“The kye stood rowtin’ in the loan.”

Burns. The Twa Dogs.

“The lads an’ the lasses i’t’ lonning

Wer’ pairin’ like sparrows i’t’ spring.”

Anon. Raffles Merry-Neet.

Lock, C, a number or quantity.

“A gay lock o’ fwoke hed gedder’t up i’ time to gang tillt’ kurk, an’ away they struttit.”

Dickinson. Lamplugh Club.

Lofe, C, a chance of anything, an opportunity.

“Yance I hed t’ lofe an’ I’d luck to say no, an’ I niver hed t’ lofe ageàn.“—Said by an elderly spinster.