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

Ferguson.

LES, conj.
1. Unless.
Douglas.
2. Lest.
Douglas.
Les than, id.
Bellenden.
Les na, les nor, id.
Acts Ja. IV.

A. S. laes, les, id.

LES-AGE, s. Non-age.
Buchanan.

LESH PUND, LEISPUND, LISPUND, s. A weight used in Orkney, containing eighteen pounds Scots.
Skene.

Su. G. lispund, a pound of twenty marks; i. e. Liwesche, or the Livonian.

LESIT, LESYT, pret. Lost.
Barbour.

LESS, lies; pl. of LE.
Barbour.

To LEST, v. n. To please.
K. Quair.

LEST, pret. Tarried.
Barbour.