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† ˈcheslock Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 chestlock, 7 cheslok, 9 dial. cheeselog.
[Of uncertain etymology.
On one side the word appears related to the equivalent cheslop, cheeselip; on the other, the form chest-lock appears to be supported by an equivalent lock-chest, lock-chester ‘wood-louse’, found by J. O. Halliwell in use in Oxfordshire, and occurring in Promp. Parv. as locchester; also by the equivalent name chest-worm.]
A woodlouse, allied animal.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 94 The timber that is not seasoned, is spoiled with chestlockes. 1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1634) 128 Ashes strewed on the outside of the Hive, will not suffer..Earwig, Cheslok, or black Blatta to harbour there. 1888Gardener fr. Bucks says ‘We used to call them [wood-lice] cheeselogs.’ C. B. Mount. |