“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.