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Lade-Pail. s. A small pail, with a long handle, used for the purpose of filling other vessels.
Ládeshrides. s. pl. The sides of the waggon which project over the wheels. See SHRIDE.
Ladies-smock. s. A species of bindweed; Convolvulus sepium. See WITHY-WINE.
Lady Buddick. s. A rich and early ripe apple.
Lady-cow. s. A lady-bird; the insect Coccinella
Septempunctata.
Lady's-hole. s. A game at cards.
Lai'ter. s. The thing laid; the whole quantity of eggs which a hen lays successively.
She has laid out her laiter.
Lamager. adj. Lame; crippled; laid up.
Larks-leers. s. pl. Arable land not in use; such is much frequented by larks; any land which is poor and bare of grass.
Lart, Lawt. s. The floor: never applied to a stone floor, but only to wooden floors; and those up stairs.
Las-charg'eable! interj. Be quiet! The last chargeable: that is, he who last strikes or speaks in contention is most blamable.
Lât. s. A lath.
Lat'itat. s. A noise; a scolding.
Lat'tin. s. Iron, plates covered with tin.
Lattin. adj. Made of lattin; as a lattin saucepan, a lattin teakettle, &c.
Laugh-and-lie-down. s. A common game at cards.
To Lave. v. a. To throw water from one place to another.
To Le'ät. v. n. To leak.
Le'ät. s. A leak; a place where water is occasionally let out.
Leath'er. v. a. To beat.
Leathern-mouse, s. A bat.
Leer. adj. Empty.
Leer. s. The flank.
Leers. s. pl. Leas; rarely used: but I think it always means stubble land, or land similar to stubble land.
Lent. s. Loan; the use of any thing borrowed.
Lew. adj. Sheltered; defended from storms, or wind
Lew, Lewth. s. Shelter; defence from storm or wind.
Lib'et. s. A piece; a tatter.
Lid'den. s. A story; a song.
Lie-lip. s. A square wooden vessel having holes in its bottom, to contain wood-ashes for making lie.
Lights. s. pl. The lungs.
Lighting-stock. s. A horse-block; steps of wood or stone, made to ascend and descend from a horse.
Lim'bers, Lim'mers. s. pl. The shafts of a waggon, cart, &c.
Linch. s. A ledge; a rectangular projection; whence the term linch-pin (a pin with a linch), which JOHNSON has, but not linch.
The derivations of this word, linch-pin by our etymologists, it will be seen, are now inadmissable.
To Line. v. n. To lean; to incline towards or against something.
Lin'ny. s. An open shed, attached to barns, outhouses, &c.
Lip, Lip'pen. s. A generic term for several containing vessels, as bee-lippen, lie-lip, seed-lip, &c. which see.
Lip'ary. adj. Wet, rainy. Applied to the seasons: a lipary time.
To Lir'rop. v. a. To beat.
This is said to be a corruption of the sea term, lee-rope.
Lis'som. adj. Lithe; pliant. Contracted from light- some, or lithe-some.
List, Lis'tin. s. The strip or border on woollen cloth.
Lis'tin. adj. Made of list.
To Lob. v. n. To hang down; to droop.
Lock. s. A small quantity; as a lock of hay, a lock of straw.
Lock-a-Daisy. interj. of surprise or of pleasure.
Lockyzee. interj. Look, behold! Look you, see!
To Long. v. n. To belong.
Long'ful. adj. Long in regard to time.
Lose-Leather. To be galled by riding.
Lowance. s. Allowance: portion.
Lug. s. A heavy pole; a pole; a long rod.
I incline to think this is the original of log.
Lug-lain. s. Full measure; the measure by the lug or pole.
Lump'er. v. n. To lumber; to move heavily; to stumble.