Chapter C: B. llab, id

_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ To plough, to ear, S.

O. Fr. _labour-er_, id.

~Labourin~, _s._ A farm.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

LACHTER, _s._ A lecher.

_Philotus._

Germ. _laich-en_, lascivire, scortari.

LACHTER, _s._ All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, S. _Lochter_, Perths.

_Morison._

Teut. _eyeren legghen_, ova ponere.

LACHTER, LAICHTER, _s._

1. A layer; as a _lachter of hay_, Ang. _lochter_, id. Perths. Tweedd.

Teut. _logh-en_, componere foenum in metam.

2. A lock, a flake; a _lachter of woo_, a flake of wool, Ang.; _lochter_, Perths.

Isl. _lagdr_, cirrus.

LACHTERSTEAD, _s._ The ground occupied by a house, S. B.

Su. G. _laegerstad_, a lodging-room.

_To_ LACK, _v. a._ To slight.

V. ~Lak~.

LAD, _n._

1. A young man-servant, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. A sweetheart, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _leode_, juvenis. Isl. _lydde_, servus.

~Laddie~, _s._

1. A boy, S.

_Minstr. Bord._

2. A fondling term, applied to a young man, S.

_Ritson._

LADE, LAID, _s._ A load, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _hlad_, id.

LADE, LEAD, MILL-LADE, _s._ The canal which carries water to a mill, S.

_Chalm. Air._

A. S. _lade_, Teut. _leyde_, aquaeductus.

LADENIN TIME, the time of laying in winter provisions, S.

Su. G. _lad-a_, to heap together.

LADE-STERNE, LEIDE-STERNE, _s._ The polestar, E.

_Douglas._

Teut. _leyd-sterre_, Isl. _leidar-stiarna_, cynosura, polus.

LADNAIRE, LARDNER, _s._ A larder, S., _laidner_.

_Barbour._

Fr. _lardier_, id., from _lard_, fat.

LADRY, _s._ The rabble.

_Priests Peblis._

A. S. _leod-wera_, incola, _leod-weras_, common people, Isl.
_lydur_, plebs.

LADRONE, LAYDRON, _s._ A lazy knave, a sloven; _laithron_, S.

V. ~Lidder~.

Su. G. _lat_, lazy.

_Lyndsay._

LAFE, LAIFF, LAVE, LAW, _s._ The remainder; _laive_, S.

_Wallace._

A. S. _lafe_, Isl. _leif_, id. from the verbs signifying to _leave_.

LAGABAG, _s._ The hindmost, Fife; from E. _lag_, and _aback_.

LAGENE, LAGGEN, pron. _leiggen_, _s._

1. The projecting part of the staves at the bottom of a cask, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

2. The angle within, between the side and bottom of a cask, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _lagg_, id.

~Lagen-gird~, _s._ A hoop securing the bottom of a wooden vessel, S.

_To cast a lagen-gird_, to bear a spurious child, S.

_Ramsay._

LAGGERY, _adj._ Miry, dirty, S. B.

~Laggerit~, _part. pa._

1. Bemired, S.

_Doug._

2. Encumbered, from whatever cause, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _lag_, Isl. _laug-ur_, water.

LAGMAN, _s._ The president in the supreme court formerly held in Orkney.

_Barry._

Su. G. _lagman_, judex provincialis.

LAGRAETMAN, _s._ One acting as an officer to a _lagman_.

_Barry._

Su. G. _lag_, law, and _raett_, right.

LAY, _s._ Law.

O. Fr. _lai_.

_Douglas._

LAY, _s._ Foundation.

_Wodrow._

Teut. _laeghe_, positus.

LAY, _s._ The slay of a loom, S.

_Adam._

Teut. _laede_, pecten; _leggh-en_, ponere.

_To_ LAY, _v. a._ To alloy.

_Acts Ja. IV._

_To_ LAY ~on~, _v. a._ To strike, S.

_R. Bruce._

Su. G. _laegga pa en_, aliquem verberare.

_To_ LAYCH, _v. n._ To linger.

