An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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A. S. _leag_, campus, and _gat_ porta; q. "the _gate_ of the field, or _lea_."

LIGLAG, _s._

1. A confused noise of tongues, S.

2. A great deal of idle talk, S.

Su. G. _ligg-a_, to harass by entreaties.

LIK, _s._ A dead body.

_Wallace._

Isl. _lyk_, Su. G. _lik_, A. S. _lic_, id.

LYK, LIKE, the termination of many words in S., which in E. are softened into _ly_. It denotes resemblance; from A. S. _lic_, Goth. _lik_, &c., similis.

LYK, LIK, _v. impers. Lyk til us_, be agreeable to us.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lyc-ian_, Su. G. _lik-a_, placere.

~Likand~, _part._ Pleasing.

_Dunbar._

~Likandlie~, _adv._ Pleasantly.

_Douglas._

~Liking~, ~Likyng~,

1. Pleasure.

A. S. _licung_, id.

_Barbour._

2. A darling.

_Houlate._

A. S. _licung_, pleasure, delight.

LYKLY, _adj._ Having a good appearance, S.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _lyklig_, Isl. _liklig_, id.

_To_ ~Likly~, _v. a._ To render agreeable.

_Douglas._

LYKE-WAIK, LIKE WALK, _s._ The watching of a dead body.

_Douglas._

A. S. _lic_, a body, and _wac-ian_, to watch.

LIL FOR LALL, retaliation.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lael with laele_, stripe for stripe.

LILY, _s._ The aphthae, a disease of children, S.

LILL, _s._ The hole of a wind instrument, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ LILT, _v. n._

1. To sing cheerfully, S.

_Ritson._

2. To sing on a high or sharp key, S.

3. Denoting the lively notes of a musical instrument, S.

_Ramsay._

4. _To lilt out_, to take off one's drink merrily, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _lull-a_, canere.

~Lilt~, _s._ A cheerful air, S.

_Morison._

~Lilt~, _s._ A large pull in drinking, frequently repeated, Fife.

~Lilting~, _s._ The act of singing cheerfully.

~Lilt-pype~, _s._ A particular kind of musical instrument.

_Houlate._

Teut. _lul-pijpe_, tibia utricularis.

LIME, _s._ Glue; Teut. _lijm_, id.

_Gl. Sibb._

LIMITOUR, _s._ A begging friar, authorised to hear confession within certain _limits_.

_Philotus._

LIMMAR, LIMMER, _s._

1. A scoundrel.

_Bellenden._

2. Equivalent to _theif_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

3. A woman of loose manners. S.

~Limmery~, _s._ Villany.

_Godly Sangs._

LYMMIT, _pret._ Perhaps, bound.

Teut. _lym-en_, agglutinare.

_K. Hart._

LYMOURIS, LIMNARIS, _s. pl._ Shafts of a carriage.

_Douglas._

Isl. _lim_, pl. _limar_, rami arborum.

LYMPET, _part. pa._ Perhaps, crippled.

Isl. _limp-ast_, viribus deficit.

_Houlate._

LIN, LYN, _s._

1. A cataract, S.

_Bellenden._

2. The pool under a cataract, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

A. S. _hlynna_, a torrent; C. B. _lhynn_, Ir. _lin_, a pool.

LIN, LINN, _v. a._ To cease.

_Patten._

A. S. _linn-a_, id.

LINCUM LICHT, cloth of a _light_ colour, made at _Lincoln_.

_Chr. Kirk._

LIND, LYND, _s._ A lime tree.

_Licht as the lynd_, very light.

_Douglas._

_Under the lind_, in the woods.

Isl. _lind_, arbor; tilia.

_Bannatyne P._

LINDER, _s._ A short gown, shaped like a man's vest, close to the body, with sleeves, worn by old women and children; Ang.

Perh. from Isl. _lendar_, lumbi, as sitting close to the loins.

_To_ LINE, _v. a._ To beat, Ang.

_To_ LYNE, LYN, _v. a._ To measure land with a line.

_Burrow Lawes._

Lat. _lin-eare_, id.

~Lyner~. _s._ One who measures land with a line.

_Ibid._

LING, _s._

1. A species of rush or thin long grass, Ayrs. S. A.

_Statist. Acc._

2. _Pull ling_, cotton grass.

