Chapter L

_Labourinvain_, lost Labour, such as washing of Blackamoors, shearing of Hoggs, hedging in the Cuckoe, _&c._

_Lac’d_ { _Coffee_, Sugar’d.
{ _Mutton_, a Woman.

_Lacing_, Beating, Drubbing. _I’ll Lace your Coat Sirrah_, I will Beat you soundly.

_Ladder_, see _Badger_, first Part.

_Lady_, a very crooked, deformed and ill shapen Woman.

_Lady-birds_, Light or Lewd Women; also a little Red Insect, variegated with black Spots.

_Lag_, c. Water; also Last.

_Lag-a dudds_, c. a Buck of Cloths. _As we cloy the Lag of Dudds_, c. come let us Steal that Buck of Cloths. _To Lagg behind_, or come after with Salt and Spoons. _Lagg of the Flock_, the Hindmost.

_Lambaste_, to Beat soundly.

_Lamb-pye_, Beating or Drubbing.

_Lamb-skin men_, c. the Judges of the several Courts.

_Lambs-wool_, roasted Apples and Ale.

_Lame Excuse_, a sorry Shift or Evasion.

_Land-lopers_ or _Land-lubbers_, Fresh-water Sea-men so called by the true Tarrs; also Vagabonds that Beg and Steal about the Country.

_Land-pirates_, c. Highwaymen or any other Robbers.

_Land-lord_ and _Land-lady_, Host and Hostess; also Possessors of Land or Houses, and Letters out of either to farm or for Lodgings. _How lies the Land?_ How stands the Reckoning? _Who has any Lands in Appleby?_ a Question askt the Man at whose Door the Glass stands Long.

_Lank_, Gaunt, Thin, Hollow, Lean, Meager, Slender, Weak. _Lank Ears of Corn_, very thin Ears.

_Lanspresado_, c. he that comes into Company with but Two pence in his Pocket.

_Lantern-jaw’d_, a very lean, thin faced Fellow. _A Dark-Lanthorn_, the Servant or Agent that Receives the Bribe (at Court.)

_Lap_, c. Pottage, Butter-milk, or Whey. _’Tis rum Lap_, c. this is excellent Soupe.

_Larbord_, on the left side or Hand.

_Lare-over_, said when the true Name of the thing must (in decency) be concealed.

_Largess_, a Pittance properly given to Reapers and Harvest Folks, now used for any petty Donative, or small Gratuity.

_Latitudinarian_, a Church-man at large, one that is no Slave to Rubrick, Canons, Liturgy, or Oath of Canonical Obedience, and in fine looks towards _Lambeth_, and rowes to _Geneva_.

_Layd-up-in Lavender_, when any Cloaths or other Moveables are pawn’d or dipt for present Money; also _Rodds in Pickle_, of Revenge in reserve, till an opportunity offers to show it.

_Lawn_, a naked Space in the middle of a Park or Forrest, left Untilled, and without Wood, contrary to a _Hay_, which see in it’s proper Place; also very thin Linnen, formerly much Worn.

_Layr_, the Impression where any Deer hath Harboured or reposed.

_Leachers_, Lascivious or Lustful Men.

_Leaden Pate_, a dull, heavy, stupid Fellow.

_Leaders_, the first Players, Generals of Armies, and Men of most sway in great Councils or Assemblies; also the Fore-horses in Coaches and Teams. _Who Leads?_ Who begins or Plays first.

_Leash_, Three; also the String wherewith a Grey-hound is Led.

_Leather-head_, a Thick-skull’d, Heavy-headed Fellow.

_Leather-mouth’d Fish_, Carp, Roach, _&c._ having their Teeth in their Throats.

_Leathern Convenience_ (by the Quakers) a Coach.

_Leaves_, of a Tree, of a Book, of Doors, or Window-shutters, and of folding Tables; _I must turn over a new Leaf with you_, or take another Course with you.

_Legerdemain_, Jugglers Tricks; also Sharping.

_Lesses_, Boars Excrements.

_Let’s take an Ark and Winns_, c. let us hire a Skuller.

_Let’s buy a Brush_ or _Let’s Lope_, c. let us scour off, and make what shift we can to secure our selves from being apprehended. _Let him Laugh that Wins_: _Let the World say what they will, if I find all well at Home._ _Let every Man meddle with his own._

_Leveret_, the first Year, see Hare.

_Levite_, a Priest or Parson; also those of the Tribe of Levi, whose Inheritance the Priest-hood (craft and all) was.

