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_Dunbar._
Teut. _loenie_. id.
~Lunyie-bane~, _s._ Hucklebone, Fife.
LUNKIT, _adj._
1. Lukewarm, S.
2. Beginning to thicken in boiling, S.
Dan. _lunk-en_, to make lukewarm.
LUNT, _s._
1. A match, as in E.
_Hist. Ja. s.e.xt._
2. A column of flaming smoke, S.
_Burns._
3. Hot vapour of any kind, S.
_Burns._
Teut. _lonte_, fomes igniarius.
_To_ ~Lunt~, _v. n._ To emit smoke in columns, S.
_Burns._
~Luntus~, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an old woman, probably from the practice of smoking tobacco, S. B.
LURDANE, LURDON, _s._
1. A worthless person.
_Wyntown._
2. A fool, a sot.
_Baillie._
3. Conjoined with the idea of sloth, S.
4. Improperly, a piece of folly or stupidity.
_G.o.dly Sangs._
Fr. _lourdin_, blockish, from _lourd_, id. Teut. _luyaerd_, _loerd_, ignavus.
~Lurdanry~, _s._
1. Sottishness.
_Douglas._
2. Carnal sloth.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _lourderie_, stupidity.
LURE, _s._ The udder of a cow; properly, as used for food, S.
LURE, _adv._ Rather, S.
V. ~Lever~.
_Ramsay._
LUSCHBALD, _s._ A sluggard.
_Kennedy._
Isl. _losk-r_, ignavus, and _bald-r_, potens.
LUSKING, LEUSKING, _part. pr._ Absconding.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _luysch-en_, lat.i.tare.
LUSOME, _adj._ Not smooth, S. B.
Su. G. _lo_, _lugg_, rough, and _sum_.
LUSOME, _adj._ Desirable.
