A. S. laen-an, Su. G. laen-a, id.
Len, Leane, Lend, s. A loan, S.
A. S. laen, lean, id.
Acts Ja. VI.
To LEND, v. n. To dwell.
V. Leind.
LENDIS, s. pl.
1. Loins.
Chr. Kirk.
2. Buttocks.
Kennedy.
Isl. lend, clunis; in pl. lendar, lumbi.
To LENE, v. n. To give.
V. Lenit.
LENYIE, LENYE, adj.
1. Lean.
Barbour.
2. Of a thin texture.
Douglas.
A. S. hlaene, laene, macer.
LENIT, pret. Granted.
Houlate.
Isl. laen-a, concedere.
LENIT, LENT, pret. Abode.
V. Leind.
LENIT, LENT, pret. Leaned.
Doug.
LENT-FIRE, s. A slow fire.
Baillie.
Fr. lent, slow.
LENTFULL, adj. Mournful, from Lent,
the season appropriated to fasting.
Houlate.
LENTRYNE, LENTYRE, s. Lent; still
used to denote Spring, S.
Barbour.
A. S. lengten, Lent, also Spring.
Lentrin Kail, broth made without beef, S.
J. Nicol.
LENNO, s. A child.
Ritson.
Gael. leanabh, id.
To LENTH, v. a. To lengthen.
Lyndsay.
Teut. lengh-en, Sw. leng-a, prolongare.
LEOMEN, s. A leg, Aberd.
A. S. leome, a limb.
Journ. Lond.
To LEP, v. n. To go rapidly.
Barbour.
Isl. leip-a, hleip-a, to run.
To LEPE, LEIP, v. a. To heat, to parboil,
S.
Douglas.
A. S. hleap-an, to leap; q. to wallop in the pot.
Lepe, Leep, s. A slight boiling, S.
LEPER-DEW, s. A cold frosty dew, S. B.
LEPYR, s. The leprosy.
V. Lipper, s.
To LERE, to learn.
V. Lare.
LERGNES, s. Liberality.
Bannatyne P.
LERROCH, s. The site of a building.
Gael. larach, id.
Ferguson.
LES, conj.
1. Unless.
Douglas.
2. Lest.
Douglas.
Les than, id.
Bellenden.
Les na, les nor, id.
Acts Ja. IV.
A. S. laes, les, id.
LES-AGE, s. Non-age.
Buchanan.
LESH PUND, LEISPUND, LISPUND,
s. A weight used in Orkney,
containing eighteen pounds Scots.
Skene.
Su. G. lispund, a pound of twenty marks; i. e. Liwesche, or the Livonian.
LESIT, LESYT, pret. Lost.
Barbour.
LESS, lies; pl. of LE.
Barbour.
To LEST, v. n. To please.
K. Quair.
LEST, pret. Tarried.
Barbour.
A. S. laest-an, to stay.
LESUM, LEISOM, adj. What may be
permitted.
Douglas.
A. S. ge-leafsum, licitus, allowable, from leaf, permissio.
LESURIS, LASORS, s. pl. Pastures.
Bellenden.
A. S. leswe, a pasture; Ir. leasur, a meadow.
To LET, v. n. To reckon.
Priests Peblis.
V. Lat, v. 3.
To Let, v. n. To expect.
Wyntown.
To LET, v. a. To dismiss.
Houlate.
A. S. laet-an, let-an, dimittere.
To LET BE.
V. Lat, v. 1.
To LET GAE, v. a. To raise the tune, S.
Forbes.
TO LET ON
1. To seem to observe
any thing, S.
Burns.
2. To mention a thing.
Ramsay.
3. To give one's self concern about any
business.
Isl. laet-a, ostendere.
Kelly.
TO LET WIT, To make known, S.
Dunbar.
Belg. laat-en weeten, Sw. let-a en weta, id.
TO LET WI'T, i. e. with it, v. a. To
make known, S. B.
Ross.
To LETE, v. n. To pretend.
V. Leit, v. 3.
To LETE, v. n. To forbear.
Sir Tristrem.
Lete, s. But let, without obstruction.
Wyntown.
Letles, adj. Without obstruction.
Barbour.
LETE, s. Gesture.
V. Lait.
LETH, LETHE, s.
1. Hatred.
A. S. laeththe, id.
Wyntown.
2. A disgust, S. B.
Wyntown.
