Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 53

LEDDIE, LEDDY, _s._ lady.

LEE, _adj._ lonely; fallow land.

LEE, _s._ a lie.

LEESOME, _adj._ pleasant.

LEEZE-ME, LEESE-ME, dear is to me--expressive of strong affection or love.

_To_ LEG, _v. n._ to run.

LEG-BAIL, _s._ to run off.

LEGLIN, LAIGLIN, _s._ a milk-pail.

LEID, LEDE, LUID, _s._ a song; a lay.

LEIF, _adj._ willing.

LEIL, LEELE, LELE, _adj._ lawful; right.

LEISCH, _s._ a lash; a thong.

LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ a p.r.o.nged instrument for striking fish, generally used by poachers.

_To_ LEN, _v. a._ to lend.

_To_ LET-BE, _v. n._ to let alone.

LEUCH, LEUGH, _pret_. laughed.

_To_ LEUE, LUVE, _v. n._ to court; to make love.

LEVIN, s. lightning.

LEW-WARME, _adj._ tepid.

LIART, LYART, _adj._ having grey hairs intermixed.

LICHTER, LICHTARE, _part. pa._ delivered of a child.

LICHTS, _s. pl._ the lungs.

_To_ LICK, _v. a._ to strike; to beat.

LIFT, LYFT, _s._ the atmosphere; the sky.

LIGLAD, _s._ a confused noise of tongues; a deal of idle or noisy talk.

LIKAND, _part_ pleasing.

LIKE-WAKE, _s._ the watching of a dead body.

LILT, _s._ a cheerful air.

_To_ LILT, _v. n._ to sing cheerfully and merrily; lively music.

LILT-PYPE, _s._ a musical instrument, the upper part of which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a kind of trumpet-shaped mouth.

LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._ a scoundrel; a woman of loose manners.

LIN, LYN, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall,

_To_ LINK, _v. a._ to trot or walk smartly.

LINKS, _s. pl_ sandy barren ground.

LINTIE, _s._ the grey linnet.

_To_ LIPPEN, _v. n._ to expect; to place confidence in.

LIPPIE, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.

LISK, LEESK, _s._ the groin.

LISTER, _s._ a fis.h.i.+ng spear.

_To_ LITHE, _v. a._ to thicken; to render mellow; to soften.

LITTLEANE, _s._ a child.

LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._ an opening between fields of corn; lane; a narrow enclosed way.

LOCH, LOUCH, _s._ a lake.

LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ a small quant.i.ty.

LOGIE, KILLOGIE, _s._ a vacuity in a kiln for producing a draft of air.

LOME, LOOM, (p.r.o.nounced _Lume_,) _s._ a utensil of any kind.

LOOT, LOUT, LOWT, _v. a._ to bow down the body; to make obeisance.

LOs.h.!.+ _n. a_. an exclamation of wonder.

_To_ LOUE, LOWE, LUVE, _v. a._ to love.

LOUN, LOWN, LOON, _s._ a tricky, worthless person; a boy.