To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
This is the hand, which, with a vow'd contract, was fast belocked in thine.
From Middle English belouken, bilouken, from Old English belūcan (“to lock up, bring to an end”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan (“to lock up”), equivalent to be- + lock. Cognate with Middle Low Ge...
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