A. S.laen-an, Su. G.laen-a, id.
Len,Leane,Lend,s.A loan, S.
A. S.laen,lean, id.
Acts Ja. VI.
ToLEND,v. n.To dwell.V.Leind.
LENDIS,s. pl.1. Loins.Chr. Kirk.2. Buttocks.Kennedy.
Isl.lend, clunis; inpl. lendar, lumbi.
ToLENE,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, fromLent, 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.
ToLENTH,v. a.To lengthen.Lyndsay.
Teut.lengh-en, Sw.leng-a, prolongare.
LEOMEN,s.A leg, Aberd.
A. S.leome, a limb.
Journ. Lond.
ToLEP,v. n.To go rapidly.Barbour.
Isl.leip-a,hleip-a, to run.
ToLEPE, 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.
ToLERE, 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.
ToLEST,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, fromleaf, permissio.
LESURIS, LASORS,s. pl.Pastures.Bellenden.
A. S.leswe, a pasture; Ir.leasur, a meadow.
ToLET,v. n.To reckon.Priests Peblis.V.Lat,v.3.
ToLet,v. n.To expect.Wyntown.
ToLET,v. a.To dismiss.Houlate.
A. S.laet-an,let-an, dimittere.
ToLET BE.V.Lat,v.1.
ToLET GAE,v. a.To raise the tune, S.Forbes.
TO LET ON1. 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.
ToLETE,v. n.To pretend.V.Leit,v.3.
ToLETE,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 thelecturewas 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 ofleif, 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.
ToLEW,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.
ToLEWDER,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 aslibberlay.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. forlicherus, lecherous.Maitland Poems.
LYCHLEFUL,adj.Contemptuous.V.Lichtly.Abp. Hamiltoun.
LYCHT,adj.Merry.Douglas.
LICHTER, LICHTARE,adj.Delivered of a child, S. B.Wyntown.
Isl.verda liettare, eniti partum.
LYCHTLY,adj.Contemptuous.Wallace.
A. S.lihtandlic, having the appearance of lightness.
ToLichtlie,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.
ToLICK,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.
ToLIFT,v. a.To carry off by theft, S.Lett. North S.
ToLIG,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 thatliestoo long in the fresh water.
LIGGAT,s.A park gate, Galloway.
A. S.leag, campus, andgatporta; q. "thegateof the field, orlea."
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 intoly. 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.
ToLikly,v. a.To render agreeable.Douglas.
LYKE-WAIK, LIKE WALK,s.The watching of a dead body.Douglas.
A. S.lic, a body, andwac-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.
ToLILT,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 certainlimits.Philotus.
LIMMAR, LIMMER,s.1. A scoundrel.Bellenden.2. Equivalent totheif.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 alightcolour, made atLincoln.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.
ToLINE,v. a.To beat, Ang.
ToLYNE, 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.
ToLING,v. n.To go at a long pace, S.
Ir.ling-im, to skip.
Barbour.
ToLink,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. alsolingan; 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, asbacklingis; 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.
ToLIPPER,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 withlapper,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.
ToLIPPIN, 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.
ToLIRK,v. a.To rumple, S.
ToLerk,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.
ToLIS,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.
ToLIT, 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.
ToLITH, 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.
ToLith,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.
ToLythe,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.
ToLITHE,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.
ToLYTHLY.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.
ToLIVER,v. a.To unload; applied to ships, S.
Germ.liefer-n, Fr.livr-er, to deliver.
LIVERY-DOWNIE,s.A haddock stuffed withlivers, &c., Ang.
LIVER-MOGGIE,s.The stomach of the cod filled withliver, &c. Shetl.
Sw.lefwer, liver, andmage, 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.
ToLUIF, 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.
ToLOKKER,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.; asbrew-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 aloopin his hand.
LOOR,adv.Rather.V.Lever.
ToLOPPER,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.
Lofsoccurs 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.
ToLOUE, 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.
ToLOUK,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.
ToLoun,Lown,v. a.To tranquillize.Douglas.
ToLoun,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 aloun, 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.
ToLOUNDER,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 ofLounder, apparently allied to Fenn.lyon, ferio, verbero.
ToLOUP,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.ToLoupon, to mount on horseback. S.Spalding.7.ToLoupout, 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.
ToLOURE,v. n.To lurk, Fife.Doug.
Germ.laur-en, Dan.lur-er, to lurk.
LOUSANCE,s.Freedom from bondage.Kelly.
ToLOUT, 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.
ToLOUTHER,v. n.1. To be entangled in mire or snow, Ang.2. To walk with difficulty, Ang.V.Lewder.
ToLOW,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.
ToLOWDEN,v. n.1. Used to signify that the wind falls, S. B.2. To speak little, to stand in awe of another, S. B.
ToLowden,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; orhlod, 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.
LOWRYD,adj.Surly.Wyntown.
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.
ToLUCK,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.
ToLucken, 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.
LuckenorLukin Gowan, the globe flower, S.Ramsay.
LUCKIE, LUCKY,s.1. A designation given to an elderly woman, S.Ross.2. A grandmother; oftenluckie-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 somethingto the luckof 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 forlove it, S.Ibid.
ToLUF, 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.
ToLUFF,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 lugsin 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.
Fromlug, the ear; or Belg.lokie, a wooden sauce-boat.
LUID,s.A poem.V.Leid.