_Statist. Acc._

LING, LYNG, _s._ A line, Fr. _ligne_. _In ane ling_.

1. Straight forward.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. Denoting expedition in motion, Aberd.

_Douglas._

_To_ LING, _v. n._ To go at a long pace, S.

Ir. _ling-im_, to skip.

_Barbour._

_To_ ~Link~, _v. n._

1. To walk smartly, to trip, S.

_Ross._

2. Denoting the influx of money.

_Ritson._

LINGEL, LINGLE, _s._

1. Shoemaker's thread, S. also _lingan_; Fr. _ligneul_.

_Ramsay._

2. A bandage.

_Polwart._

Isl. _lengia_, lamina coriacea.

~Lingel-tail'd~, _adj._ Applied to a woman whose clothes hang awkwardly, from the smallness of her shape below, S.

LINGET, _s._ A rope binding the fore foot of a horse to the hinder one, Ang.

V. ~Langet~.

LINGET-SEED, _s._ The seed of flax, S. B.

_Acts Ja. VI._

LINGIS, LINGS, a termination by which adverbs are formed; sometimes denoting quality, in other instances extension, as _backlingis_; now pron. _lins_, S.

LINGIT, _adj._ Flexible, E. Loth.

A. S. _laenig_, tenuis.

LINKS, _s. pl._

1. The windings of a river, S.

_Nimmo._

2. The rich ground lying among these windings, S.

_Macneill._

3. The sandy flat ground on the sea-shore, S.

_Knox._

4. Sandy and barren ground; though at a distance from any body of water, S.

Germ. _lenk-en_, flectere.

LIN-PIN, LINT-PIN, _s._ The linch-pin.

S. Su. G. _lunt-a_, id.

LYNTQUHIT, LINTWHITE, _s._ A linnet, S. corr. _lintie_.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _linetwige_, id.

LYPE, _s._ A crease, a fold, S.

LIPPER, _s._ Leprosy.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _lepre_, id.

~Lipper~, _adj._

1. Leprous.

_Stat. Gild._

2. Applied to fish that are diseased.

A. S. _hleapere_, leprosus.

_Chalm. Air._

_To_ LIPPER, _v. n._ A term denoting the appearance of foam on the tops of the waves, or of breakers.

_Douglas._

~Lipperis~, ~Lopperis~, _s. pl._ The tops of broken waves.

_Ibid._

The same with _lapper_, _lopper_, to curdle; or from Isl. _hleyp-a_, concitare.

LIPPIE, _s._ The fourth part of a peck, S.

_Statist. Acc._

A. S. _leap_, a basket, Isl. _laup_, id.

_To_ LIPPIN, LYPPYN, LIPPEN, _v. n._

1. To expect, S.

_Wyntown._

2. _To lippen in_, to put confidence in.

_Douglas._

3. _To lyppyn off_, the same.

_Barbour._

4. _To lippen till_, to entrust to one's charge.

_Houlate._

5. _To lippen to_, to trust to, S.

6. _To lippen upon_, to depend on for.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Moes. G. _laub-jan_, credere; _ga-lau-beins_. fides.

~Lypnyng~, _s._ Expectation.

_Wyntown._

LIRE, LYR, LYRE, _s._

1. The flesh or muscles, as distinguished from the bones, S. O.

_Wallace._

2. Flesh, as distinguished from the skin that covers it.

_Sir Egeir._

A. S. _lire_, the fleshy parts of the body.

LYRE, LYIRE, _s._ That part of the skin which is colourless.

_Chr. Kirk._

A. S. _hleor_, _hlear_, the countenance.

LYRE, LAYER, LYAR, _s._ The Shearwater.

_Pennant._

_Liere_, id. Feroe Islands.

_To_ LIRK, _v. a._ To rumple, S.

_To_ ~Lerk~, _v. n._ To contract, to shrivel, S.

Isl. _lerk-a_, contrahere.

~Lirk~, _s._

1. A crease, S.

2. A fold, a double, S.

3. A wrinkle.

_Ramsay._

4. A hollow in a hill.

_Minstr. Bord._

_To_ LIS, _v. a._ To assuage.

Su. G. _lis-a_, lenire.

_Gawan and Gol._

LISK, LEESK, _s._ The groin, S.

Dan. Sw. _liuske_, id.

