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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."


KOBIL, _s._ a small boat.
KOWSCHOT, CUSHAT, _s._ the ringdove.
_To_ KRUYN, _v. n._ to murmur.
KY, KYE, _s. pl._ cows.
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.
LAIRDSHIP, _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 shellfish
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.


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