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LOUN'S-PIECE, _s._ the first slice of a loaf of bread.
LOUN, LOWNE, _adj._ sheltered; calm.
_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ to beat severely.
LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ beaten.
_To_ LOUP, _v. n._ to leap; to spring.
LOUPIN-AGUE, _s._ St. Vitus' dance.
LOUPIN-ON-STANE, _s._ a large stone, or flight of steps, for a.s.sisting a person to leap on a horse easily.
LOW, _s._ a flame.
LOZEN, _s._ a pane of gla.s.s.
LUCKEN, _part. pa._ shut up; contracted.
LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the mistress of an alehouse.
LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a bargain.
LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive in manner or appearance.
LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand.
LUG, _s._ the ear.
LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink, made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them prolonged considerably above the others.
LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney.
LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top.
LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied to something eatable.
LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow.
l.u.s.tY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners.
LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks.
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MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number.
MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid.
MADGE, _s._ Magdalene.
_To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat.
MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite.
MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil.
MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine.
MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny.
MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property.
MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm.
MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent.
MAIN, _s._ moan.
MAINING, _adj._ moaning.
MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion.
MAIST, _adj._ most.
MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron.
MALISON, _s._ a curse.
MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.
MAN, _s._ a va.s.sal; a husband; a male servant.
MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.
MANE, _s._ lamentation.
MANGLE, _s._ a calender.
_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other clothes.
MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.
_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.
_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.