_Douglas._

LISS, _s._ Remission, especially of any acute disease.

_Gl. Sibb._

Fr. _lisse_, id., Su. G. _lisa_, requies a dolore.

LISTARIS, _s. pl._ The small yard arms.

_Complaynt S._

LISTER, _s._ A fish spear.

V. ~Leister~.

_To_ LIT, LITT, _v. a._ To dye, S.

_Doug._

Isl. _lit-a_, tingere; _litr_, Su. G. _lit_, color.

~Lit~, ~Litt~, _s._ Dye, tinge, S.

_Acts Ja. II._

~Litstar~, _s._ A dyer, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

LITE, LYTE, _adj._ Little.

_Douglas._

~Lite~, ~Lyte~, _s._

1. A short while.

_K. Quair._

2. A small portion.

_Douglas._

A. S. _lyt_, Su. G. _lite_, Isl. _litt_, parum.

LYTE, _s._ Elect.

V. ~Elyte~.

_Wyntown._

LITE, _s._ A nomination of candidates for election to any office.

V. ~Leet~.

_Spotswood._

_To_ LITH, LYTH, _v. n._ To listen.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _lyd-a_, Isl. _hlyd-a_, audire.

LITH, _s._

1. A joint, S.

_Douglas._

2. Metaphor, the hinge of an argument, S.

A. S. _lith_, artus, membrum.

_Cleland._

_To_ ~Lith~, _v. a._ To separate the joints one from another, S.

LITHE, _adj._

1. Calm, sheltered, S. _lyde_, S. B.

_Ruddiman_.

2. Possessing genial heat.

_Wallace._

3. Metaph. affectionate. _A lithe side_, attachment or regard, S. B.

A. S. _hlithe_, quietus, _hlewoth_, apricitas.

_To_ ~Lythe~, _v. a._ To shelter, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

~Lythe~, _s._

1. A warm shelter, S. B.

_Ross._

2. Encouragement, countenance, S. B.

_Ross._

~Lythnes~, _s._ Warmth, heat.

_Porteous of Noblenes._

_To_ LITHE, _v. a._

1. To soften.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

2. To thicken, to mellow, S.

A. S. _lith-ian_, to mitigate.

~Lythe~, _adj._ Assuaging.

_Sir Tristrem._

LITHE, _s._ A ridge, an ascent.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _hlithe_, Isl. _leit_, jugum montis.

LYTHE, LAID, _s._ The pollack, Gadus Pollachius, S.

_Statist. Acc._

LYTHYRNES, _s._ Sloth.

V. ~Lidder~.

_Wyntown._

LYTHIS, _s. pl._ Perh. manners.

_Dunbar._

_To_ LYTHLY.

V. ~Lychtlie~.

LITHRY, _s._ A despicable crowd, Aberd.

_Gl. Shirr._

A. S. _lythre_, malus, nequam.

LITTLEANE, _s._ A child, S.

_Ross._

Q. _little one_; or A. S. _lytling_, parvulus.

LITTLEGOOD, LITTLEGUDY, _s._ Suns-purge, S.

LIUE, _s._ Life.

_On lyve_, alive.

_K. Quair._

_To_ LIVER, _v. a._ To unload; applied to ships, S.

Germ. _liefer-n_, Fr. _livr-er_, to deliver.

LIVERY-DOWNIE, _s._ A haddock stuffed with _livers_, &c., Ang.

LIVER-MOGGIE, _s._ The stomach of the cod filled with _liver_, &c. Shetl.

Sw. _lefwer_, liver, and _mage_, the maw.

LIUNG, _s._ An atom, Ang.

LYWYT, _pret._ Lived.

_Barbour._

LOAGS, _s. pl._ Stockings without feet, Stirl.

LOAN, LONE, LOANING, _s._

1. An opening between fields of corn, for driving the cattle homewards, or milking cows, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _lon_, intermissio, q. a break or interval between fields; or C. B. _llàn_, a clear place, an area.

2. A narrow inclosed way, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

LOAN, LONE, _s._ Wages, pay.

Su. G. _loen_, Germ. _lohn_, id.

_Spalding._

LOCH, LOUCH, _s._

1. A lake, S.

_Barbour._

2. An arm of the sea, S.

_Boswell._

Isl. _laug_, Su. G. _log_, Ir. _louch_, C. B. _lhugh_, a lake, id.; also Gael. _loch_, an arm of the sea.

