Sc. [? cogn. w. ON. lagð-r of the same meaning.] a. A flock of wool. b. A lock of hair.
1776. Bothwell, in Herd’s Collect., I. 84. He gied me … Three lauchters of his yellow hair.
1821. Blackw. Mag., Jan., VIII. 402/2. Keeking aye in the maiden’s face ilka lauchter he lays down.
