Kedlock

n. [ Cf. dial. G. köddik, küdik, kettich, keek, Dan. kidike, E. charlock, and AS. cedelc the herb mercury. ] (Bot.) See Charlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wedlāc a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + lāc a gift, an offering. See Wed, n., and cf. Lake, v. i., Knowledge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony. “That blissful yoke . . . that men clepeth [ call ] spousal, or wedlock.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

For what is wedlock forced but a hell,
An age of discord or continual strife? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wife; a married woman. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]