An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Teut. _lul-pijpe_, tibia utricularis.
LIME, _s._ Glue; Teut. _lijm_, id.
_Gl. Sibb._
LIMITOUR, _s._ A begging friar, authorised to hear confession within certain _limits_.
_Philotus._
LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._
1. A scoundrel.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. Equivalent to _theif_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
3. A woman of loose manners. S.
~Limmery~, _s._ Villany.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
LYMMIT, _pret._ Perhaps, bound.
Teut. _lym-en_, agglutinare.
_K. Hart._
LYMOURIS, LIMNARIS, _s. pl._ Shafts of a carriage.
_Douglas._
Isl. _lim_, pl. _limar_, rami arborum.
LYMPET, _part. pa._ Perhaps, crippled.
Isl. _limp-ast_, viribus deficit.
_Houlate._
LIN, LYN, _s._
1. A cataract, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. The pool under a cataract, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
A. S. _hlynna_, a torrent; C. B. _lhynn_, Ir. _lin_, a pool.
LIN, LINN, _v. a._ To cease.
_Patten._
A. S. _linn-a_, id.
LINc.u.m LICHT, cloth of a _light_ colour, made at _Lincoln_.
_Chr. Kirk._
LIND, LYND, _s._ A lime tree.
_Licht as the lynd_, very light.
_Douglas._
_Under the lind_, in the woods.
Isl. _lind_, arbor; tilia.
_Bannatyne P._
LINDER, _s._ A short gown, shaped like a man's vest, close to the body, with sleeves, worn by old women and children; Ang.
Perh. from Isl. _lendar_, lumbi, as sitting close to the loins.
_To_ LINE, _v. a._ To beat, Ang.
_To_ LYNE, LYN, _v. a._ To measure land with a line.