LETTEIS, s. Gray fur, Fr.
Acts Ja. II.
LETTER-GAE, s. The precentor or
clerk in a church, S.
Ramsay.
V. Let Gae.
Letteron, Lettrin, s.
1. The desk in
which the clerk or precentor officiates, S.
2. A writing desk.
Douglas.
O. Fr. letrin, the pulpit from which the lecture was anciently read.
LEUCH, LEUGH, pret. Laughed, S.
LEUE, adj. Beloved.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. leof, id.
LEUEDI, s. Lady.
Sir Tristrem.
A. S. hlaefdige, Isl. lafda, id.
LEVEFUL, adj. Friendly.
Wyntown.
LEVER, s. Flesh.
V. Lyre.
Sir Gawan.
LEVER, LEUER, LEUIR, LEIR, LEWAR, LOOR, LOURD, adv. Rather.
The comparative of leif, willing; A. S. leofre.
LEUERAIRES, s. pl. Armorial bearings.
Complaynt S.
LEVERÉ, LEVERAY, s.
1. Delivery.
Fr. livrée.
Barbour.
2. Donation.
Diallog.
LEVIN, s. Lightning.
Douglas.
2. The light of the sun.
Douglas.
A. S. hlif-ian, rutilare.
LEVIN, s. Scorn.
Gawan and Gol.
LEVINGIS, s. pl. Remains.
Douglas.
LEUINGIS, s. pl. Loins, or lungs.
Douglas.
LEUIT, LEWYT, pret. Allowed.
A. S. lef-an, permittere.
Wallace.
LEVYT, LEWYT, pret. Left.
Barbour.
Isl. leif-a, linquere.
To LEW, v. a. To make tepid, S. B.
Teut. lauw-en, tepefacere.
Lew, Lew-warme, adj. Tepid, S.
Doug.
Teut. lauw, Belg. liew, id.; A. S. hleow-an, tepere.
To LEWDER, v. n. To move heavily, S. B.
Teut. leuter-en, morari.
Ross.
LEWIS, LEWYSS, s. pl. Leaves.
Wallace.
LEWIT.
V. Lawit.
Lewitnes, s. Ignorance.
Douglas.
LEWRAND, part. pr. Lurking.
V. Loure, v.
Leg. St Androis.
LEWS, s. pl. The island of Lewis.
Watson.
LIAM, LYAM, s.
1. A string, a thong.
Arm. liam, id.
Douglas.
2. A rope made of hair, Tweedd.
LIART, LYART, adj.
1. Having grey
hairs intermixed, S.
Maitland P.
2. Grey-haired in general.
5. Spotted, of various hues, Galloway.
Davidson.
LIBART, LIBBERT, s. A leopard.
Barbour.
Alem. libaert, Belg. libaerd, id.
LIBBERLAY, s. A baton.
Dunbar.
Isl. luber-ia, pertundere.
LIBBERLY, s. Perh. the same as libberlay.
Priests Peblis.
LY-BY, s. A neutral.
Rutherford.
LICAYM, LIKAME, LECAM, LEKAME,
s.
1. An animated body.
K. Hart.
2. A dead body.
Wallace.
A. S. lichama, Isl. lykame, corpus.
LICHELUS, adj. Perh. for licherus, lecherous.
Maitland Poems.
LYCHLEFUL, adj. Contemptuous.
V. Lichtly.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
LICHTER, LICHTARE, adj. Delivered
of a child, S. B.
Wyntown.
Isl. verda liettare, eniti partum.
LYCHTLY, adj. Contemptuous.
Wallace.
A. S. liht and lic, having the appearance of lightness.
To Lichtlie, Lychtly, Lithlie, v. a.
1.
To undervalue, to slight, S.
Complaynt S.
2. To slight, in love, S.
Ritson.
Lichtlie, s. The act of slighting, S.
Ruddiman.
Lychtlyness, s. Contempt.
Wallace.
LYCHTNIS, s. pl. Lungs, S. A.
Complaynt S.
To LICK, v. a.
1. To strike, to beat, S.
Burns.
2. To overcome, S.
Su. G. laegg-a, ferire, percutere.
Lick, s. A blow, S.
To give one his licks, to beat one, S.
Forbes.
LICK, s. A wag, S.
Ramsay.
A. S. liccet-an, to feign; lycce, a liar.
LICK-SCHILLING, s. A term of reproach
expressive of poverty.
