Med. Forms: α. 6 loc, 6–8 loche, 6–9 loch. β. 6 lochoch, 6–8 lohoc, 7 lehoch, lohoche, 7–9 lohock, 6–9 looch, lohoch. [a. med.L. lohoc, looch, a. Arab. lasūq, f. lasiqa to lick.] A linctus.
1544. Phaër, Regim. Lyfe (1553), D j b. Take mornynge and euening, a spounefull of the syrupe of iuiubes … in maner of a loc.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, I. xxxiv. § 2. 47. They are good in a loche or licking medicine for shortnes of breath.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 76. This seed is passing good for lohoches or electuaries to be made thereof.
1657. W. Coles, Adam in Eden, lxxiii. 139. The Juyce of Liquorice dissolved in Rose Water, with some Gum, Tragacanth, is a fine Lohoch … for hoarsenesse.
1753. N. Torriano, Gangr. Sore Throat, 99. I made the Patient take … some white Lohoc.
1781. J. Moore, View Soc. It. (1795), II. 222. Numerous forms of electuaries, lohochs, and linctuses.
1831. J. Davies, Manual Mat. Med., 266. Dose, from gutt.xx. to gutt.xxx. day in a looch or any mucilaginous menstruum.
1889. Syd. Soc. Lex., Looch, a linctus, or opaque oily emulsion, which may be used as a demulcent, or as an excipient for the suspension of powders.
