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_To_ LYTHLY.
V. ~Lychtlie~.
LITHRY, _s._ A despicable crowd, Aberd.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
A. S. _lythre_, malus, nequam.
LITTLEANE, _s._ A child, S.
_Ross._
Q. _little one_; or A. S. _lytling_, parvulus.
LITTLEGOOD, LITTLEGUDY, _s._ Suns-purge, S.
LIUE, _s._ Life.
_On lyve_, alive.
_K. Quair._
_To_ LIVER, _v. a._ To unload; applied to s.h.i.+ps, S.
Germ. _liefer-n_, Fr. _livr-er_, to deliver.
LIVERY-DOWNIE, _s._ A haddock stuffed with _livers_, &c., Ang.
LIVER-MOGGIE, _s._ The stomach of the cod filled with _liver_, &c.
Shetl.
Sw. _lefwer_, liver, and _mage_, the maw.
LIUNG, _s._ An atom, Ang.
LYWYT, _pret._ Lived.
_Barbour._
LOAGS, _s. pl._ Stockings without feet, Stirl.
LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._
1. An opening between fields of corn, for driving the cattle homewards, or milking cows, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _lon_, intermissio, q. a break or interval between fields; or C. B. _llan_, a clear place, an area.
2. A narrow inclosed way, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
LOAN, LONE, _s._ Wages, pay.
Su. G. _loen_, Germ. _lohn_, id.
_Spalding._
LOCH, LOUCH, _s._
1. A lake, S.
_Barbour._
2. An arm of the sea, S.
_Boswell._
Isl. _laug_, Su. G. _log_, Ir. _louch_, C. B. _lhugh_, a lake, id.; also Gael. _loch_, an arm of the sea.
~Loch-reed~, Common Reed-gra.s.s, S.
_Lightfoot._
LOCHTER, _s._ A layer; also the eggs laid in one season.
V. ~Lachter~.
LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ A small quant.i.ty, S.