~Loch-reed~, Common Reed-grass, S.

_Lightfoot._

LOCHTER, _s._ A layer; also the eggs laid in one season.

V. ~Lachter~.

LOCK, LOAKE, _s._ A small quantity, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _lock_, capillus contortus.

LOCKMAN, LOKMAN, _s._ The public executioner; still used, Edinburgh.

_Wallace._

Teut. _lock-en_, to lock; A. S. _loc_, claustrum.

LOFF, _s._ Praise.

V. ~Loif~.

LOG, _s._ The substance which bees gather for making their works, S. B.

A. S. _loge_, Su. G. _lag_, humor.

LOGE, _s._ A lodge, Dan. id.

_Barbour._

LOGIE, KILLOGIE, _s._ A vacuity before the fire place in a kiln, for drawing air, S. Belg. _log_, a hole.

_Watson._

LOY, _adj._ Sluggish. Ang.

Belg. _luy_, id.

~Loyness~, _s._ Inactivity, Ang.

Belg. _luyheit_.

_To_ LUIF, LOIUE, LOVE, LUFF, LOUE, _v. a._ To praise.

_Priests Peblis._

Isl. Su. G. _lofw-a_, A. S. _lof-ian_, id.

~Loif~, ~Loff~, _s._ Praise.

_Houlate._

A. S. Isl. Belg. _lof_, id.

LOIS, _s._ Praise.

V. ~Lose~.

_Douglas._

LOISSIT, _pret._ Lost.

_Gawan and Gol._

LOIT, _s._ A turd, S.

Su. G. _lort_, id.

_To_ LOKKER, _v. n._ To curl, S.

_Doug._

Isl. _lock-r_, capillus contortus.

~Lokker~, ~Lokkar~, _adj._ Curled.

_Evergr._

LOKLATE, _adj._ Securing a lock.

_Wallace._

LOLLERDRY, _s._ What was deemed heresy.

_Bannatyne Poems._

From E. _Lollard_.

LOME, LOOM, pron. _lume_, _s._

1. An utensil of any kind, S.

_Douglas._

2. A tub, or vessel of any kind, S.; as _brew-lumes_, _milk-lumes_, &c.

A. S. _loma_, utensilia.

LOMPNYT, _part. pa._ Laid with trees.

_Barbour._

Sw. _laemp-a_, to fit; or Isl. _lunn_, phalangae.

LONE, _s._ Place of shelter.

Isl. _logn_, tranquillitas aeris.

~Lony~, _adj._ Sheltered.

_Houlate._

LONNACHS, _s. pl._ Quickgrass gathered for being burnt, Mearns.

LOOGAN, _s._ A rogue, Loth.

LOOPIE, _adj._ Deceitful, S., q. one who holds a _loop_ in his hand.

LOOR, _adv._ Rather.

V. ~Lever~.

_To_ LOPPER, _v. n._ To ripple.

V. ~Lipper~, _v._

LOPPIN, LOPPEN, _pret._ Leaped.

_Douglas._

A. S. _hleop_, Sw. _lupen_, insiliit.

LORE, _part. pa._ Solitary, q. _forlore_.

_Sir Gawan._

LORER, _s._ Laurel.

Fr. _laurier_.

_Sir Gawan._

LOSE, LOSS, _s._ Praise.

_Houlate._

_Lofs_ occurs in Isl. _lofs-tyr_, gloria, encomium.

LOSEL, _s._ Idle rascal.

_Ritson._

Teut. _losigh_, ignavus.

LOSYNGEOUR, LOSINGERE, _s._

1. A deceiver.

_Barbour._

Fr. _lozeng-er_, to flatter, to deceive.

2. A sluggard, a loiterer.

LOT, _s._ Uncertain.

_Bannatyne Poems._

LOT-MAN, _s._ One who threshes for one boll in a certain number, S.

_Stat. Acc._

LOTCH, _s._ A snare, S.

_Hamilton._

Teut. _letse_, id.

LOUABIL, _adj._ Praiseworthy.

_Doug._

Fr. _louable_.

LOUCH, _s._ (gutt.)

1. A cavity.

_Barbour._

2. A cavity containing water.

_Douglas._

Germ. _loch_, apertura, cavitas, latibulum.

