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

To LAT, LET, v. a. To esteem, to reckon.
Barbour.

A. S. laet-an, reputare, estimare.

To LAT, v. n. To put to hire.
Reg. Maj.

LATCH, s.
1. A mire.
Gl. Sibb.
2. The track of a cart-wheel, S. O.

Latchy, adj. Full of ruts, S. O.

To LATE, LEET, v. a.
1. To heat metal, so that it may be bent any way without breaking, S.
Douglas.

A. S. lith-ian, to soften, to attemper.

2. To cover with tin, S.
Ruddiman.

Su. G. laad-a, lod-a, loed-a, to solder.

To LATHE, v. a. To loath.
Wyntown.