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Lovelock (1994) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd. It is the first novel in The Mayflower Trilogy. The novel`s eponymous narrator takes his name from James Lovelock, the scientist-inventor who formulated the Gaia Hypothesis. The Gaia Hypothesis figures heavily in the book. ==Plot introduction== Lovelock is set in ....
• (n.) A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.
Love'lock` noun A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Burton. « A long lovelock and long hair he wore.» Sir W. Scott. 
any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair. · a long, flowing lock or curl dressed separately from the rest of the hair, worn by courtiers, esp. in the 17th century.