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_To_ KUTER, CUTER, _v. a._
1. To c.o.c.ker, to nurse delicately, S.
2. To coax, to wheedle.
3. To converse clandestinely and intimately, S.
Germ. _kutter-n_, Su. G. _quittr-a_, garrire.
L
_L_, in our language, as in Germ., often denotes diminution; as _bagrel_, a child; _gangarel_, _gangrel_, a child beginning to walk, &c.
_To_ LA, _v. a._ To lay.
_Douglas._
LAB, _s._ A lump, S.
E. _lobe_, a division.
_To_ LAB, _v. a._ To beat, Loth.
C. B. _llab-iaw_, id.
~Lab~, _s._ A stroke, a blow. Loth.
C. B. _llab_, id.
_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ To plough, to ear, S.
O. Fr. _labour-er_, id.
~Labourin~, _s._ A farm.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
LACHTER, _s._ A lecher.
_Philotus._
Germ. _laich-en_, lascivire, scortari.
LACHTER, _s._ All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, S. _Lochter_, Perths.
_Morison._
Teut. _eyeren legghen_, ova ponere.
LACHTER, LAICHTER, _s._
1. A layer; as a _lachter of hay_, Ang. _lochter_, id. Perths. Tweedd.
Teut. _logh-en_, componere foenum in metam.
2. A lock, a flake; a _lachter of woo_, a flake of wool, Ang.; _lochter_, Perths.
Isl. _lagdr_, cirrus.
LACHTERSTEAD, _s._ The ground occupied by a house, S. B.
Su. G. _laegerstad_, a lodging-room.
_To_ LACK, _v. a._ To slight.
V. ~Lak~.
LAD, _n._
1. A young man-servant, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. A sweetheart, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _leode_, juvenis. Isl. _lydde_, servus.
~Laddie~, _s._
1. A boy, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
