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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

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

_ 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._ 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.


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