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~Laigh~, _s._ Flat, low part, S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
LAYIS, _s._ Alloy.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _lier_, id.
~Layit~, _adj._ Base, applied to money.
_Knox._
LAIK, LAKE, _s._ Fine linen cloth.
_Sir Egeir._
Belg. _lak_, cloth in general.
LAIK, _s._ Gift, pledge.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _lac_, munus.
LAIK, LAIKE, _s._
1. A stake at play, S.
Isl. _leik_, Su. G. _lek_, id.
_Montgomerie._
2. Used metaph. to denote the strife of battle.
_Sir Gawan._
~Laykyng~, _s._ Justing.
_Wyntown._
LAIK, _s._ Lack, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _laecke_, id. Su. G. _lack_, id.
LAYKE, _s._ Paint.
_Philotus._
Fr. _lacque_, sanguine colour.
LAIKIN, LAIKY, _adj._ Intermittent, applied to rain, S.
Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.
LAIKS, _s. pl._ Perh. _laits_, gestures.
_Dunbar._
LAYME, _adj._ Earthen.
V. ~Lame~.
LAYNDAR, LAUENDER, _s._ A laundress.
Fr. _lavendiere_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ LAYNE, _v. n._ To lie.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ LAYNE, LEIN, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Su. G. _hlaun-a_, Isl. _leyn-a_, id.
LAYNE, _n._ Lawn, fine linen.
_Acts Ja. VI._