LOUCHING, _part. pr._ Bowing down.

Isl. _lut-a_, pronus flo.

_Burel._

_To_ LOUE, LOVE, _v. a._ To praise.

V. ~Loif~.

LOVEDARG, _s._ Work done from affection, S.

V. ~Dawerk~.

LOVERY, LUFRAY, _s._ Bounty.

_Dunbar._

LOUING, _s._ Praise, A. S. _lofung_, id.

_Douglas._

_To_ LOUK, _v. a._

1. To lock.

_Douglas._

2. To surround.

_Douglas._

LOUN, LOWNE, _adj._

1. Serene, denoting the state of the air, S.

_Hudson._

2. Sheltered, S.

_Houlate._

3. Unruffled; applied to water.

_Doug._

4. Recovered from rage, S.

_Ross._

Isl. _logn_, tranquillitas aeris. Su. G. _lugn_, id.; also tranquillitas animi.

_To_ ~Loun~, ~Lown~, _v. a._ To tranquillize.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Loun~, ~Lown~, _v. n._ To become calm, S.

_Kelly._

LOUN, LOWN, LOON, _s._ A worthless person, male or female.

_Dunbar._

A. S. _laewend_, a traitor.

~Lounfow~, _adj._ Rascally, S.

~Loun-like~, _adj._

1. Having the appearance of a _loun_, S.

_Ross._

2. Shabby; applied to dress, S.

~Lounrie~, _s._ Villany.

_Dunbar._

LOUN, LOWN, _s._ A boy, S.

_Dunbar._

Isl. _lione_, servus.

~Loun's piece~, the uppermost slice of a loaf of bread, S.

_To_ LOUNDER, _v. a._ To beat with severe strokes, S.

V. ~Loundit~.

_Ramsay._

~Lounder~, _s._ A swinging stroke, S.

_Watson._

LOUNDIT, _part. pa._ Beaten.

_Dunbar._

This seems the origin of _Lounder_, apparently allied to Fenn. _lyon_, ferio, verbero.

_To_ LOUP, _v. n._

1. To leap, to spring, S. pret. _lap_.

_Chr. Kirk._

Moes. G. _hlaup-an_, saltare; Su. G. _loep-a_, currere.

2. To run, to move with celerity, S. B.

_Forbes._

3. To give way; applied to frost, S.

4. Applied to a sore when the skin breaks, S.

5. To cover, S., like Teut. _loop-en_, catulire.

6. _To_ ~Loup~ _on_, to mount on horseback. S.

_Spalding._

7. _To_ ~Loup~ _out_, to run out of doors.

_Many._

8. To pass from one possessor to another; used as to property.

_Many._

~Loup~, _s._ A leap, a spring, S.

_Barbour._

~Loup~, ~Loupe~, _s._ A cataract, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Louping Ague~, a disease resembling St Vitus's dance, Ang.

_Stat. Acc._

~Loupin-on-stane~, _s._ A flight of stone-steps, for assisting one to get on horseback, S.

_To cum aff at the loupin-on-stane_, S. to leave off any business in the same state as when it was begun; also, to terminate a dispute, without the slightest change of mind in either party, S.

LOUP-HUNTING, _s._ _Hae ye been a loup-hunting?_ a query, addressed to one who has been very early abroad, and contains an evident allusion to the hunting of the wolf in former times, S. B.

Fr. _loup_, a wolf.

LOURD, rather.

V. ~Lever~.

_Ritson._

LOURDNES, _s._ Surly temper.

V. ~Lowryd~.

_Wyntown._

_To_ LOURE, _v. n._ To lurk, Fife.

_Doug._

Germ. _laur-en_, Dan. _lur-er_, to lurk.

LOUSANCE, _s._ Freedom from bondage.

_Kelly._

_To_ LOUT, LOWT, _v. n._

1. To bow down the body, S.

_Douglas._

2. To make obeisance.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hlut-an_, Su. G. _lut-a_, incurvare se.

~Loutshouther'd~, _adj._ Round-shouldered, S.

_To_ LOUTHER, _v. n._

1. To be entangled in mire or snow, Ang.

2. To walk with difficulty, Ang.

V. ~Lewder~.

_To_ LOW, _v. n._

1. To flame, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To flame with rage, S.

_Kennedy._

Isl. Su G. _log-a_, ardere, flagrare.