V. Schilling.
Dunbar.
LIDDER, LIDDIR, adj.
1. Sluggish.
Douglas.
2. Behind others.
Lyndsay.
3. Loathsome.
Gl. Sibb.
Isl. leidur, sordidus, leid-a, taedio afficere.
Lidderlie, adv. Lazily.
Arbuthnot.
LIE, adj. Sheltered, warm, S.
V. Le.
Liesome, adj. Warm, sultry, Aberd.
V. Lithe.
Shirrefs.
LIFEY, adj. Lively, S.
Callander.
LYFLAT, adj. Deceased.
Wallace.
Isl. liflat, loss of life; liflat-ast, perdere vitam.
LYFLAT, s. Course of life.
Wallace.
A. S. lif-lade, vitae iter.
LIFT, LYFT, s. The atmosphere, S.
A. S. lyft, Su. G. luft, aer.
Douglas.
To LIFT, v. a. To carry off by theft, S.
Lett. North S.
To LIG, v. n. To recline, Aberd. S. O.
Douglas.
A. S. licg-an. Isl. lig-a, Su. G. ligg-a.
Liggar, s. A foul salmon, S. A. q. one that lies too long in the fresh water.
LIGGAT, s. A park gate, Galloway.
A. S. leag, campus, and gat porta; q. "the gate of the field, or lea."
LIGLAG, s.
1. A confused noise of
tongues, S.
2. A great deal of idle talk, S.
Su. G. ligg-a, to harass by entreaties.
LIK, s. A dead body.
Wallace.
Isl. lyk, Su. G. lik, A. S. lic, id.
LYK, LIKE, the termination of many words in S., which in E. are softened into ly. It denotes resemblance; from A. S. lic, Goth. lik, &c., similis.
LYK, LIK, v. impers. Lyk til us, be agreeable
to us.
Wyntown.
A. S. lyc-ian, Su. G. lik-a, placere.
Likand, part. Pleasing.
Dunbar.
Likandlie, adv. Pleasantly.
Douglas.
Liking, Likyng,
1. Pleasure.
A. S. licung, id.
Barbour.
2. A darling.
Houlate.
A. S. licung, pleasure, delight.
LYKLY, adj. Having a good appearance,
S.
Wallace.
Su. G. lyklig, Isl. liklig, id.
To Likly, v. a. To render agreeable.
Douglas.
LYKE-WAIK, LIKE WALK, s. The
watching of a dead body.
Douglas.
A. S. lic, a body, and wac-ian, to watch.
LIL FOR LALL, retaliation.
Wyntown.
A. S. lael with laele, stripe for stripe.
LILY, s. The aphthae, a disease of children, S.
LILL, s. The hole of a wind instrument,
S.
Ramsay.
To LILT, v. n.
1. To sing cheerfully, S.
Ritson.
2. To sing on a high or sharp key, S.
3. Denoting the lively notes of a musical
instrument, S.
Ramsay.
4. To lilt out, to take off one's drink
merrily, S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. lull-a, canere.
Lilt, s. A cheerful air, S.
Morison.
Lilt, s. A large pull in drinking, frequently repeated, Fife.
Lilting, s. The act of singing cheerfully.
Lilt-pype, s. A particular kind of musical
instrument.
Houlate.
Teut. lul-pijpe, tibia utricularis.
LIME, s. Glue; Teut. lijm, id.
Gl. Sibb.
LIMITOUR, s. A begging friar, authorised
to hear confession within certain
limits.
Philotus.
LIMMAR, LIMMER, s.
1. A scoundrel.
Bellenden.
2. Equivalent to theif.
Acts Ja. VI.
3. A woman of loose manners. S.
Limmery, s. Villany.
Godly Sangs.
LYMMIT, pret. Perhaps, bound.
Teut. lym-en, agglutinare.
K. Hart.
LYMOURIS, LIMNARIS, s. pl. Shafts
of a carriage.
Douglas.
Isl. lim, pl. limar, rami arborum.
LYMPET, part. pa. Perhaps, crippled.
Isl. limp-ast, viribus deficit.
Houlate.
LIN, LYN, s.
1. A cataract, S.
Bellenden.
2. The pool under a cataract, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
A. S. hlynna, a torrent; C. B. lhynn, Ir. lin, a pool.
LIN, LINN, v. a. To cease.
