Obs.–1 [A comb. of lec LEEK sb. (cf. ME. garle garlick), with obscure first element.] A plant of the leek-kind.
a. 1400. Stockh. Med. MS., ii. 616, in Anglia, XVIII. 322. Garlec þe ton, lec þe toþer, Squirle is þe grete broþer.