_Douglas._

Fr. _lach-er_, to unbend.

LAICHLY, _adj._ Perh. for _laithly_.

_Lyndsay._

LAID, _s._ The pollack.

V. ~Lythe~.

LAIDLY, _adj._

V. ~Laithlie~.

LAID-SADILL, _s._ A saddle used for laying burdens on.

_Bannatyne Poems._

LAYER, _s._ The shear-water.

V. ~Lyre~.

LAIF, LAEF, _s._ A loaf, S.

_Pop. Ball._

Moes. G. _hlaifs_, A. S. _hlaef_, _laf_, id.

_To_ LAIG, _v. n._ To wade.

_Gl. Sibb._

LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._

1. Low, S.

_Wyntown._

2. Not tall, S.

Su. G. _laag_, Teut. _laegh_, non altus.

~Laigh~, _s._ Flat, low part, S. B.

_Stat. Acc._

LAYIS, _s._ Alloy.

_Acts Ja. IV._

Fr. _lier_, id.

~Layit~, _adj._ Base, applied to money.

_Knox._

LAIK, LAKE, _s._ Fine linen cloth.

_Sir Egeir._

Belg. _lak_, cloth in general.

LAIK, _s._ Gift, pledge.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _lac_, munus.

LAIK, LAIKE, _s._

1. A stake at play, S.

Isl. _leik_, Su. G. _lek_, id.

_Montgomerie._

2. Used metaph. to denote the strife of battle.

_Sir Gawan._

~Laykyng~, _s._ Justing.

_Wyntown._

LAIK, _s._ Lack, S.

_Douglas._

Teut. _laecke_, id. Su. G. _lack_, id.

LAYKE, _s._ Paint.

_Philotus._

Fr. _lacque_, sanguine colour.

LAIKIN, LAIKY, _adj._ Intermittent, applied to rain, S.

Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.

LAIKS, _s. pl._ Perh. _laits_, gestures.

_Dunbar._

LAYME, _adj._ Earthen.

V. ~Lame~.

LAYNDAR, LAUENDER, _s._ A laundress.

Fr. _lavendiere_, id.

_Barbour._

_To_ LAYNE, _v. n._ To lie.

_Gawan and Gol._

_To_ LAYNE, LEIN, _v. a._ To conceal.

_Minstrelsy Border._

Su. G. _hlaun-a_, Isl. _leyn-a_, id.

LAYNE, _n._ Lawn, fine linen.

_Acts Ja. VI._

LAYNERE, _s._ A thong.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _laniere_, id.

LAING, _s._ A small ridge of land, Orkn.

_To_ LAIP, LAPE, _v. a._ To lap, S.

_Dunbar._

LAIP, _s._ A plash, Loth.

V. ~Lappie~.

LAIR, LAYRE, LARE, _s._

1. A place for lying down, S.

_Montgomerie._

2. The act of lying down.

_Douglas._

3. A burying-place, S.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _laeger_, Germ. _lager_, Dan. _laijer_, a bed; also, a
sepulchre.

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To inter.

_Ferguson._

LAIR, _s._ A stratum, S.

_Ruddiman._

LAIR, LARE, _s._ A mire, S.

_Ruddiman._

Isl. _leir_, lutum, coenum.

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. n._ To stick in the mire, S.

_Law Case._

_To_ ~Lair~, _v. a._ To mire, S.

_Pitscottie._

LAIRBAR, LARBAR, _s._ One in a torpid state; _larbitar_, Ang.

_Philotus._

~Larbar~, ~Larbour~, _adj._

1. Sluggish.

_Dunbar._

2. Ghastly.

_Evergreen._

LAIRD, LARDE, _n._

1. A person of superior rank, a lord.

_Wyntown._

2. A leader, a captain.

_Douglas._

3. A landholder, under the degree of a knight, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _hlaford_, _lavord_, Isl. _lavard-ur_, Su. G. _Laward_,
dominus.

~Lairdship~, _s._ A landed estate, S.

