Obs. = LOCH2. Also attrib. in lough-water (see quot.).
1672. Flamsteed, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), II. 153. Lough-water…. ’Tis found in the midst of a firm stone in the lead mine.
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., E iij. With this … we Chissel the Ore out of Loughs in Pipe Works.
