To KUTER, CUTER, v. a.
1. To cocker,
to nurse delicately, S.
2. To coax, to wheedle.
3. To converse clandestinely and intimately,
S.
Germ. kutter-n, Su. G. quittr-a, garrire.
L, in our language, as in Germ., often denotes diminution; as bagrel, a child; gangarel, gangrel, a child beginning to walk, &c.
To LA, v. a. To lay.
Douglas.
LAB, s. A lump, S.
E. lobe, a division.
To LAB, v. a. To beat, Loth.
C. B. llab-iaw, id.
Lab, s. A stroke, a blow. Loth.
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.
C. B. lleipyr, flabby; glib, smooth.
LEEPIT, adj. Meagre; loving the fire,
S. B.
Journal Lond.
Isl. lape, fungus homo.
LEESING, s. Allaying.
Dunbar.
Su. G. lis-a, requiem dare.
LEESOME, adj. Pleasant.
V. Leifsum.
LEET, s.
1. One portion of many, S. B.
Statist. Acc.
2. A nomination of different persons,
with a view to an election, S.
Baillie.
3. A list.
A. S. hlete, a lot.
Ramsay.
To Leet, v. a. To nominate with a view to
election, S.
Baillie.
LEET, s. Language.
V. Leid.
LEETHFOW, adj. Loathsome, S. B.
V. Laith.
Journal Lond.
LEEZE ME.
V. Leis me.
LEFULL, LEIFULL, adj. Lawful.
Douglas.
Leif, leave, and full, q. allowable.
To LEG, v. n. To run, S.
Leg-bail, s. To take leg-bail, to run off, instead
of seeking bail, and waiting the
course of law, S.
Ferguson.
LEG-BANE, s. The shin. S.
Callander.
LEGATNAIT, s. One who enjoyed the
rights of a Papal Legate within his own
province or diocese.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Legatus natus.
LEGEN-GIRTH, s.
V. Lagen-gird.
LEGIER, s. A resident at a court.
L. B. legatar-ius, legatus.
Spotswood.
LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, s. A milk-pail,
S.
Ritson.
Teut. leghel, id. Isl. leigill, ampulla.
To LEICH, v. n. To be coupled as hounds
are.
Godly Sangs.
LEID, LEDE, s. People.
Wallace.
Isl. liod, A. S. leod, populus.
LEID, LEDE, s. A person.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. leod, homo, Isl. lyd, miles.
LEID, s. A country.
Gawan and Gol.
Isl. laad, terra, solum.
LEID, LEDE, s. Language, S. B. Leet
is also used.
Douglas.
Isl. hliod, sonus, Dan. lyd, vox.
LEID, LEDE, LUID, s. A song, a lay.
Douglas.
A. S. leoth, lioth, Belg. lied, Isl. hliod, liod, id.
LEID, LIED, s. A leid of a thing, is a partial idea of it, S. B.
LEID, s. Safe-conduct.
Wallace.
Su. G. leid, Germ. leit, id.
To LEIF, v. n. To believe.
Maitland P.
A. S. leaf-an, credere.
To LEIF, v. a. To leave.
Douglas.
Isl. lif-a, Su. G. leif-a, id.
Leif, Leiff, s. Leave.
Wallace.
To Leif, Leiff, v. n. To live.
Wallace.
Su. G. lefw-a, Isl. lif-a, id.
LEIFULL, adj. Lawful.
V. Leful.
LEIF, LIEF, adj.
1. Beloved, S.
Doug.
2. Willing.
Douglas.
As leif, as leive, as soon, S.
Ferguson.
A. S. leof, Su. G. liuf, carus, amicus.
Leifsum, adj.
1. Desirable.
Douglas.
2. Leesome, pleasant, S.
Burns.
A. S. leof, charus, and sum.
3. Leesome, compassionate, S. A.
J. Nicol.
LEISOM, adj. Lawful.
V. Lesum.
LEIL, LEILE, LELE, adj.
1. Loyal,
faithful, S.
Douglas.
2. Right, lawful.
Wyntown.
3. Upright, S.
Reg. Maj.
4. Honest in dealings.
Priests Peblis.
5. A leil stroke, one that hits the mark,
S. B.
O. Fr. leall, loyal, faithful, honest.
To LEIN, v. a. To conceal.
V. Layne.
To LEIN, v. n. To cease.
Cleland.
To LEIND, LEYND, LENE, LEND,
v. n.
1. To dwell.
Barbour.
2. To tarry.
Douglas.
3. To continue in any state.
Gawan and Gol.
Isl. lend-a, sedem sibi figere.
LEINE, s. L. leme, gleam.
Houlate.
LEYNE, pret. Lied.
Douglas.
LEINEST, most lean.
Evergreen.
To LEIP, v. n. To boil.
K. Hart.
To LEIS, v. a. To lose.
Douglas.
O. E. leise.
To LEIS, LEISS, v. a. To lessen.
Doug.
To LEIS, v. a. To arrange.
Gl. Sibb.
LEIS ME, LEESE ME, LEUIS ME, i. e. leif is me, dear is to me; expressive of strong affection, S.
Me is the A. S. dative.
Bannatyne Poems.
LEISCH, LESCHE, v.
1. A lash, S.
Dunbar.
2. A thong, by which a dog is held.
Douglas.
3. A stroke with a thong, S.
Kennedy.
To Leische, Leich, Leash, v. a. To lash,
to scourge, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
To LEIST, v. n. To incline, E. list.
Dunbar.
LEIST, adj. Least.
Douglas.
LEISTER, LISTER, s. A spear, armed
with three or more prongs, for striking
fish, S.
Burns.
Su. G. liuster, id.; liustra, to strike fish with a trident.
To LEIT, v. a. To permit.
Bannatyne P.
To LEIT, v. n. To delay.
Henrysone.
Su. G. laet-ia, intermittere, A. S. laet-an, tardare.
To LEIT, LEET, LET, v. n.
1. To pretend,
to make a shew as if, S. B.
Bannatyne Poems.
Su. G. laat-as, Isl. laet-a, id. prae se ferre, sive vere sive simulando.
2. To give a hint of.
Nevir leet, make no mention of it, S. B.
V. Let on.
To LEIT, LEET, v. n. To ooze, S.
C. B. llaith, that which is run out. Teut. lyd-en, transire.
LEYT, pret. Reckoned.
V. Lat. 3.
LEYTHAND, L. seichand, sighing.
Wallace.
LEKAME, s. Dead body.
V. Licaym.
LELÉ, s. The lily.
Sir Gawan.
To LELL, v. n. To take aim, S. B.
E. level, id.
LEMANE, s. A sweetheart, male or female.
Douglas.
Fr. l'aimant, Norm. Sax. leue-mon, amasius.
To LEME, v. n. To blaze, S.
Douglas.
A. S. leom-an, Isl. liom-a, splendere.
Leme, s. Gleam.
Lyndsay.
To LEN, v. a. To lend, S.
Chron. S. P.