_Ramsay._

LAIRT, LEIR, _adv._

V. ~Lever~.

LAIT, LAYTE, LATE, LETE, _s._

1. Manner, gesture.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. Mein, appearance of the countenance.

_Barbour._

Isl. _lat_, _laete_, gestus; _laet_, me gero.

_To_ ~Lait~, _v. a._ To personate.

_Fordun._

Teut. _laet-en_, apparere, prae se ferre.

_To_ LAYT, _v. a._ To give heed to.

A. S. _laet-an_, estimare.

_Sir Tristrem._

LAITH, _adj._

1. Loathsome.

_Douglas._

Isl. _leid-ur_, A. S. _lath_, hateful.

2. What one is reluctant to utter.

_Id._

3. Unwilling, S.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _leith-r_, reluctant.

~Laithfow~, _adj._

1. Bashful, S.

_Burns._

2. Shy of accepting an invitation to eat, or any favour, S.

~Laithles~, _adj._ Arrogant.

_Gawan and Gol._

~Laithlie~, ~Laidly~, _adj._

1. Loathsome.

_Douglas._

2. Base, vile.

_Douglas._

3. Inelegant, S. B.

4. Applied to a lascivious person, Ang.

LAITTANDLY, _adv._

1. Latently.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ LAK, LACK, LACKIN, _v. a._

1. To reproach.

_Maitland P._

2. To depreciate. S. B.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _lack-a_, Teut. _laeck-en_, vituperare.

~Lak~, _s._

1. Reproach.

_Pal. Hon._

2. A taunt, a scoff.

_Wallace._

~Lak~, _adj._ Bad, deficient; comp. _lakker_, worse; superl. _lakkest_.

_Douglas._

Isl. _lakr_, deficiens.

LAK, _s._ Hollow place.

_Houlate._

Isl. _lag_, _laegd_, locus depressus.

LAKIE, _s._ Irregularity in the tides.

Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.

_Sibbald._

_To_ LAMB, _v. a._ To yean, S.

_Kelly._

Sw. _lamb-a_, Germ. _lamm-en_, id.

LAMB'S-LETTUCE, _s._ Corn sallad, S.

LAMB'S-TONGUE, _s._ Corn mint, S.

LAME, _s._ Lameness.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _lam_, fractio.

LAME, LAYM, LEEM, _adj._ Earthen, S.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _laemen_, fictilis: _lam_, lutum.

LAMENRY, _s._ Concubinage.

V. ~Leman~.

_Priests Peblis._

LAMITER, _s._ A cripple, S.

LAMMAS-TOWER, _s._ A kind of tower erected by the herds of a district, against the time of Lammas, and defended by them against assailants, Loth.

_Trans. Ant. Soc._

LAMMER, LAMER, _s._ Amber, S.

Teut. _lamertyn-steen_, amber.

_Lynds._

LAMOO, _s. To gang down like lamoo_, to be easily swallowed, S.

Fr. _le mout_, new or sweet wine; or from the wassail-bowl, in E.
called _lamb's wool_.

_To_ LAMP, LEMP, _v. a._ To beat, S. B.

Teut. _lomp-en_, id. impingere.

_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ To take long steps, Loth.

_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ The ground is said to _lamp_, when covered with the cobwebs which appear after dew or slight frost, S. B.

LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ The limpet, S.

_Chr. S. P._

LAMSONS, _n. pl._ Expences of the Scots establishment at Campvere.

_Baillie._

A. S. _land-socn_, transmigratio.

LAND, _s._ A clear level place in a wood.

O. E. _Lawnd_, mod. _Lawn_.

_Wyntown._

LAND, _s._ A hook in the form of the letter _S_, S. B.

LAND, _s._ The country; _on land_, _to land_, in the country.

_Acts Ja. II._

A. S. Su. G. _land_, rus.

~Land~, _s._ A house consisting of different stories, generally as including different tenements, S.

_Arnot._

~Land~ _of the leal_, the state of the blessed.

_Old Song._

_To_ ~Land~, _v. n._ To end; from the idea of terminating a voyage, S.

_Callender._

~Landbirst~, ~Land-bryst~, _s._ Breakers.

