Obs. App. a boon companion.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Cooks T., 51. Ther is no theef with-oute a lowke, That helpeth hym to wasten and to sowke Of that he brybe can or borwe may.
[1880. C. H. Poole, Gloss. Stafford, 15. Lowk, a sharp fellow.]