~Low~, ~Lowe~. _s._

1. Flame, S.

_Barbour._

2. Rage, desire, or love.

_Evergreen._

Isl. Dan. _lege_, Su. G. loga, id.

_To_ LOWDEN, _v. n._

1. Used to signify that the wind falls, S. B.

2. To speak little, to stand in awe of another, S. B.

_To_ ~Lowden~, _v. a._

1. To cause to fall; applied to the wind, S. B.

2. To bring down, or to silence; applied to persons, S. B.

Isl. _hliodn-a_, tristari; submissè loqui.

LOWDER, _s._ A wooden lever, Moray; _loothrick_, Stirlings.

~Lowder~, ~Louthertree~, _s._ A hand-spoke for lifting the mill-stones, S.

Isl. _ludr_, _luth-r_, q. mill-tree; or _hlod_, fulcra.

LOWDING, _s._ Praise, q. _lauding_.

_Everg._

LOWE, _s._ Love.

_Wallace._

LOWN, _adj._ Calm, &c.

V. ~Loun~.

LOWNDRER, _s._ A lazy wretch.

_Wynt._

Teut. _lunderer_, cunctator, _lunder-en_, cunctari.

LOWRYD, _adj._ Surly.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _luri_, homo torvus et deformis.

LOWRIE, LAWRIE, _s_.

1. A designation given to the fox, S.

_Ramsay._

2. A crafty person; one who has the disposition of a fox.

_Godly Sangs._

Arm. _luarn_, vulpes; or Teut. _loer_, one who lays snares.

LOZEN, _s_. A pane of glass, S. corr. from E. _lozenge_.

LUBBA, _s._ A coarse grass of any kind, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _lubbe_, hirsutus.

_To_ LUCK, _v. n._ To have good or bad fortune, S.

_Montgomerie._

Teut. _ghe-luck-en_, Isl. _luck-as_, to prosper.

* ~Luck~, _s._ _Upon luck's head_, on chance.

_Rutherford._

LUCKEN, _part. pa._

1. Shut up, contracted, S.

_Lucken-handed_, having the fist contracted, S.

_Gl. Shirr._

_Lucken-taed_, _lucken-footed_, web-footed, S.

_Sibbald._

2. Locked, bolted.

_Ruddiman._

The part. of A. S. _luc-an_, to lock.

_To_ ~Lucken, Luken~, _v. a._

1. To lock, S.

_Chron. S. P._

2. To knit the brows.

_Pop. Ball._

3. To pucker, to gather up in folds.

_Spalding._

~Lucken~ or ~Lukin Gowan~, the globe flower, S.

_Ramsay._

LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s_.

1. A designation given to an elderly woman, S.

_Ross._

2. A grandmother; often _luckie-minnie_, S. B.

_Ramsay._

_Luckie-daddie_, grandfather, S. B.

_Kelly._

3. Used in familiar or facetious language, although not necessarily including the idea of age, S.

4. The mistress of an ale-house, S.

_Ramsay._

Perhaps primarily implying the idea of witchcraft; Isl. _hlok_, maga.

LUCKY, _adj_. Bulky, S.

_Kelly._

~Lucky~, _adv_. Denoting excess, S.

_Ross._

Perh. from the old custom of giving something _to the luck_ of the bargain.

LUCK-PENNY, s. A small sum given back by the person who receives money in consequence of a bargain, S. _lucks-penny_, S. B.

_Courant._

LUDE, _part. pa._ Loved, S.

_Bannatyne P._

~Lude~, contraction for _love it_, S.

_Ibid._

_To_ LUF, LUVE, LUWE, _v. a._ To love, S. _lue_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _luf-ian_, id. Su. G. _liuf_, gratus.

~Luf, Luve~, _s._ Love.

_Douglas._

~Lufare~, _adj_. More loving.

_King's Quair._

~Luffar~, _s._ A lover.

_Douglas._

~Luflely~, _adv._ Lovingly.

_Barbour._

~Lufsom~, _adj_. Lovely; S. _lusome_.

A. S. _lofsum_, delectabilis.

_Sir Gawan._

LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ The palm of the hand; pl. _luffis_, _luves_, S.

_Lyndsay._

Moes. G. _lofa_, Su. G. _lofwe_, Isl. _loofve_, vola manus.

