An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

LACHTER, s. A lecher.
Philotus.

Germ. laich-en, lascivire, scortari.

LACHTER, s. All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, S. Lochter, Perths.
Morison.

Teut. eyeren legghen, ova ponere.

LACHTER, LAICHTER, s.
1. A layer; as a lachter of hay, Ang. lochter, id. Perths. Tweedd.

Teut. logh-en, componere foenum in metam.

2. A lock, a flake; a lachter of woo, a flake of wool, Ang.; lochter, Perths.

Isl. lagdr, cirrus.

LACHTERSTEAD, s. The ground occupied by a house, S. B.

Su. G. laegerstad, a lodging-room.