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

LEAUW, s. A place for drawing the nets on, composed partly of stones, earth and gravel; Aberd.
Law Case.

Teut. loo, locus altus adjacens stagnis, &c. A. S. hlaew, agger.

LEBBIE, s. The fore-skirt of a man's coat, S. B. Loth.

A. S. laeppe, id. Isl. laf, ala pallii.

To LECHE, v. a. To cure.
Wyntown.

Su. G. laek-a, A. S. lacn-ian, id.

Lech, Leche, Leiche, s. A physician.

Moes. G. leik, lek; A. S. laec, id.

Barb.

Leching, Leiching, s. Cure.
Wallace.