_Levy_, the Prince’s, or any great Man’s time of Rising.

_Leystall_, a Dunghil.

_Lib_, c. to Tumble or Lye together.

_Libben_, c. a private dwelling House.

_Libbege_, c. a Bed.

_Libkin_, c. a House to Lye in; also a Lodging.

_Libertines_, Pleasant and profuse Livers, that Live-apace, but wildly, without Order, Rule, or Discipline, lighting the Candle (of Life) at both Ends. _A short Life and a Merry one._ _Life is sweet._ _Life is half Spent, before we know what it is._

_Lickt_, Pictures new Varnished, Houses new Whitened, or Womens Faces with a Wash.

_Lifter_, c. a Crutch.

_Light Finger’d_, Thievish.

_Light-mans_, c. the Day or Day-break.

_Light Friggat_, a Whore; also a Cruiser.

_Light Woman_, or _Light Huswife_, Lewd, Whorish.

_Light-timber’d Fellow_, limber or slender Limb’d; also weak.

_Lilly-white_, c. a Chimney-sweeper.

_Linnen-armorers_, c. Tailers.

_Line of the old Author_, a Dram of Brandy.

_Litter_, any thing clatter’d up, out of Place or Order, _What a litter here is?_ What a toss and tumble? Also _a Litter of Cubbs_, young Foxes; _of Whelps, Puppies_, young Doggs.

_Little Barbary_, Wapping.

_Little Fellow or Action_, Contemptible, Base, Sneaking, Ungentleman-like.

_Loblolly_, any ill-cookt Mess.

_Lob-cock_, a heavy, dull Fellow. _In Lob’s Pound_, Laid by the Heels, or clap’d up in Jail.

_Lobster_, a Red Coat Soldier.

_Lock all fast_, c. one that Buys and Conceals Stolen Goods. _The Lock_, c. the Magazine or Ware-house whither, the Thieves carry Stolen Goods to be secur’d; also an Hospital for Pockey Folks in _Kent-street_.

_Lockram-jaw’d_, Thin, Lean, Sharp-visag’d.

_Loge_, c. a Watch. I suppose from the French _Horloge_, a Clock or Watch. _Filed a Cly of a Loge, or Scout_, c. Pickt a Pocket of a Watch. _Biting a Loge, or Scout_, c. the same.

_Loggerhead_, a heavy, dull Fellow. _To go to Loggerheads_, to go to Fisticuffs.

_Lolpoop_, a Lazy, Idle Drone. _To Loll_, to Lean on the Elbows; also to put out the Tongue in derision.

_Long-headed_, Wise, of great reach and foresight.

_Long-meg_, a very tall Woman.

_Long-shanks_, Long-legged.

_Long-winded Pay-master_, one that very slowly, heavily, or late Paies.

_Looby_, a lazy dull Fellow.

_Looking-glass_, a Chamber-pot.

_Loon-slatt_, c. a Thirteen Pence half Penny. _A Loon_, see _Lout_. _A False Loon_, a true _Scotch_ Man, or Knave of any Nation.

_Lord_, a very crooked, deformed, or ill-shapen Person.

_Lore_, Learning or Skill in any Thing.

_Louse-land_, Scotland. _A Scotch Louse-trap_, a Comb.

_Lout_, an heavy, idle Fellow. _To Lout_, to Low like a Cow, or Bellow like a Bull.

_Loure_, c. Money.

_Low Tide_, when there’s no Money in a Man’s Pocket.

_Low-pad_, c. a Foot-Pad.

_Lubber_, _Lubberly_, a heavy, dull Fellow.

_Lud’s-bulwark_, c. Ludgate Prison.

_Luggage_, Lumber.

_Luggs_, Ears: Hence to Lug by the Ears. _Ye can he make a Silk-Purse of a Sowe’s Luggs_, a Scotch Proverb. _To Lug out_, to draw a Sword.

_Lullaby-cheat_, c. a Child.

_Lumber_, Rubbish, Trash, Trumpery.

_Lumpish_, heavy dull, drowsy.

_Lurched_, Beaten at any Game. _Left in the Lurch_, Pawn’d for the Reckoning, or left at Stake to Smart for any Plot.

_Lure_, c. an idle Pamphlet; also a Bait. _Throw out a Lure_, to lay Bait.

_Lurries_, c. Money, Watches, Rings, or other Moveables.

_Lyome_, the String wherewith a Hound is Led.