Gibbs, George, 1815-1873 / 2008-11-14 00:00:00
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~La-wen'~, _n._ French, L'AVOINE. _Oats._
~La-west'~, _n._ French, LA VESTE. _A waistcoat._
~Lazy~, _adj._ English, idem. _Lazy._
~Le-bah-do~ (often pronounced lab'-a-do), _n._ French, LE BARDEAU. _A
shingle._
~Le-bal'~, _n._ French, idem. _A ball; bullet._ Tenas lebal, _shot._
~Le-bis'-kwie~, _n._ French, LE BISCUIT. _Biscuit; crackers; hard bread._
~Le-blau'~, _n., adj._ French, LE BLOND. _A sorrel horse; chestnut
colored._
~Le-clem'~, _n., adj._ French, LE CREME. _Cream-colored; a cream-colored
or light dun horse._
~Le-cock'~, _n._ French, LE COQ. _A cock; a fowl._
~Le-doo'~, _n._ French, LE DOIGT. _A finger._
~Le-gley~, _n., adj._ French, LE GRIS, or English GRAY, with French
article. _A gray horse; gray._
~Le-jaub'~. See DIAUB.
~Le-kleh~, _n._ French, LE CLEF. _A key._ Mamook le kleh, _lock the door._
~Le-kloo'~, _n._ French, LE CLOU. _A nail; nails._
~Le-koo'~, _n._ French, LE COU. _The neck._
~Le-ky'e~, _n., adj._ Mr. Anderson derives this from a Canadian word
_caille,_ meaning _a piebald horse._ In its jargon use, it means, also, _a
spot, spotted,_ or _speckled;_ as, lekye salmon, _the spotted or winter
salmon_ (_salmo canis,_ Suckley).
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