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LASKAR, _s._ A large armful of hay or straw, Tweedd.
Isl. _hlas_, a load, Su. G. _la.s.s_, id.
La.s.s, _s._ A sweetheart, S.
_R. Galloway._
LAST, _s._ A measure, Orkn.
_Skene._
Su. G. _laest_, mensura 12 tonnarum.
_To_ LAT, _v. a._
1. To suffer, to permit, S. B.
Belg. _lat-en_, A. S. _laet-an_, id.
_Barbour._
2. _To lat be_, to let alone, S.
_Douglas._
3. _Lat be_, _let be_, much less.
_Baillie._
Isl. _lett-a_, Sw. _laet-a_, desinere.
_To_ ~Lat~, ~Latt~, _v. a._ To leave.
_Wallace._
Sw. _laat-a_, A. S. _laet-an_, id.
_To_ LAT, _v. a._ To hinder, E. _let_.
A. S. _lat-an_, Su. G. _laet-ia_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ LAT, LET, _v. a._ To esteem, to reckon.
_Barbour._
A. S. _laet-an_, reputare, estimare.
_To_ LAT, _v. n._ To put to hire.
_Reg. Maj._
LATCH, _s._
1. A mire.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. The track of a cart-wheel, S. O.
~Latchy~, _adj._ Full of ruts, S. O.
_To_ LATE, LEET, _v. a._
1. To heat metal, so that it may be bent any way without breaking, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _lith-ian_, to soften, to attemper.
2. To cover with tin, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _laad-a_, _lod-a_, _loed-a_, to solder.
_To_ LATHE, _v. a._ To loath.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _lath-ian_, id.
LATHE, LATHELY, _adj._
V. ~Laith~.
