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

Isl. lam, fractio.

LAME, LAYM, LEEM, adj. Earthen, S.
Bellenden.

A. S. laemen, fictilis: lam, lutum.

LAMENRY, s. Concubinage.
V. [Leman].
Priests Peblis.

LAMITER, s. A cripple, S.

LAMMAS-TOWER, s. A kind of tower erected by the herds of a district, against the time of Lammas, and defended by them against assailants, Loth.
Trans. Ant. Soc.

LAMMER, LAMER, s. Amber, S.

Teut. lamertyn-steen, amber.

Lynds.

LAMOO, s. To gang down like lamoo, to be easily swallowed, S.