Middle English Dictionary Entry
collok n.
Entry Info
| Forms | collok n. Also colok, golok. |
| Etymology | From cǒul tub, etc., with dimin. suffix -ok. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A drinking vessel; tankard, bowl; (b) a pail; (c) ~ wright, one who makes such vessels.
Associated quotations
a
- (1419) Will York in Sur.Soc.4396 : Unum collokke de argento.
- (1437) Will York in Sur.Soc.3060 : Unam peciam coopertam vocatam le collok.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30101 : j collok argenteum pond. viij unc.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)27a : A coloke: hostellum [Monson: haustellum] vel magnus discus.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)771/30 : Hic canterus: a colok.
b
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)p.157 : Hail be ȝe, hokesters..Wiþ candles and golokes and þe pottes blak.
- (1362) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29159 : In bracina..ij collokes et j kytt pro vaccis mulgendis.
c
- (1324) Inquest Lan.in LCRS 7010 : Simon le Collokwryht.