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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

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


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.
LUSTY, _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.


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