Patten.
A. S. linn-a, id.
LINCUM LICHT, cloth of a light colour,
made at Lincoln.
Chr. Kirk.
LIND, LYND, s. A lime tree.
Licht as the lynd, very light.
Douglas.
Under the lind, in the woods.
Isl. lind, arbor; tilia.
Bannatyne P.
LINDER, s. A short gown, shaped like a man's vest, close to the body, with sleeves, worn by old women and children; Ang.
Perh. from Isl. lendar, lumbi, as sitting close to the loins.
To LINE, v. a. To beat, Ang.
To LYNE, LYN, v. a. To measure land
with a line.
Burrow Lawes.
Lat. lin-eare, id.
Lyner. s. One who measures land with a
line.
Ibid.
LING, s.
1. A species of rush or thin long grass, Ayrs. S. A.
Statist. Acc.
2. Pull ling, cotton grass.
Statist. Acc.
LING, LYNG, s. A line, Fr. ligne. In
ane ling.
1. Straight forward.
Gawan and Gol.
2. Denoting expedition in motion, Aberd.
Douglas.
To LING, v. n. To go at a long pace, S.
Ir. ling-im, to skip.
Barbour.
To Link, v. n.
1. To walk smartly, to trip, S.
Ross.
2. Denoting the influx of money.
Ritson.
LINGEL, LINGLE, s.
1. Shoemaker's
thread, S. also lingan; Fr. ligneul.
Ramsay.
2. A bandage.
Polwart.
Isl. lengia, lamina coriacea.
Lingel-tail'd, adj. Applied to a woman whose clothes hang awkwardly, from the smallness of her shape below, S.
LINGET, s. A rope binding the fore foot
of a horse to the hinder one, Ang.
V. Langet.
LINGET-SEED, s. The seed of flax,
S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
LINGIS, LINGS, a termination by which adverbs are formed; sometimes denoting quality, in other instances extension, as backlingis; now pron. lins, S.
LINGIT, adj. Flexible, E. Loth.
A. S. laenig, tenuis.
LINKS, s. pl.
1. The windings of a river,
S.
Nimmo.
2. The rich ground lying among these
windings, S.
Macneill.
3. The sandy flat ground on the sea-shore,
S.
Knox.
4. Sandy and barren ground; though at
a distance from any body of water, S.
Germ. lenk-en, flectere.
LIN-PIN, LINT-PIN, s. The linch-pin.
S. Su. G. lunt-a, id.
LYNTQUHIT, LINTWHITE, s. A
linnet, S. corr. lintie.
Complaynt S.
A. S. linetwige, id.
LYPE, s. A crease, a fold, S.
LIPPER, s. Leprosy.
Bellenden.
Fr. lepre, id.
Lipper, adj.
1. Leprous.
Stat. Gild.
2. Applied to fish that are diseased.
A. S. hleapere, leprosus.
Chalm. Air.
To LIPPER, v. n. A term denoting the
appearance of foam on the tops of the
waves, or of breakers.
Douglas.
Lipperis, Lopperis, s. pl. The tops of broken
waves.
Ibid.
The same with lapper, lopper, to curdle; or from Isl. hleyp-a, concitare.
LIPPIE, s. The fourth part of a peck, S.
Statist. Acc.
A. S. leap, a basket, Isl. laup, id.
To LIPPIN, LYPPYN, LIPPEN, v. n.
1. To expect, S.
Wyntown.
2. To lippen in, to put confidence in.
Douglas.
3. To lyppyn off, the same.
Barbour.
4. To lippen till, to entrust to one's
charge.
Houlate.
5. To lippen to, to trust to, S.
6. To lippen upon, to depend on for.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
Moes. G. laub-jan, credere; ga-lau-beins. fides.
Lypnyng, s. Expectation.
Wyntown.
LIRE, LYR, LYRE, s.
1. The flesh or
muscles, as distinguished from the
bones, S. O.
Wallace.
2. Flesh, as distinguished from the skin
that covers it.
Sir Egeir.
A. S. lire, the fleshy parts of the body.
LYRE, LYIRE, s. That part of the skin
which is colourless.
Chr. Kirk.
A. S. hleor, hlear, the countenance.
LYRE, LAYER, LYAR, s. The Shearwater.
Pennant.
Liere, id. Feroe Islands.
