Middle English Dictionary Entry
bitlok n.
Entry Info
Forms | bitlok n. |
Etymology | From bite a morsel (?with l from litel); suff. as in OE lyttuc a bit, ME hillok , etc.; cp. Scot. dial. bittock a little bit. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bit of food.
Associated quotations
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)138/160 : Fellowes, now our bellies be full..call after Trowle and byd hym some of our bytlockes [Add 10305: bittlockes].