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

Lilting, s. The act of singing cheerfully.

Lilt-pype, s. A particular kind of musical instrument.
Houlate.

Teut. lul-pijpe, tibia utricularis.

LIME, s. Glue; Teut. lijm, id.
Gl. Sibb.

LIMITOUR, s. A begging friar, authorised to hear confession within certain limits.
Philotus.

LIMMAR, LIMMER, s.
1. A scoundrel.
Bellenden.
2. Equivalent to theif.
Acts Ja. VI.
3. A woman of loose manners. S.

Limmery, s. Villany.
Godly Sangs.

LYMMIT, pret. Perhaps, bound.

Teut. lym-en, agglutinare.

K. Hart.