To LIRK, v. a. To rumple, S.
To Lerk, v. n. To contract, to shrivel, S.
Isl. lerk-a, contrahere.
Lirk, s.
1. A crease, S.
2. A fold, a double, S.
3. A wrinkle.
Ramsay.
4. A hollow in a hill.
Minstr. Bord.
To LIS, v. a. To assuage.
Su. G. lis-a, lenire.
Gawan and Gol.
LISK, LEESK, s. The groin, S.
Dan. Sw. liuske, id.
Douglas.
LISS, s. Remission, especially of any acute
disease.
Gl. Sibb.
Fr. lisse, id., Su. G. lisa, requies a dolore.
LISTARIS, s. pl. The small yard arms.
Complaynt S.
LISTER, s. A fish spear.
V. Leister.
To LIT, LITT, v. a. To dye, S.
Doug.
Isl. lit-a, tingere; litr, Su. G. lit, color.
Lit, Litt, s. Dye, tinge, S.
Acts Ja. II.
Litstar, s. A dyer, S.
Burrow Lawes.
LITE, LYTE, adj. Little.
Douglas.
Lite, Lyte, s.
1. A short while.
K. Quair.
2. A small portion.
Douglas.
A. S. lyt, Su. G. lite, Isl. litt, parum.
LYTE, s. Elect.
V. Elyte.
Wyntown.
LITE, s. A nomination of candidates for
election to any office.
V. Leet.
Spotswood.
To LITH, LYTH, v. n. To listen.
Gawan and Gol.
Su. G. lyd-a, Isl. hlyd-a, audire.
LITH, s.
1. A joint, S.
Douglas.
2. Metaphor, the hinge of an argument,
S.
A. S. lith, artus, membrum.
Cleland.
To Lith, v. a. To separate the joints one from another, S.
LITHE, adj.
1. Calm, sheltered, S. lyde,
S. B.
Ruddiman.
2. Possessing genial heat.
Wallace.
3. Metaph. affectionate. A lithe side, attachment
or regard, S. B.
A. S. hlithe, quietus, hlewoth, apricitas.
To Lythe, v. a. To shelter, S. B.
Shirrefs.
Lythe, s.
1. A warm shelter, S. B.
Ross.
2. Encouragement, countenance, S. B.
Ross.
Lythnes, s. Warmth, heat.
Porteous of Noblenes.
To LITHE, v. a.
1. To soften.
Abp. Hamiltoun.
2. To thicken, to mellow, S.
A. S. lith-ian, to mitigate.
Lythe, adj. Assuaging.
Sir Tristrem.
LITHE, s. A ridge, an ascent.
Sir Gawan.
A. S. hlithe, Isl. leit, jugum montis.
LYTHE, LAID, s. The pollack, Gadus
Pollachius, S.
Statist. Acc.
LYTHYRNES, s. Sloth.
V. Lidder.
Wyntown.
LYTHIS, s. pl. Perh. manners.
Dunbar.
To LYTHLY.
V. Lychtlie.
LITHRY, s. A despicable crowd, Aberd.
Gl. Shirr.
A. S. lythre, malus, nequam.
LITTLEANE, s. A child, S.
Ross.
Q. little one; or A. S. lytling, parvulus.
LITTLEGOOD, LITTLEGUDY, s. Suns-purge, S.
LIUE, s. Life.
On lyve, alive.
K. Quair.
To LIVER, v. a. To unload; applied to ships, S.
Germ. liefer-n, Fr. livr-er, to deliver.
LIVERY-DOWNIE, s. A haddock stuffed with livers, &c., Ang.
LIVER-MOGGIE, s. The stomach of the cod filled with liver, &c. Shetl.
Sw. lefwer, liver, and mage, the maw.
LIUNG, s. An atom, Ang.
LYWYT, pret. Lived.
Barbour.
LOAGS, s. pl. Stockings without feet, Stirl.
LOAN, LONE, LOANING, s.
1. An
opening between fields of corn, for driving
the cattle homewards, or milking
cows, S.
Ramsay.
Isl. lon, intermissio, q. a break or interval between fields; or C. B. llàn, a clear place, an area.
2. A narrow inclosed way, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
LOAN, LONE, s. Wages, pay.
Su. G. loen, Germ. lohn, id.
Spalding.
LOCH, LOUCH, s.
1. A lake, S.
Barbour.
