars of the felde was the lupaert and the losse. Ibid., xli. 111. The kepars of the felde, the lupaerd and the lossem.
1598. Florio, Lince, a beast like vnto a woolfe,… called a los or linx. Lince,… Also a losse, or a linx.
1624. T. Heywood, Gunaikeion, VII. 329. The beast called a Loz or Lynx.
