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

LYKE-WAIK, LIKE WALK, s. The watching of a dead body.
Douglas.

A. S. lic, a body, and wac-ian, to watch.

LIL FOR LALL, retaliation.
Wyntown.

A. S. lael with laele, stripe for stripe.

LILY, s. The aphthae, a disease of children, S.

LILL, s. The hole of a wind instrument, S.
Ramsay.

To LILT, v. n.
1. To sing cheerfully, S.
Ritson.
2. To sing on a high or sharp key, S.
3. Denoting the lively notes of a musical instrument, S.
Ramsay.
4. To lilt out, to take off one's drink merrily, S.
Ramsay.

Su. G. lull-a, canere.

Lilt, s. A cheerful air, S.
Morison.

Lilt, s. A large pull in drinking, frequently repeated, Fife.