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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Warlock

War′lock (·lŏk), n. [OE. warloghe a deceiver, a name or the Devil, AS. wǣrloga a belier or breaker of his agreement, word, or pledge; wǣr covenant, troth (akin to L. verus true; see Very) + loga a liar (in comp.), leógan to lie. See 3d Lie.] A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written also warluck.] Dryden.

It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded! Longfellow.

War′lock, a. Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [R.]

Thou shalt win the warlock fight. J. R. Drake.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.