An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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V. ~Lever~.
LAIT, LAYTE, LATE, LETE, _s._
1. Manner, gesture.
_Chr. Kirk._
2. Mein, appearance of the countenance.
_Barbour._
Isl. _lat_, _laete_, gestus; _laet_, me gero.
_To_ ~Lait~, _v. a._ To personate.
_Fordun._
Teut. _laet-en_, apparere, prae se ferre.
_To_ LAYT, _v. a._ To give heed to.
A. S. _laet-an_, estimare.
_Sir Tristrem._
LAITH, _adj._
1. Loathsome.
_Douglas._
Isl. _leid-ur_, A. S. _lath_, hateful.
2. What one is reluctant to utter.
_Id._
3. Unwilling, S.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _leith-r_, reluctant.
~Laithfow~, _adj._
1. Bashful, S.
_Burns._
2. Shy of accepting an invitation to eat, or any favour, S.
~Laithles~, _adj._ Arrogant.
_Gawan and Gol._
~Laithlie~, ~Laidly~, _adj._
1. Loathsome.
_Douglas._
2. Base, vile.
_Douglas._
3. Inelegant, S. B.
4. Applied to a lascivious person, Ang.
LAITTANDLY, _adv._
1. Latently.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ LAK, LACK, LACKIN, _v. a._
1. To reproach.
_Maitland P._
2. To depreciate. S. B.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _lack-a_, Teut. _laeck-en_, vituperare.
~Lak~, _s._
1. Reproach.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A taunt, a scoff.