~Lufefow~, ~Luifful~, _s._ As much as fills the palm of the hand, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Luffie~, _s._ A stroke on the palm of the hand, S.

_To_ LUFF, _s_. To praise.

V. ~Loif~, _v._

~Lufly~, _adj_. Worthy of praise.

Isl. _loflig_, laudabilis.

_Gawan and Gol._

LUFRAY, _s._

V. ~Lovery~.

LUG, _s._

1. The ear, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

2. _At the lug of_, in a state of proximity, S.

_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-HARTIT, _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_, massa.

_Burns._

LUND, LWND, _s._ London.

_Wallace._

LUNYIE, _s._ The loin.

_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. Sext._

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.

_Godly 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_, latitare.

LUSOME, _adj._ Not smooth, S. B.

Su. G. _lo_, _lugg_, rough, and _sum_.

LUSOME, _adj._ Desirable.

V. ~Lufsom~.

LUSS, _s._ Dandruff, Pityriasis capitis, S.

LUSTY, _adj._

1. Beautiful.

_Douglas._

2. Pleasant, delightful.

_Douglas._

Teut. _lustigh_, amoenus, delectabilis.

~Lustheid~, _s._ Amiableness.

_Gl. Sibb._

~Lustynes~, _s._ Beauty.

_Dunbar._

LUTE, LEUT, _s._ A sluggard.

_Gl. Sibb._

Teut. _loete_, homo insulsus; E. _lout_.

LUTE, _pret._ Permitted.

V. ~Luit~.

LUTHE. Not understood.

_Bannatyne Poems._

LUTHRIE, _s._ Lechery.

_Bannatyne P._

Belg. _lodderig_, wanton.

LUTTAIRD, _adj._ Bowed.

_Dunbar._

O. Belg. _loete_, a clown, and _aerd_, nature.

_To_ LUVE, LUWE, _v. a._ To love.

V. ~Luf~.

M

MA, MAY, MAA, MAE, _adj._ More in number, S.

A. S. _ma_, id.

_Barbour._

_To_ MA, _v. a._ To make.

_Barbour._

Germ. _mach-en_, facere.

MA, _aux. v._ May.

_Wyntown._

Sw. _ma_, Isl. _maa_, id.

MAAD, MAWD, _s._ A plaid worn by shepherds, S. A. Renfr.

_Mannering._

Su. G. _mudd_, a garment made of the skins of reindeers.

MABBIE, _s._ A woman's cap, S. B.

mob, E.

_Ross._

MACH, _s._ Son in law.

V. ~MAICH~.

_To_ MACHE, _v. n._ To strive.

_Douglas._

MACKLACK, _adv._ In a clattering way.

_Polwart._

_Mak_, make, and _clack_, a sharp sound.

MACRELL, MAKERELL, _s._

1. A pimp.

_Bellenden._

2. A bawd.

_Philotus._

Fr. _maquereau_, leno; fem. _maquerelle_.

MACKREL-STURE, _s._ The tunny, a fish.

_Pennant._

O. Su. G. _stur_, magnus.

_To_ MAE, _v. n._ To bleat softly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Mae~, _s._ A bleat, S.

_Ritson._

_To_ MAGG, _v. a._ To carry off clandestinely, Loth.

Su. G. _miugg_, clanculum.

MAGG, _s._ A cant word for a halfpenny, pl. _maggs_; the gratuity which servants expect from those to whom they drive any goods, Loth.

V. ~Maik~.

MAGGIES, _s. pl._ Perhaps, _maids_.

A. S. _maegth_, virgo.

_Philotus._

_To_ MAGIL, MAIGIL, _v. a._ To mangle.

_Douglas._

MAGRAVE, MAGRY, _prep._ Maugre.

V. ~Mawgre~.

_Wyntown._

MAHOUN, _s._

1. Mahomet, O. S. and E.

2. Transferred to the devil.

_Dunbar._

MAY, _s._ A maid, a virgin, S.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _mey_, A. S. _maeg_, Norm. Sax. _mai_, Moes. G. _mawi_, id.

MAICH, MACH, (gutt.) _s._ Son-in-law.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _mag-us_, a son; A. S. _maeg_, id.; also a father-in-law, a kinsman.

MAICH, _s._ (gutt.) Marrow, Ang.