2. An arm of the sea, S.
Boswell.
Isl. laug, Su. G. log, Ir. louch, C. B. lhugh, a lake, id.; also Gael. loch, an arm of the sea.
Loch-reed, Common Reed-grass, S.
Lightfoot.
LOCHTER, s. A layer; also the eggs
laid in one season.
V. Lachter.
LOCK, LOAKE, s. A small quantity,
S.
Ramsay.
Su. G. lock, capillus contortus.
LOCKMAN, LOKMAN, s. The public
executioner; still used, Edinburgh.
Wallace.
Teut. lock-en, to lock; A. S. loc, claustrum.
LOFF, s. Praise.
V. Loif.
LOG, s. The substance which bees gather for making their works, S. B.
A. S. loge, Su. G. lag, humor.
LOGE, s. A lodge, Dan. id.
Barbour.
LOGIE, KILLOGIE, s. A vacuity before
the fire place in a kiln, for drawing
air, S. Belg. log, a hole.
Watson.
LOY, adj. Sluggish. Ang.
Belg. luy, id.
Loyness, s. Inactivity, Ang.
Belg. luyheit.
To LUIF, LOIUE, LOVE, LUFF,
LOUE, v. a. To praise.
Priests Peblis.
Isl. Su. G. lofw-a, A. S. lof-ian, id.
Loif, Loff, s. Praise.
Houlate.
A. S. Isl. Belg. lof, id.
LOIS, s. Praise.
V. Lose.
Douglas.
LOISSIT, pret. Lost.
Gawan and Gol.
LOIT, s. A turd, S.
Su. G. lort, id.
To LOKKER, v. n. To curl, S.
Doug.
Isl. lock-r, capillus contortus.
Lokker, Lokkar, adj. Curled.
Evergr.
LOKLATE, adj. Securing a lock.
Wallace.
LOLLERDRY, s. What was deemed
heresy.
Bannatyne Poems.
From E. Lollard.
LOME, LOOM, pron. lume, s.
1. An
utensil of any kind, S.
Douglas.
2. A tub, or vessel of any kind, S.; as
brew-lumes, milk-lumes, &c.
A. S. loma, utensilia.
LOMPNYT, part. pa. Laid with trees.
Barbour.
Sw. laemp-a, to fit; or Isl. lunn, phalangae.
LONE, s. Place of shelter.
Isl. logn, tranquillitas aeris.
Lony, adj. Sheltered.
Houlate.
LONNACHS, s. pl. Quickgrass gathered for being burnt, Mearns.
LOOGAN, s. A rogue, Loth.
LOOPIE, adj. Deceitful, S., q. one who holds a loop in his hand.
LOOR, adv. Rather.
V. Lever.
To LOPPER, v. n. To ripple.
V. Lipper, v.
LOPPIN, LOPPEN, pret. Leaped.
Douglas.
A. S. hleop, Sw. lupen, insiliit.
LORE, part. pa. Solitary, q. forlore.
Sir Gawan.
LORER, s. Laurel.
Fr. laurier.
Sir Gawan.
LOSE, LOSS, s. Praise.
Houlate.
Lofs occurs in Isl. lofs-tyr, gloria, encomium.
LOSEL, s. Idle rascal.
Ritson.
Teut. losigh, ignavus.
LOSYNGEOUR, LOSINGERE, s.
1.
A deceiver.
Barbour.
Fr. lozeng-er, to flatter, to deceive.
2. A sluggard, a loiterer.
LOT, s. Uncertain.
Bannatyne Poems.
LOT-MAN, s. One who threshes for one
boll in a certain number, S.
Stat. Acc.
LOTCH, s. A snare, S.
Hamilton.
Teut. letse, id.
LOUABIL, adj. Praiseworthy.
Doug.
Fr. louable.
LOUCH, s. (gutt.)
1. A cavity.
Barbour.
2. A cavity containing water.
Douglas.
Germ. loch, apertura, cavitas, latibulum.
LOUCHING, part. pr. Bowing down.
Isl. lut-a, pronus flo.
Burel.
To LOUE, LOVE, v. a. To praise.
V. Loif.
LOVEDARG, s. Work done from affection,
S.
V. Dawerk.
LOVERY, LUFRAY, s. Bounty.
Dunbar.
LOUING, s. Praise, A. S. lofung, id.
Douglas.
