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

LASARE, LASERE, s. Leisure.
Doug.

LASCHE, adj.
1. Relaxed, from weakness or fatigue, S. B.
Douglas.
2. Lazy.
Ruddiman.
3. Devoted to idleness.
Complaynt S.

Fr. lasche, Lat. lax-us; Germ. lass, tired, faint; Isl. loskr, ignavus.

To Lash out, v. n. To break out; in a moral sense.
Z. Boyd.

Lashness, s.
1. Relaxation in consequence of great exertion.
Baillie.
2. Looseness of conduct.
R. Bruce.

Lask, s. A diarrhoea in cattle, S. B.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

LASKAR, s. A large armful of hay or straw, Tweedd.

Isl. hlas, a load, Su. G. lass, id.

LASS, s. A sweetheart, S.
R. Galloway.

LAST, s. A measure, Orkn.
Skene.