Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 52

KYLE, _s._ a strait of the sea; a sound.

KYNRIK, _s._ a kingdom.

KYTE, _s._ the belly.

KYTIE, _s._ fat; big-bellied.

--L--

LAB, _s._ a stroke; a blow; a lump.

_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ to plough.

LACHTER, _s._ the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.

_To_ LACK, _v. a._ to slight.

LAD, _s._ a sweetheart

LADDIE, _s._ a boy, or young man.

LADE, LAID, _s._ a load.

LADE, LEAD, _s._ a mill course.

LAFE, LAVE, _s._ the rest.

LAIF, LAEF, _s._ a loaf.

LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._ low; flat.

LAIRD, LARDE, _s._ a person of superior rank; a landholder, under the degree of a knight or squire.

LAIRDs.h.i.+P, _s._ a landed estate.

LAITH, _adj._ reluctant; unwilling.

LAITHFOW, _adj._ bashful.

_To_ LAMB, to yean.

LAMMER, LAMBER, _s._ amber. _Lammer beads and red thread_, when together, were supposed to be a charm with power to repel witchery in former times.

LAMPER, _s._ a tall woman.

LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ the limpet, a testaceous sh.e.l.lfish which adheres to rocks.

LAND, _s._ a house consisting of several stories, generally including separate dwellings.

LAND O' THE LEAL, state of the blessed; heaven.

LAND-LOUPER, _s._ a person who s.h.i.+fts frequently from one place of the country to another.

LANE, _adj._ alone; lone.

LANELY, _adj._ lonely.

LANESOME, _adj._ lonesome.

_To_ LANG, _v. n._ to long; to weary; to think long.

LANG-NEBIT, _adj._ long-nosed or long-billed.

LANG-RIN, _adv._ at length.

LANGSUM, _adj._ slow; tedious.

LANGSYNE, _adv._ long ago.

LANG-TONGUED, _adj._ babbling; given to tell secrets.

LAP, _pret._ leaped.

LAPPORED, _part. pa._ coagulated.

LARE, LERE, _s._ learning.

_To_ LARE, LERE, _v. a._ to teach; to learn.

LARICK, LAVROCK, _s._ a lark.

La.s.s, _s._ a sweetheart; a young woman.

_To_ LAT, _v. a._ to permit; to suffer; _to lat-be_, to let alone.

LAWIN, LAWING, _s._ a tavern bill; money subscribed or paid for drink.

LAW, _s._ a conical hill.

LEA, _s._ pasture land not ploughed.

LEA-LANG, _adj._ livelong; tedious; long in pa.s.sing.

_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ to lash; to flog.