To LOUK, v. a.
1. To lock.
Douglas.
2. To surround.
Douglas.
LOUN, LOWNE, adj.
1. Serene, denoting
the state of the air, S.
Hudson.
2. Sheltered, S.
Houlate.
3. Unruffled; applied to water.
Doug.
4. Recovered from rage, S.
Ross.
Isl. logn, tranquillitas aeris. Su. G. lugn, id.; also tranquillitas animi.
To Loun, Lown, v. a. To tranquillize.
Douglas.
To Loun, Lown, v. n. To become calm,
S.
Kelly.
LOUN, LOWN, LOON, s. A worthless
person, male or female.
Dunbar.
A. S. laewend, a traitor.
Lounfow, adj. Rascally, S.
Loun-like, adj.
1. Having the appearance
of a loun, S.
Ross.
2. Shabby; applied to dress, S.
Lounrie, s. Villany.
Dunbar.
LOUN, LOWN, s. A boy, S.
Dunbar.
Isl. lione, servus.
Loun's piece, the uppermost slice of a loaf of bread, S.
To LOUNDER, v. a. To beat with severe
strokes, S.
V. Loundit.
Ramsay.
Lounder, s. A swinging stroke, S.
Watson.
LOUNDIT, part. pa. Beaten.
Dunbar.
This seems the origin of Lounder, apparently allied to Fenn. lyon, ferio, verbero.
To LOUP, v. n.
1. To leap, to spring, S.
pret. lap.
Chr. Kirk.
Moes. G. hlaup-an, saltare; Su. G. loep-a, currere.
2. To run, to move with celerity, S. B.
Forbes.
3. To give way; applied to frost, S.
4. Applied to a sore when the skin
breaks, S.
5. To cover, S., like Teut. loop-en, catulire.
6. To Loup on, to mount on horseback.
S.
Spalding.
7. To Loup out, to run out of doors.
Many.
8. To pass from one possessor to another;
used as to property.
Many.
Loup, s. A leap, a spring, S.
Barbour.
Loup, Loupe, s. A cataract, S.
Acts Ja. VI.
Louping Ague, a disease resembling St
Vitus's dance, Ang.
Stat. Acc.
Loupin-on-stane, s. A flight of stone-steps,
for assisting one to get on horseback,
S.
To cum aff at the loupin-on-stane, S. to
leave off any business in the same state
as when it was begun; also, to terminate
a dispute, without the slightest
change of mind in either party, S.
LOUP-HUNTING, s. Hae ye been a loup-hunting? a query, addressed to one who has been very early abroad, and contains an evident allusion to the hunting of the wolf in former times, S. B.
Fr. loup, a wolf.
LOURD, rather.
V. Lever.
Ritson.
LOURDNES, s. Surly temper.
V. Lowryd.
Wyntown.
To LOURE, v. n. To lurk, Fife.
Doug.
Germ. laur-en, Dan. lur-er, to lurk.
LOUSANCE, s. Freedom from bondage.
Kelly.
To LOUT, LOWT, v. n.
1. To bow down
the body, S.
Douglas.
2. To make obeisance.
Barbour.
A. S. hlut-an, Su. G. lut-a, incurvare se.
Loutshouther'd, adj. Round-shouldered, S.
To LOUTHER, v. n.
1. To be entangled
in mire or snow, Ang.
2. To walk with difficulty, Ang.
V. Lewder.
To LOW, v. n.
1. To flame, S.
Ramsay.
2. To flame with rage, S.
Kennedy.
Isl. Su G. log-a, ardere, flagrare.
Low, Lowe. s.
1. Flame, S.
Barbour.
2. Rage, desire, or love.
Evergreen.
Isl. Dan. lege, Su. G. loga, id.
To LOWDEN, v. n.
1. Used to signify
that the wind falls, S. B.
2. To speak little, to stand in awe of
another, S. B.
To Lowden, v. a.
1. To cause to fall; applied
to the wind, S. B.
2. To bring down, or to silence; applied
to persons, S. B.
Isl. hliodn-a, tristari; submissè loqui.
LOWDER, s. A wooden lever, Moray; loothrick, Stirlings.
Lowder, Louthertree, s. A hand-spoke for lifting the mill-stones, S.
Isl. ludr, luth-r, q. mill-tree; or hlod, fulcra.
LOWDING, s. Praise, q. lauding.