_Barbour._

Isl. _brestr_, Su. G. _brist_, fragor.

~Landimer~, _s._ A land-measurer.

_Skene._

A. S. _landimere_, properly a boundary of land.

~Landis-lorde~, ~Landslorde~, _s._ A landlord.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Land-louper~, _s._ One who frequently flits from one place or country to another, S.

_Polwart._

Teut. _land-looper_, erro vagus.

~Land-man~, _s._ A proprietor of land.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Isl. _lender menn_, nobiles terrarum domini.

~Land-tripper~, _s._ The sand-piper, Galloway.

_Stat. Acc._

~Landwart~, ~Landart~, _adj._

1. Belonging to the country; as opposed to boroughs.

_Complaynt S._

2. Rustic, boorish, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _land_, rus, and _weard_, versus.

LANDERS. _Lady Landers_, the insect called the Lady-bird; as appropriated to the Virgin Mary, in Popish times called _Our Lady_, S.

_To_ LANE, _v. a._ To lie.

V. ~Layne~.

_Houlate._

LANE, _n._ A gift.

_Henrysone._

Su. G. _laan_, donum.

LANE, _adj._ Lone, alone.

_Dunbar._

_To_ LANG, _v. n._ To belong, to become.

Germ. _lang-en_, pertinere.

_Douglas._

_To_ LANG, _v. n._ To long, S.

_Ross._

Germ. _lang-en_, A. S. _laeng-ian_, desiderare.

~Lang~, ~Lange~, _adj._ Long, S.

_Wyntown._

_To think lang_, to become weary, S.

~Lang~, _adv._ For a long time, S.

_Burns._

~Langare~, ~Langayr~, ~Langere~, _adv._ Long since.

_Douglas._

A. S. _lang_, and _aere_, prius. E. _ere-long_.

~Lang-craig~, _s._ An onion that grows all to the stalk S. q. _long neck_.

~Lang-craig~, _s._ A purse, Aberd.

_Shirrefs._

_To_ ~Langel~, _v. a._ To entangle.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Su. G. _lang-a_, to retard.

~Langell~, _s._

V. ~Langet~.

~Langis~, _prep._ Along.

_Douglas._

Belg. _langs_, id.

~Langer~, ~Langoure~, _s._

1. Weariness, S.

_Douglas._

2. Earnest desire of.

_Rollocke._

~Langet~, ~Langell~, _s._ A rope by which the fore and hinder feet of a horse or cow are fastened together, S.

_Kelly._

Q. _langelt_, entangled.

_To lowse a langet_, metaph. to make haste, to quicken one's pace, S.

~Langrin~, ~at langrin~, _adv._ At length, S.

_Popular Ball._

~Langkail~, _s._ Coleworts not shorn, S.

_Ritson._

~Langlins~, _prep._ Alongst, S. B.

_Ross._

~Lang-nebbit~, _adj._ Having a long nose, S.

_Ramsay._

~Lang pare eft~, long after.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lang-faer_, of long duration.

~Langsyne~, _adv._ Long since.

_Ferguson._

A. S. _longe siththan_, diu exinde.

~Langsum~, _adj._ Slow, tedious, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _langsum_, id.

~Lang-tongu'd~, _adj._ Babbling, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ LANS, LANCE, _v. a._ To throw out.

Fr. _lanc-er_, id.

_Wallace._

_To_ ~Lans~, _v. n._

1. To spring forward.

_Douglas._

2. Denoting the delicate and lively strokes of a musician on his violin.

_Chr. Kirk._

~Lans~, ~Launce~, _s._ A spring.

_Barbour._

LANSPREZED, A corporal; used as a term of contempt.

_Polwart._

Fr. _lance-pessade_, id.

_To_ LAP, _v. a._

1. To environ in a hostile way.

_Wallace._

2. To embrace.

_Douglas._

3. To fold; in relation to battle.

_Doug._

LAP, _pret._ Leaped.

V. ~Loup~.

LAPPERED, _part. pa._ Coagulated, S.

_Ritson._

Isl. _hlaup_, coagulum, _hleipe_, coagulo.

