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KYLE, _s._ a strait of the sea; a sound.
KYNRIK, _s._ a kingdom.
KYTE, _s._ the belly.
KYTIE, _s._ fat; big-bellied.
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LAB, _s._ a stroke; a blow; a lump.
_To_ LABOUR, _v. a._ to plough.
LACHTER, _s._ the whole eggs laid successively by a hen.
_To_ LACK, _v. a._ to slight.
LAD, _s._ a sweetheart
LADDIE, _s._ a boy, or young man.
LADE, LAID, _s._ a load.
LADE, LEAD, _s._ a mill course.
LAFE, LAVE, _s._ the rest.
LAIF, LAEF, _s._ a loaf.
LAIGH, LAYCHE, _adj._ low; flat.
LAIRD, LARDE, _s._ a person of superior rank; a landholder, under the degree of a knight or squire.
LAIRDs.h.i.+P, _s._ a landed estate.
LAITH, _adj._ reluctant; unwilling.
LAITHFOW, _adj._ bashful.
_To_ LAMB, to yean.
LAMMER, LAMBER, _s._ amber. _Lammer beads and red thread_, when together, were supposed to be a charm with power to repel witchery in former times.
LAMPER, _s._ a tall woman.
LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ the limpet, a testaceous sh.e.l.lfish which adheres to rocks.
LAND, _s._ a house consisting of several stories, generally including separate dwellings.
LAND O' THE LEAL, state of the blessed; heaven.
LAND-LOUPER, _s._ a person who s.h.i.+fts frequently from one place of the country to another.
LANE, _adj._ alone; lone.
LANELY, _adj._ lonely.
LANESOME, _adj._ lonesome.
_To_ LANG, _v. n._ to long; to weary; to think long.
LANG-NEBIT, _adj._ long-nosed or long-billed.
LANG-RIN, _adv._ at length.
LANGSUM, _adj._ slow; tedious.
LANGSYNE, _adv._ long ago.
LANG-TONGUED, _adj._ babbling; given to tell secrets.
LAP, _pret._ leaped.
LAPPORED, _part. pa._ coagulated.
LARE, LERE, _s._ learning.
_To_ LARE, LERE, _v. a._ to teach; to learn.
LARICK, LAVROCK, _s._ a lark.
La.s.s, _s._ a sweetheart; a young woman.
_To_ LAT, _v. a._ to permit; to suffer; _to lat-be_, to let alone.
LAWIN, LAWING, _s._ a tavern bill; money subscribed or paid for drink.
LAW, _s._ a conical hill.
LEA, _s._ pasture land not ploughed.
LEA-LANG, _adj._ livelong; tedious; long in pa.s.sing.
_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ to lash; to flog.
