._ a song; a lay.

LEIF, _adj._ willing.

LEIL, LEELE, LELE, _adj._ lawful; right.

LEISCH, _s._ a lash; a thong.

LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ a pronged instrument for striking
fish, generally used by poachers.

_To_ LEN, _v. a._ to lend.

_To_ LET-BE, _v. n._ to let alone.

LEUCH, LEUGH, _pret_. laughed.

_To_ LEUE, LUVE, _v. n._ to court; to make love.

LEVIN, s. lightning.

LEW-WARME, _adj._ tepid.

LIART, LYART, _adj._ having grey hairs intermixed.

LICHTER, LICHTARE, _part. pa._ delivered of a child.

LICHTS, _s. pl._ the lungs.

_To_ LICK, _v. a._ to strike; to beat.

LIFT, LYFT, _s._ the atmosphere; the sky.

LIGLAD, _s._ a confused noise of tongues; a deal of idle or
noisy talk.

LIKAND, _part_ pleasing.

LIKE-WAKE, _s._ the watching of a dead body.

LILT, _s._ a cheerful air.

_To_ LILT, _v. n._ to sing cheerfully and merrily;
lively music.

LILT-PYPE, _s._ a musical instrument, the upper part of
which was in the form of a flageolet, terminating below in a
kind of trumpet-shaped mouth.

LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._ a scoundrel; a woman of loose manners.

LIN, LYN, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall,

_To_ LINK, _v. a._ to trot or walk smartly.

LINKS, _s. pl_ sandy barren ground.

LINTIE, _s._ the grey linnet.

_To_ LIPPEN, _v. n._ to expect; to place confidence
in.

LIPPIE, _s._ the fourth part of a peck.

LISK, LEESK, _s._ the groin.

LISTER, _s._ a fishing spear.

_To_ LITHE, _v. a._ to thicken; to render mellow; to
soften.

LITTLEANE, _s._ a child.

LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._ an opening between fields of corn;
lane; a narrow enclosed way.

LOCH, LOUCH, _s._ a lake.

LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ a small quantity.

LOGIE, KILLOGIE, _s._ a vacuity in a kiln for producing a
draft of air.

LOME, LOOM, (pronounced _Lume_,) _s._ a utensil of any
kind.

LOOT, LOUT, LOWT, _v. a._ to bow down the body; to make
obeisance.

LOSH! _n. a_. an exclamation of wonder.

_To_ LOUE, LOWE, LUVE, _v. a._ to love.

LOUN, LOWN, LOON, _s._ a tricky, worthless person; a boy.

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 assisting a person to leap on a horse easily.

LOW, _s._ a flame.

LOZEN, _s._ a pane of glass.

LUCKEN, _part. pa._