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_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ LEIST, _v. n._ To incline, E. _list_.
_Dunbar._
LEIST, _adj._ Least.
_Douglas._
LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ A spear, armed with three or more p.r.o.ngs, for striking fish, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _liuster_, id.; _liustra_, to strike fish with a trident.
_To_ LEIT, _v. a._ To permit.
_Bannatyne P._
_To_ LEIT, _v. n._ To delay.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _laet-ia_, intermittere, A. S. _laet-an_, tardare.
_To_ LEIT, LEET, LET, _v. n._
1. To pretend, to make a shew as if, S. B.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _laat-as_, Isl. _laet-a_, id. prae se ferre, sive vere sive simulando.
2. To give a hint of.
_Nevir leet_, make no mention of it, S. B.
V. ~Let on~.
_To_ LEIT, LEET, _v. n._ To ooze, S.
C. B. _llaith_, that which is run out. Teut. _lyd-en_, transire.
LEYT, _pret._ Reckoned.
V. ~Lat~. 3.
LEYTHAND, L. _seichand_, sighing.
_Wallace._
LEKAME, _s._ Dead body.
V. ~Licaym~.
LELe, _s._ The lily.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ LELL, _v. n._ To take aim, S. B.
E. _level_, id.
LEMANE, _s._ A sweetheart, male or female.
_Douglas._
Fr. _l'aimant_, Norm. Sax. _leue-mon_, amasius.
_To_ LEME, _v. n._ To blaze, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _leom-an_, Isl. _liom-a_, splendere.
~Leme~, _s._ Gleam.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ LEN, _v. a._ To lend, S.
_Chron. S. P._
