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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOUGH, n. lok. a lake; a different orthography of loch and lake.
LOUIS D'OR, n. [a Lewis of gold.] A gold coin of France, first struck in 1640, in the reign of Louis XIII., value, twenty shillings sterling, equal to $4,4444.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
2: Irish word for a lake

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish loch lake; akin to Latin lacus lake — more at lake Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Irish lake 2. chiefly Irish a bay or inlet of the sea

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Ir. = LOCH. Etymology: Ir. loch LOCH, assim. to the related obs. ME form lough

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lough Lough, n. [See 1st Loch.] A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lough Lough, obs. strong imp. of Laugh. --Chaucer.