Everg.
LOWE, s. Love.
Wallace.
LOWN, adj. Calm, &c.
V. Loun.
LOWNDRER, s. A lazy wretch.
Wynt.
Teut. lunderer, cunctator, lunder-en, cunctari.
Isl. luri, homo torvus et deformis.
LOWRIE, LAWRIE, s.
1. A designation
given to the fox, S.
Ramsay.
2. A crafty person; one who has the
disposition of a fox.
Godly Sangs.
Arm. luarn, vulpes; or Teut. loer, one who lays snares.
LOZEN, s. A pane of glass, S. corr. from E. lozenge.
LUBBA, s. A coarse grass of any kind,
Orkn.
Statist. Acc.
Isl. lubbe, hirsutus.
To LUCK, v. n. To have good or bad fortune,
S.
Montgomerie.
Teut. ghe-luck-en, Isl. luck-as, to prosper.
* Luck, s. Upon luck's head, on chance.
Rutherford.
LUCKEN, part. pa.
1. Shut up, contracted,
S.
Lucken-handed, having the fist contracted,
S.
Gl. Shirr.
Lucken-taed, lucken-footed, web-footed,
S.
Sibbald.
2. Locked, bolted.
Ruddiman.
The part. of A. S. luc-an, to lock.
To Lucken, Luken, v. a.
1. To lock, S.
Chron. S. P.
2. To knit the brows.
Pop. Ball.
3. To pucker, to gather up in folds.
Spalding.
Lucken or Lukin Gowan, the globe
flower, S.
Ramsay.
LUCKIE, LUCKY, s.
1. A designation
given to an elderly woman, S.
Ross.
2. A grandmother; often luckie-minnie,
S. B.
Ramsay.
Luckie-daddie, grandfather, S. B.
Kelly.
3. Used in familiar or facetious language,
although not necessarily including
the idea of age, S.
4. The mistress of an ale-house, S.
Ramsay.
Perhaps primarily implying the idea of witchcraft; Isl. hlok, maga.
LUCKY, adj. Bulky, S.
Kelly.
Lucky, adv. Denoting excess, S.
Ross.
Perh. from the old custom of giving something to the luck of the bargain.
LUCK-PENNY, s. A small sum given
back by the person who receives money
in consequence of a bargain, S. lucks-penny,
S. B.
Courant.
LUDE, part. pa. Loved, S.
Bannatyne P.
Lude, contraction for love it, S.
Ibid.
To LUF, LUVE, LUWE, v. a. To love,
S. lue.
Douglas.
A. S. luf-ian, id. Su. G. liuf, gratus.
Luf, Luve, s. Love.
Douglas.
Lufare, adj. More loving.
King's Quair.
Luffar, s. A lover.
Douglas.
Luflely, adv. Lovingly.
Barbour.
Lufsom, adj. Lovely; S. lusome.
A. S. lofsum, delectabilis.
Sir Gawan.
LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, s. The
palm of the hand; pl. luffis, luves, S.
Lyndsay.
Moes. G. lofa, Su. G. lofwe, Isl. loofve, vola manus.
Lufefow, Luifful, s. As much as fills the
palm of the hand, S.
Lyndsay.
Luffie, s. A stroke on the palm of the hand, S.
To LUFF, s. To praise.
V. Loif, v.
Lufly, adj. Worthy of praise.
Isl. loflig, laudabilis.
Gawan and Gol.
LUFRAY, s.
V. Lovery.
LUG, s.
1. The ear, S.
Burrow Lawes.
2. At the lug of, in a state of proximity,
S.
Ramsay.
3. Up to the lugs in any thing, quite immersed
in it, S.
4. If he were worth his lugs, i. e. if he
acted as became him, S.
Su. G. lugg-a, to drag one.
LUG, s. The worm, called Lumbricus marinus,
S.
Statist. Acc.
Fris. luggh-en, ignave et segniter agere.
LUGGIE, adj. Applied to corn which grows mostly to the straw, S. B.
Belg. log, heavy.
LUGGIE, s. A lodge or hut, S. B.
Teut. logie, id.
LUGGIE, LOGGIE, s. A small wooden
vessel, for holding meat or drink, made
of staves, one of which projects as a handle,
S.
Burns.
From lug, the ear; or Belg. lokie, a wooden sauce-boat.
LUID, s. A poem.
V. Leid.