Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 54

LOUN'S-PIECE, _s._ the first slice of a loaf of bread.

LOUN, LOWNE, _adj._ sheltered; calm.

_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ to beat severely.

LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ beaten.

_To_ LOUP, _v. n._ to leap; to spring.

LOUPIN-AGUE, _s._ St. Vitus' dance.

LOUPIN-ON-STANE, _s._ a large stone, or flight of steps, for a.s.sisting a person to leap on a horse easily.

LOW, _s._ a flame.

LOZEN, _s._ a pane of gla.s.s.

LUCKEN, _part. pa._ shut up; contracted.

LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the mistress of an alehouse.

LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a bargain.

LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive in manner or appearance.

LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand.

LUG, _s._ the ear.

LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink, made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them prolonged considerably above the others.

LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney.

LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top.

LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied to something eatable.

LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow.

l.u.s.tY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.

LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks.

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MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number.

MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid.

MADGE, _s._ Magdalene.

_To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat.

MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite.

MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil.

MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine.

MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny.

MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property.

MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm.

MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent.

MAIN, _s._ moan.

MAINING, _adj._ moaning.

MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion.

MAIST, _adj._ most.

MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron.

MALISON, _s._ a curse.

MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.

MAN, _s._ a va.s.sal; a husband; a male servant.

MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.

MANE, _s._ lamentation.

MANGLE, _s._ a calender.

_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other clothes.

MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.

_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.

_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.