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wedlock
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wedlock \Wed"lock\, n. [AS. wedl[=a]c a pledge, be trothal; wedd a pledge + l[=a]c 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] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wedlock \Wed"lock\, v. t. To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thus wedlocked." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
