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

LOWN, adj. Calm, &c.
V. [Loun].

LOWNDRER, s. A lazy wretch.
Wynt.

Teut. lunderer, cunctator, lunder-en, cunctari.

LOWRYD, adj. Surly.
Wyntown.

Isl. luri, homo torvus et deformis.

LOWRIE, LAWRIE, s.
1. A designation given to the fox, S.
Ramsay.
2. A crafty person; one who has the disposition of a fox.
Godly Sangs.

Arm. luarn, vulpes; or Teut. loer, one who lays snares.

LOZEN, s. A pane of glass, S. corr. from E. lozenge.

LUBBA, s. A coarse grass of any kind, Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. lubbe, hirsutus.