LAPPIE, _s._ A plash, a pool, Ang. _Laip_, Loth.

LAPRON, _s._

1. A young rabbit.

Fr. _lapreau_, id.

_Acts Marie._

2. A levret, E. Loth.

LARD, _s._ A stupid inactive fellow.

Belg. _laerd_, _luyaerd_, id.

_Dunbar._

LARDUN, _s._ A piece of bacon.

_Houlate._

LARE, _s._ Place of rest.

V. ~Lair~.

_To_ LARE, LERE, LEAR, _v. a._

1. To teach, S.

_Wyntown._

2. To learn, S.

_Kelly._

_Leard_, instructed, S.

~Lare~, ~Lear~, ~Lere~, _s._ Learning, S.

_Doug._

A. S. _laere_, Belg. _leer_, id.

~Lare-maister~, _s._ A teacher, S.

Belg. _leer-mester_, id.

LAREIT, LAUREIT, _s._ A chapel dedicated to _our Lady of Loretto_.

_Lyndsay._

LARG, LARGE, _adj._

1. Liberal.

Fr. id. Lat. _larg-us_.

_Barbour._

2. Abundant, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

~Larges~, ~Lerges~, _s._

1. Liberty.

_Barbour._

2. Liberality.

_Wyntown._

~Largly~, _adv._ Liberally.

_Barbour._

LARICK, _s._ A lark.

V. ~Laverok~.

~Larick's lint~, _s._ Great golden maiden-hair, S.

LARIE, _s._ Laurel.

_Colvil._

O. Fr. _lauré_, laureus.

LASARE, LASERE, _s._ Leisure.

_Doug._

LASCHE, _adj._

1. Relaxed, from weakness or fatigue, S. B.

_Douglas._

2. Lazy.

_Ruddiman._

3. Devoted to idleness.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _lasche_, Lat. _lax-us_; Germ. _lass_, tired, faint; Isl.
_loskr_, ignavus.

_To_ ~Lash~ _out_, _v. n._ To break out; in a moral sense.

_Z. Boyd._

~Lashness~, _s._

1. Relaxation in consequence of great exertion.

_Baillie._

2. Looseness of conduct.

_R. Bruce._

~Lask~, _s._ A diarrhoea in cattle, S. B.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

LASKAR, _s._ A large armful of hay or straw, Tweedd.

Isl. _hlas_, a load, Su. G. _lass_, id.

LASS, _s._ A sweetheart, S.

_R. Galloway._

LAST, _s._ A measure, Orkn.

_Skene._

Su. G. _laest_, mensura 12 tonnarum.

_To_ LAT, _v. a._

1. To suffer, to permit, S. B.

Belg. _lat-en_, A. S. _laet-an_, id.

_Barbour._

2. _To lat be_, to let alone, S.

_Douglas._

3. _Lat be_, _let be_, much less.

_Baillie._

Isl. _lett-a_, Sw. _laet-a_, desinere.

_To_ ~Lat~, ~Latt~, _v. a._ To leave.

_Wallace._

Sw. _laat-a_, A. S. _laet-an_, id.

_To_ LAT, _v. a._ To hinder, E. _let_.

A. S. _lat-an_, Su. G. _laet-ia_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ LAT, LET, _v. a._ To esteem, to reckon.

_Barbour._

A. S. _laet-an_, reputare, estimare.

_To_ LAT, _v. n._ To put to hire.

_Reg. Maj._

LATCH, _s._

1. A mire.

_Gl. Sibb._

2. The track of a cart-wheel, S. O.

~Latchy~, _adj._ Full of ruts, S. O.

_To_ LATE, LEET, _v. a._

1. To heat metal, so that it may be bent any way without breaking, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _lith-ian_, to soften, to attemper.

2. To cover with tin, S.

_Ruddiman._

Su. G. _laad-a_, _lod-a_, _loed-a_, to solder.

_To_ LATHE, _v. a._ To loath.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lath-ian_, id.

LATHE, LATHELY, _adj._

V. ~Laith~.

LATIENCE, _s._ Leisure; S. B. _leeshins_.

