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LIN-PIN, LINT-PIN, _s._ The linch-pin.
S. Su. G. _lunt-a_, id.
LYNTQUHIT, LINTWHITE, _s._ A linnet, S. corr. _lintie_.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _linetwige_, id.
LYPE, _s._ A crease, a fold, S.
LIPPER, _s._ Leprosy.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Fr. _lepre_, id.
~Lipper~, _adj._
1. Leprous.
_Stat. Gild._
2. Applied to fish that are diseased.
A. S. _hleapere_, leprosus.
_Chalm. Air._
_To_ LIPPER, _v. n._ A term denoting the appearance of foam on the tops of the waves, or of breakers.
_Douglas._
~Lipperis~, ~Lopperis~, _s. pl._ The tops of broken waves.
_Ibid._
The same with _lapper_, _lopper_, to curdle; or from Isl. _hleyp-a_, concitare.
LIPPIE, _s._ The fourth part of a peck, S.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. _leap_, a basket, Isl. _laup_, id.
_To_ LIPPIN, LYPPYN, LIPPEN, _v. n._
1. To expect, S.
_Wyntown._
2. _To lippen in_, to put confidence in.
_Douglas._
3. _To lyppyn off_, the same.
_Barbour._
4. _To lippen till_, to entrust to one's charge.
_Houlate._
5. _To lippen to_, to trust to, S.
6. _To lippen upon_, to depend on for.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Moes. G. _laub-jan_, credere; _ga-lau-beins_. fides.
~Lypnyng~, _s._ Expectation.
_Wyntown._
LIRE, LYR, LYRE, _s._
1. The flesh or muscles, as distinguished from the bones, S. O.
_Wallace._
2. Flesh, as distinguished from the skin that covers it.
_Sir Egeir._
A. S. _lire_, the fleshy parts of the body.
LYRE, LYIRE, _s._ That part of the skin which is colourless.
_Chr. Kirk._
