Sc. [perh. for Balderlocks, f. BALDER (M. J. Berkeley in Treas. Bot.)]. A seaweed (Alaria esculenta), ‘the best of all the esculent Algæ when eaten raw.’
1789. Lightfoot, Fl. Scot., 938. Eatable Fucus: Badderlocks.
1830. Edin. Encycl., III. 442. The great tangle … and the badderlocks, or hen ware.