_Callender._

LATIOUSE, _adj._ Unrestrained.

_S. P. Repr._

LATRON, _s._ A privy.

_Spalding._

Fr. _latrine_, id.

LATTER, _adj._ Inferior.

_Bar. Courts._

LATTER-MEAT, _s._ Meat brought from the master's to the servants' table, S.

_Ramsay._

LATTYN, _s._ Impediment.

_Wallace._

LATTOUN, _s._

1. A mixed kind of metal.

_Douglas._

2. Electrum.

_Ruddiman._

3. The colour of brass.

_Douglas._

Isl. _laatun_, Belg. _latoen_, orichalcum.

LAUCH, LAWIN, LAWING, _pron._ _lauwin_, _s._ A tavern-bill.

_Peblis Play._

Teut. _ghe-lagh_, club, or shot.

LAUCH, LAUCHT, _s._

1. Law.

_Fordun._

2. Privilege.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lah_, _laga_, Isl. _laug_, id.

_To_ ~Lauch~, _v. a._ To possess legally.

_Doug._

~Lauchfull~, _adj._ Lawful.

_Wyntown._

LAUCHT, _part. pa._ Clothed.

_Barbour._

~Lauchtane~, _adj._ Belonging to cloth.

V. ~Laik~, _s._ 1.

_Barbour._

LAUCHTANE, _adj._ Pale, livid.

_Maitland Poems._

Perh. corr. from _lattoun_, q. v.

LAUDERY, _s._ Perh. revelling.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _lodderigh_, wanton.

LAVE, _s._ The remainder.

V. ~Lafe~.

LAVELLAN, _s._ A kind of weasel, Caith.

_Pennant._

LAVER, _s. Fro laver to layre_.

_Sir Gawan._

LAVEROK, LAUEROK, _s._ The lark, S. often q. _lerrik_, _larick_.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _laferc_, _Lawerc_, id.

LAUGHT, LAUCHT, _pret._ Took.

_Wallace._

A. S. _laecc-an_, apprehendere; _laehte_, cepit.

LAVY, _s._ The foolish guillemot.

_Martin._

Isl. Norw. _lomvie_, _langivie_, id.

LAVYRD, _s._

1. Lord.

V. ~Laird~.

2. Applied to the Supreme Being.

_Wyntown._

LAURERE, _s._ Laurel.

_Douglas._

Fr. _laurier_, id.

LAUS, _s._ Perhaps, hair.

_Gawan and Gol._

Dan. _lu_, _luv_, id.

LAW, _adj._ Low.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _lag_, Isl. _lag-r_, id.

~Law~, _s._ Low ground.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Law~, _v. a._ To bring down.

_Douglas._

Teut. _leegh-en_, deprimere.

~Law~, ~Lawe~, _A Lawe_, _adv._ Downward.

_King's Quair._

~Lawly~, _adj._ Lowly.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ LAW, _v. a._ To litigate, S.

LAW, _s._

1. A designation given to many hills or mounts, whether natural or artificial, S.

A. Bor.

_Statist. Acc._

A. S. _hlaewe_, _hlawe_, agger, acervus.

2. A tomb, grave, or mound.

_Sir Gawan._

Moes. G. _hlaiw_ signifies monumentum.

LAW, _s._ The remainder.

V. ~Lafe~.

LAW-BORROIS, LAW-BORROWS, _s. pl._ The legal security which one man is obliged to give, that he will not do any injury to another in his person or property, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

_Law_ and _borgh_, or _borrow_, a pledge.

LAWCH, _adj._ Low, S. _laigh_.

_Wallace._

LAWIN, _s._ A tavern reckoning.

V. ~Lauch~, _s._ 1.

LAW-FREE, _adj._ Not legally convicted.

_Spalding._

LAWIT, LAWD, LAWYD, LEWIT, _adj._

1. Laic.

_Wyntown._

2. Unlearned, ignorant.

_Douglas._

A. S. _laewed_, _lewd_, id.

LAWLY, _adj._ Lowly.

