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_Ramsay._
3. _Up to the lugs_ in any thing, quite immersed in it, S.
4. _If he were worth his lugs_, i. e. if he acted as became him, S.
Su. G. _lugg-a_, to drag one.
LUG, _s._ The worm, called Lumbricus marinus, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Fris. _luggh-en_, ignave et segniter agere.
LUGGIE, _adj._ Applied to corn which grows mostly to the straw, S. B.
Belg. _log_, heavy.
LUGGIE, _s._ A lodge or hut, S. B.
Teut. _logie_, id.
LUGGIE, LOGGIE, _s._ A small wooden vessel, for holding meat or drink, made of staves, one of which projects as a handle, S.
_Burns._
From _lug_, the ear; or Belg. _lokie_, a wooden sauce-boat.
LUID, _s._ A poem.
V. ~Leid~.
LUIK-HARt.i.t, _adj._ Warmhearted.
Alem. _lauc_, flame.
_Dunbar._
LUIT, _pret._ Let.
_Pitscottie._
_Lute of_, reckoned.
_R. Bruce._
LUKNYT, _part. pa._ Locked.
V. ~Lucken~.
LUM, LUMB, _s._
1. A chimney, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. Sometimes the chimney-top, S.
C. B. _llumon_, id.
_Brand._
~Lum-head~, _s._ A chimney top, S.
_Ross._
LUME, _s._ An utensil.
V. ~Lome~.
LUMMLE, _s._ The filings of metal, S.
Fr. _limaille_, id.
LUNCH, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S.
Sw. _luns_, ma.s.sa.
_Burns._
LUND, LWND, _s._ London.
_Wallace._
LUNYIE, _s._ The loin.
