/lok, lokh/ , n. Irish Eng.
1. a lake.
2. a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea. Cf. loch .
[ 1505-15; Anglo-Irish sp. of Ir loch lake; cf. ME low, lough ( e ), logh ( e ), OE (Northumbrian) luh
lux- ( > Welsh llwch (obs.) lake, OBreton luh, Breton louc'h ), appar. ]