V. ~Law~, _adj._

LAWRIGHTMEN.

V. ~Lagraetman~.

LAWTA, LAWTE, LAWTY, LAWTITH, _s._

1. Loyalty.

_Wallace._

2. Truth, equity.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _leauté_, id.

LAWTH, Barbour; L. _Lawch_, low.

LAWTING, _s._ The supreme court of judicature in Orkney and Shetland, in ancient times.

V. ~Thing~.

LAX, _s._ Relief, release.

_Pop. Ball._

LAX, _s._ A salmon,

_Aberd._

A. S. _leax_, Dan. Su. G. O. E. _lax_, id.

~Lax-fisher~, _s._ A salmon-fisher, Aberd.

_Law Case._

LE, LEE, _s._ The water of the sea in motion.

_Douglas._

O. Isl. _lae_, _laa_, mare; hodie, unda fluens.

LE, LIE, LEE, LYE, _s._

1. Shelter, security from tempest.

_Douglas._

2. Metaph. peace, tranquillity.

_Wynt._

Su. G. lae, locus tempestati subductus; Isl. _hle_, _hlie_, id.

~Le~, ~Lie~, _adj._ Sheltered, warm.

_Houlate._

LE, _s._ Law.

O. Fr. _ley_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ LE, _v. n._ To tell a falsehood.

_Wynt._

~Le~, _s._ A lie.

_Wyntown._

LEA, _adj._ Not plowed.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _leag_, pasture.

LEAGER-LADY, _s._ A soldier's wife, S.

Dan. _leyger_, Teut. _lager_, a camp.

_To_ LEAM, _v. n._ To shine.

V. ~Leme~.

LEAP, _s._ A cataract.

V. ~Loup~.

LEAR, _s._ A liar, S. pron. _leear_.

_Wyntown._

LEASH, _s._ Liberty, S. B.

_Ross._

Isl. _leis-a_, _leys-a_, solvere.

_To_ ~Leash away~, _v. n._ To go cleverly off, or on the way, S. B.

_Ruddiman._

_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ To lash, to flog, S.

_To_ LEATHER, _v. n._ To move briskly, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

LEAUW, _s._ A place for drawing the nets on, composed partly of stones, earth and gravel; Aberd.

_Law Case._

Teut. _loo_, locus altus adjacens stagnis, &c. A. S. _hlaew_,
agger.

LEBBIE, _s._ The fore-skirt of a man's coat, S. B. Loth.

A. S. _laeppe_, id. Isl. _laf_, ala pallii.

_To_ LECHE, _v. a._ To cure.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _laek-a_, A. S. _lacn-ian_, id.

~Lech~, ~Leche~, ~Leiche~, _s._ A physician.

Moes. G. _leik_, _lek_; A. S. _laec_, id.

_Barb._

~Leching~, ~Leiching~, _s._ Cure.

_Wallace._

LECK, _s._ Any stone that stands a strong fire, as greenstone, trapp. &c. S.

LEDE, _s._ A person.

V. ~Leid~.

LEDISMAN, LODISMAN, s. A pilot.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ladman_, Teut. _leydsman_, Su. G. _ledesman_, id. from the
idea of _leading_.

LEE, _adj._ Lonely.

_Popular Ball._

LEED, _pret._ Left. q. _leued_.

_Sir Egeir._

LEEFOW, LIEFU', _adj._ Lonely, _Leefow lane_, quite alone, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _hliae_, umbra; _draga a hlie_, occultare, coelare, subducere
se; or _lae_, periculum, and _full_.

LEEFUL, LEEFOW-HEARTIT, _adj._ Compassionate, sympathizing, S. A.

_Kelly._

A. S. _hleo_, warmth; or Isl. _hlif-a_, tueri, parcere.

LEE-LANG, _adj._ Livelong, S.

_Burns._

LEEN, _interj._ Cease.

_Ramsay._

Sw. _linn-a_, to cease.

LEENING, _adj._ L. _bening_, benign.

_Palice Honour._

LEEPER-FAT, _adj._ Very fat, S. A.