kilk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of charlock (Phamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)

Word forms

kilk kelk kedlock

Etymology

From Middle English *killock, kellock, from earlier ketlok, kedlock, from Old English cedelc (“mercury (herb)”). Cognate with Scots skelloch (“charlock”).

Synonyms

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